Scientific Papers April 21 st, 2015 NANO 250

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Abstract & Introduction Abstract Summary of entire paper – the objectives – what you did – the results – the significance Short! (1 paragraph) Often “free” preview Usually written last! Introduction Background info Reference previous findings (yours or others) Keep it scientific, not colloquial Past or present tense

Experimental / Methods Detailed description of experiment in past tense Materials and suppliers may be listed first May be broken up into sections (e.g. fabrication, characterization) Be thankful for your lab notebook! Sometimes at end of paper Experimental Materials Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (HAuCl 4 ) and sodium citrate were purchased from Aldrich. All water used in these experiments was purified to 18 MΩ cm resistivity using a Nanopure Water System from Barnstead… Nanoparticle Synthesis 50 mL of HAuCl 4 was dissolved… Structural Characterization UV-Vis spectra of each gold NP sample suspended in 10 mL pH 6.7 phosphate buffer were obtained using a Cary Scan 500 spectrophotomer over a range of nm

Results & Discussion Results Summary of data Tables, charts, graphs – Each must be referred to in the text! Do NOT make any conclusions or interpret the data Discussion What do the results mean? Tie back into what you wrote in the introduction (your work, what you were testing, others’ work) No new data here! Explain weird / unexpected results What’s next?

Conclusion & References Conclusion Short summary of what the study proves / shows (the value) 1-2 paragraphs References Usually end notes, listed based on order of appearance in paper Use consistent formatting! MLA-like Usually no title for articles Noodlebib! Acknowledgements Funding Non-authors who did parts of experiment

Type of Scientific Journal Writing Main Types: Original research article Review paper Others: Editorials Opinions / Commentary Letters - short description of interesting work

References Some examples / information from: – George Mason University’s A Guide to Writing in the Biological Sciences