Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. • Type of peer review: Single-blind The reviewers (at least two for each paper) received the manuscript with all the details of the authors and a form, prepared for the conference, with certain questions and a field for comments. The authors, at the next step, received anonymous reviews with the following possible recommendations: accept as is/minor revisions/major revisions/reject. The paper was revised by the authors accordingly and then it was forwarded to the same reviewers for final recommendation. Final Decision was taken by the editors. • Conference submission management system: The papers were submitted to an e-mail, handled by the editor. The handling editor managed the correspondence between reviewers and authors. • Number of submissions received: 76 • Number of submissions sent for review: 76 • Number of submissions accepted: 72 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 94,7% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 48 • Any additional info on review process: There was a pre-screening process of the abstracts by the editors, prior to the submission of the final papers. • Contact person for queries: Associate Professor Angelos P. Markopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, amark@mail.ntua.gr