Statement of Peer Review ^†

In submitting conference proceedings to Materials Proceedings, the volume editors of the proceedings certify to the publisher that all papers published in this volume have been subjected to peer review administered by the volume editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal.

• Type of peer review: single-blind;
• Conference submission management system: Website, email and spreadsheet
• Number of submissions sent for review: 203
• Number of submissions accepted: 153
• Acceptance rate (number of submissions accepted/number of submissions received): 0.75
• Average number of reviews per paper: 3
• Total number of reviewers involved: 122
• Any additional information on the review process: All submissions were reviewed for suitability and formatting by one of the volume editors prior to peer review.