# Instructions for authors
## General information
- Research manuscripts must present original information in at least 75% of their content
- The length of this type of contributions should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words
- Thematic areas admitted: 
  - b) Energy, Electrical, Electronics, Computing and Telecommunications Engineering.
  - e) Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering


# Manuscript preparation
## Authors’ information

- The authors' full names, complete affiliations (name of the laboratory, section, division, department, institution), along with city and country should be included.
- The corresponding author should be indicated in the manuscript and should be the same author submitting the manuscript.
- Author changes will not be permitted at later stages of the review process, so make sure the authors' list is final.
- No other information is needed at this stage.

## Manuscript information
- Papers must be submitted in PDF format or LaTeX saved as PDF (No other format is accepted).
- Authors should submit their manuscripts with a length between 5,000 and 7,000 words in a single column, 
- with a 1.5-line spacing, in a single file with all the key sections included: Abstract (250–300 words); Key Words (5-7); main text: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and discussion, Conclusions; Acknowledgements, Funding Information and References.
- No journal-specific format is required at this stage to make the submission process easier for authors.