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Log in using your ACS ID.  \nClick Start Submission.  \nClick Submit under the journal you wish to submit to.  \nSubmission through the ACS Publishing Center  \nQualification through the open access agreement is systematically based on the submitting authors primary affiliation at the time of manuscript submission.  \nDuring the submission process, please ensure the affiliation in the Submitting Agent field and the Author & Institutions field reflect your affiliation. The affiliation in both fields should show the same institution.  \nSubmission through the ACS Publishing Center  \nAuthors will be asked if they need to comply with any open access mandates and how they may pay for any required open access publication costs.  \nNote: The answers to these questions do not determine qualification through an agreement. 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