Acknowledgment of the facility and facility staff
1. All publications and presentations containing data obtained at the facility should contain the following acknowledgement: "The ___ data were obtained at the ___ lab of the Characterization Facility of the Liquid Crystal Institute, Â鶹ÊÓƵ". The lab staff should also be acknowledged if further technical support was provided in addition to the standard training.
2. The lab staff should be listed as a co-author if the lab staff makes contribution (e.g., experiment design, technique development, data acquisition and analysis, manuscript writing, etc.) in addition to the standard training and routine measurements.
3. Upon acceptance of a publication acknowledging the facility, the user should send the publication information to the lab staff and a publication discount is granted.
4. Formal collaborations (including funding applications) are encouraged between lab staff and facility users based on common interests.