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\item{Citations should appear here in the format A. Name, B. Name and C. Name, \emph{Journal Title}, 2000, \textbf{35}, 3523;}
\item{A. Name, B. Name and C. Name, \emph{Journal Title, 2000}, \textbf{35}, 3523.}
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We encourage the citation of primary research over review articles, where appropriate, in order to give credit to those who first reported a finding. \href{https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2020/jun/rsc-signs-dora/}{Find out more about our commitments to the principles of San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).}}
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& \noindent\large{Full Name,$^{\ast}$\textit{$^{a}$} Full Name,\textit{$^{b\ddag}$} and Full Name\textit{$^{a}$}} \\%Author names go here instead of "Full name", etc.
\includegraphics{head_foot/dates} & \noindent\normalsize{The abstract should be a single paragraph which summarises the content of the article. Any references in the abstract should be written out in full \textit{e.g.}\ [Surname \textit{et al., Journal Title}, 2000, \textbf{35}, 3523].} \\%The abstrast goes here instead of the text "The abstract should be..."
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\footnotetext{\textit{$^{a}$~Address, Address, Town, Country. Fax: XX XXXX XXXX; Tel: XX XXXX XXXX; E-mail: xxxx@aaa.bbb.ccc}}
\footnotetext{\textit{$^{b}$~Address, Address, Town, Country. }}
%Please use \dag to cite the ESI in the main text of the article.
%If you article does not have ESI please remove the the \dag symbol from the title and the footnotetext below.
\footnotetext{\dag~Supplementary Information available: [details of any supplementary information available should be included here]. See DOI: 00.0000/00000000.}
%additional addresses can be cited as above using the lower-case letters, c, d, e... If all authors are from the same address, no letter is required
\footnotetext{\ddag~Additional footnotes to the title and authors can be included \textit{e.g.}\ `Present address:' or `These authors contributed equally to this work' as above using the symbols: \ddag, \textsection, and \P. Please place the appropriate symbol next to the author's name and include a \texttt{\textbackslash footnotetext} entry in the the correct place in the list.}
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The main text of the article\cite{Mena2000} should appear here.
\subsection{This is the subsection heading style}
Section headings can be typeset with and without numbers.\cite{Abernethy2003}
\subsubsection{This is the subsubsection style.~~} These headings should end in a full point.
\paragraph{This is the next level heading.~~} For this level please use \texttt{\textbackslash paragraph}. These headings should also end in a full point.
\section{Graphics and tables}
\subsection{Graphics}
Graphics should be inserted on the page where they are first mentioned (unless they are equations, which appear in the flow of the text).\cite{Cotton1999}
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=3cm]{example1}
\caption{An example figure caption.}
\label{fgr:example}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[height=3cm]{example2}
\caption{A two-column figure.}
\label{fgr:example2col}
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\subsection{Tables}
Tables typeset in RSC house style do not include vertical lines. Table footnote symbols are lower-case italic letters and are typeset at the bottom of the table. Table captions do not end in a full point.\cite{Arduengo1992,Eisenstein2005}
\begin{table}[h]
\small
\caption{\ An example of a caption to accompany a table}
\label{tbl:example1}
\begin{tabular*}{0.48\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lll}
\hline
Header one (units) & Header two & Header three \\
\hline
1 & 2 & 3 \\
4 & 5 & 6 \\
7 & 8 & 9 \\
10 & 11 & 12 \\
\hline
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\end{table}
Adding notes to tables can be complicated. Perhaps the easiest method is to generate these manually.\footnote[4]{Footnotes should appear here. These might include comments relevant to but not central to the matter under discussion, limited experimental and spectral data, and crystallographic data.}
\begin{table*}
\small
\caption{\ An example of a caption to accompany a table \textendash\ table captions do not end in a full point}
\label{tbl:example2}
\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lllllll}
\hline
Header one & Header two & Header three & Header four & Header five & Header six & Header seven\\
\hline
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7\\
8 & 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 & 13 & 14 \\
15 & 16 & 17 & 18 & 19 & 20 & 21\\
\hline
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\section{Equations}
Equations can be typeset inline \textit{e.g.}\ $ y = mx + c$ or displayed with and without numbers:
\[ A = \pi r^2 \]
\begin{equation}
\frac{\gamma}{\epsilon x} r^2 = 2r
\end{equation}
You can also put lists into the text. You can have bulleted or numbered lists of almost any kind.
The \texttt{mhchem} package can also be used so that formulae are easy to input: \texttt{\textbackslash ce\{H2SO4\}} gives \ce{H2SO4}.
For footnotes in the main text of the article please number the footnotes to avoid duplicate symbols. \textit{e.g.}\ \texttt{\textbackslash footnote[num]\{your text\}}. The corresponding author $\ast$ counts as footnote 1, Supplementary Information (SI) as footnote 2, \textit{e.g.}\ if there is no SI, please start at [num]=[2], if SI is cited in the title please start at [num]=[3] \textit{etc.} Please also cite the SI within the main body of the text using \dag.
\section*{Conclusions}
The conclusions section should come in this section at the end of the article, before the Author contributions statement and/or Conflicts of interest statement.
\section*{Author contributions}
We strongly encourage authors to include author contributions and recommend using \href{https://casrai.org/credit/}{CRediT} for standardised contribution descriptions. Please refer to our general \href{https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/journal-authors-reviewers/author-responsibilities/}{author guidelines} for more information about authorship.
\section*{Conflicts of interest}
In accordance with our policy on \href{https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/journal-authors-reviewers/author-responsibilities/#code-of-conduct}{Conflicts of interest} please ensure that a conflicts of interest statement is included in your manuscript here. Please note that this statement is required for all submitted manuscripts. If no conflicts exist, please state that ``There are no conflicts to declare''.
\section*{Data availability}
A data availability statement (DAS) is required to be submitted alongside all articles. Please read our \href{https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/author-and-reviewer-hub/authors-information/prepare-and-format/data-sharing/#dataavailabilitystatements}{full guidance on data availability statements} for more details and examples of suitable statements you can use.
\section*{Acknowledgements}
The acknowledgements come at the end of an article after the conclusions and before the notes and references.
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