Journal of Materials Exploration and Findings (JMEF)

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References

JMEF adopts Harvard style for reference and citation in text. Authors can use various software programs to make it easier. For example, you can check this website for guide (not prepared by JMEF).  

Examples:

Belhekar, A A, Awate, S V & Anand, R 2002, ‘Photocatalytic activity of titania modified mesoporous silica for pollution control’, Catalysis Communications, 3(10), pp.453-458. 

Hendrix, Y, Lazaro, A, Yu, Q & Brouwers, J 2015, ‘Titania-silica composites: a review on the photocatalytic activity and synthesis methods’, World journal of nano science and engineering, 5(04), p.161.

Ismail, A A, Ibrahim, I A, Ahmed, M S, Mohamed, R M & El-Shall, H 2004, ‘Sol–gel synthesis of titania–silica photocatalyst for cyanide photodegradation’, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 163(3), pp.445-451.

Qian, X, Fuku, K, Kuwahara, Y, Kamegawa, T, Mori, K & Yamashita, H 2014, ’Design and functionalization of photocatalytic systems within mesoporous silica’, ChemSusChem, 7(6), pp.1528-1536.

Xu, G, Zheng, Z, Wu, Y & Feng, N 2009, ‘Effect of silica on the microstructure and photocatalytic properties of titania’, Ceramics International, 35(1), pp.1-5.

Please double-check: every citation in the text must match up to an entry in the reference list and vice-versa.