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Advisor: Advisor Name
Abstract
The abstract is a brief description of the goal of the project or study, plus important results-even numerical results--that have been uncovered. Not all disciplines require posters to
have abstracts, so you can consider this an optional section. It should never be longer than
one paragraph, and should probably have about four to eight sentences. For example: The
goal of our project is to measure the average size of a loaf of bread. Based on a sample of
15 loaves from various bread companies, we have determined that a loaf of bread weighs
453 ± 12 grams and measures 32 × 12 × 20 cm, which makes it slightly smaller than the
typical bread basket.
squares
N
H
N
T S1
N
H
H
T S2
1
N
N
H
T S4
N
N
2
n squared
H
T S3
Introduction
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3
N
H
N
H
N
H
A good introduction should start with some general information about the topic. Example:
The reaction of luminol with hydrogen peroxide is the classic demonstration of
chemiluminescence (2), light produced by a chemical reaction. Notice that bold was
used instead of italics for emphasis. Confine your use of italics to foreign words and
phrases or titles; for example, tres bien or War and Peace. The “2” in parentheses is a
citation; see the References section. This is the citation method for the Journal of
Chemical Education; you should use whatever is appropriate for your discipline.
The heading is 36 point Arial, while the text is 28 point times New Roman. Red
certainly makes the heading stand out, but you can use another color. Avoid yellow! Note
that the title, the headings, and the caption are in a sanserif font, but text is in a serif font.
I like this heading using the black ruler line that goes all the way across the
column. But you don’t have to do that—see below.
90
H
30
H
N
H
4
H
0
N
H
0
N
H
N
NH2
-
2 OH + 2 H2O2 +
O
NH2
NH
NH
O
+ N2 + 4 H2O
O
O
.
You can choose to use the red underline of section label, shown in this text box, or
you can use the black ruler line shown above. But please, don’t use both! And use the same
color for all your section headings.
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Figure 1. This is a diagram, which is a figure. Figure
captions go below the figure. The caption font is Arial
30 point. Captions need enough information to make
the figure understandable!
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10
Figure 3. n squared vs n. This is an Excel chart. A graph is a
figure, so its caption is below the graph. A graph is always
named “y vs. x”; in this case n squared vs n. Always remove the
outside border that Excel puts around the axes of the chart!
Results and Discussion
Figure 2. An imbedded picture is also a figure.
 b  b  4ac
x
2a
2
An equation is not a figure,
but if you have several,
perhaps they should be
numbered.
As you describe your results, use numbers to point readers to the tables and figures that
are displayed on the poster. Always refer to the tables and figures by their numbers–
after all, that’s why you numbered them! Avoid the temptation to use a bulleted list for
your results—try to write complete sentences here.
Figure 1 illustrates the reaction pathways that exist for triaziridine rings; note that
structure 2 has only one pathway available. Figure 2 is a very pretty space-filling
picture of isopropyl alcohol, also known as rubbing alcohol. Most people believe that
carbon is black, but Figure 2 demonstrates the remarkable fact that carbon atoms are
blue. Everyone who has had an algebra class remembers the quadratic formula, though
perhaps not fondly. Table 1 shows various bond lengths and bond angles for structures of
N3H3; none of these values should be committed to memory. Finally, Figure 3
demonstrates the extraordinary result that a plot of n squared vs n looks like a parabola-you know, the function y=x2. We need to know if Greek letters work okay: α, β, δ, Ω.
Guess they do.
Acknowledgements
Table 1. Title at the top of a table! Notice the footnote for the
table that provides units!
Experimental Method
Many readers will be curious about how you did your experiment, what samples you
used, sample preparation procedures, methods of data analysis, types of scientific
instrumentation, etc. Here’s a good place to clue them in. A picture of the experiment is
always cool. Avoid the temptation to print out every last detail of the experiment. Your
poster patrons really don’t want to read everything, no matter what you might think.
Just give them enough information so that they can ask you intelligent questions.
Remember, you’ll be standing by the poster, and you want them to talk to you!
Don’t forget to indent additional paragraphs. Oh, I guess you could use a
bulleted list for the experimental method. This would be the only place on a poster that
I would even think of using a bulleted list, but that’s just my opinion.
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n
N
O
O
4
H
Introduction
The reaction of luminol with hydrogen peroxide is the classic demonstration of
chemiluminescence (2), light produced by a chemical reaction.
2
TS1
TS2
TS3
TS4
N1-N2
1.368
1.371
1.373
1.418
N1-N3
1.411
1.428
1.432
1.372
N1-H4
1.025
1.023
1.026
1.029
N2-H5
1.029
1.028
1.044
1.039
N3-H6
1.038
1.041
1.040
1.048
(N2N1N3)
93.7
91.7
90.8
91.1
(H4N1N2)
113.2
111.5
118.3
114.4
(H5N2N1)
100.6
101.4
108.7
103.9
(H6N3N1)
102.8
104.0
104.4
108.4
N2--N3
2.027
2.009
1.998
1.992
H5--H6
2.320
2.516
3.489
2.351
-165.48198
-165.47540
-165.46863
-165.46821
0.04499
0.04477
0.04371
0.04382
28.23
28.09
27.43
27.50
Energy (au)
ZPE (au)
ZPE (kcal/mole)
aBond
distances in Å and bond angles in degrees.
You may wish to thank someone who was particularly helpful to the project, either by
providing samples, doing special measurements, or providing documents that would not
have been available otherwise.
References or Literature Cited
1. Nguyen, M. T.; Kaneti, J.; Hoesch, L.; Dreiding, A. S. Helv. Chim. Acta 1984, 67,
1918. This is a journal citation. Title in italics! Some citation formats place the
initials after the authors’ surname.
2. Chemical Demonstrations Vol 1, B. Z. Shakhashiri, University of Wisconsin Press,
1983. This is a book. Title in italics!
3. “Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide Concentration”, Solvay Chemicals,
www.solvaychemicals/pdf/Hydrogen_Peroxide/HH-121.pdf accessed Dec 2005.
This is a web site for a chemical company. Note that the date the site was checked
is given.
!!!Ask your advisor for the appropriate citation form used in your discipline!!!