1. Gavin W Morley Department of Physics University of Warwick Diamond Science & Technology Centre for Doctoral Training, MSc course One way to write a paper

2. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 2 Writing a Physical Review Letter Word Use MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor Use Endnote for references LaTeX Use REVTeX Use BibTeX for references

3. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 3 Web of Science Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

4. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 4 Web of Science Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

5. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 5 Web of Science Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

6. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 6 Web of Science Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

7. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 7 Web of Science Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

8. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 8 MS Word Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

9. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 9 MS Word Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

10. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 10 MS Word Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

11. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 11 MS Word Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

12. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 12 Writing a Physical Review Letter 1.Figures and captions 2.Descriptive text 3.First 1-2 paragraphs of background 4.Abstract 5.Title

13. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 13 Writing a Physical Review Letter 1.Figures and captions 2.Descriptive text 3.First 1-2 paragraphs of background 4.Abstract 5.Title

14. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 14 Figure 1

15. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 15 Figure 2

16. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 16 Figure 3

17. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 17 Figure 4

18. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 18 Writing a Physical Review Letter 1.Figures and captions 2.Descriptive text 3.First 1-2 paragraphs of background 4.Abstract 5.Title

19. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 19 Descriptive text

20. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 20 Writing a Physical Review Letter 1.Figures and captions 2.Descriptive text 3.First 1-2 paragraphs of background 4.Abstract 5.Title

21. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 21 First 1-2 paragraphs

22. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 22 Writing a Physical Review Letter 1.Figures and captions 2.Descriptive text 3.First 1-2 paragraphs of background 4.Abstract 5.Title

23. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 23 Abstract and title

24. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 24 PRL word limit 3500 words including any text in the body of the article or a figure caption or a table caption. More details here: http://journals.aps.org/authors/length-guide

25. Module 2 – Properties and Characterization of Materials - Lecture 16 - Practicals 25 Writing a Physical Review Letter 1.Figures and captions 2.Descriptive text 3.First 1-2 paragraphs of background 4.Abstract 5.Title 6.Iterate!