Leeds Thesis

A LaTeX PhD thesis template written primarily for School of Mechanical Engineering at University of Leeds

Category

phd

License

Free to use (MIT)

File

thesis.tex

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\documentclass[12pt,twoside,openany]{book} %Change to oneside for single sided printing
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{mathptmx} % Sets font to Times.
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{gensymb}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{datetime}
\usepackage{nameref}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{eucal}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[usenames, dvipsnames]{color}
\usepackage[perpage]{footmisc}
\usepackage[document]{ragged2e}
\usepackage[square, numbers, sort&compress]{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{unsrtnat} % bibliography style
%\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind} %Adds references to table of contents
\usepackage[titletoc]{appendix} %Adds table of contents entry for Appendices
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{ifpdf}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{afterpage} % Allows the addition of blank pages
	\newcommand\blankpagenonumber{% 
		\null
		\thispagestyle{empty}%
		\addtocounter{page}{-1}%
		\newpage}
\usepackage[ pdftex, plainpages = false, pdfpagelabels, 
pdfpagelayout = useoutlines,
bookmarks,
bookmarksopen = true,
bookmarksnumbered = true,
breaklinks = true,
linktocpage,
pagebackref,
colorlinks = true,
linkcolor = black,
urlcolor  = black,
citecolor = black,
anchorcolor = black,
hyperindex = true,
hyperfigures
]{hyperref}
\usepackage[a4paper,width=150mm,top=20mm,bottom=20mm,bindingoffset=40mm]{geometry} %Specifies the page geometry
\graphicspath{Figures/} 

\titleformat{\chapter}[display]   
{\normalfont\huge\bfseries}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{20pt}{\Huge} %Normal title formatting, required for next line   
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{40pt} %alters the white space before chapters. Change second value.

\pdfinfo { /Title  (Nanomechanical Characterisation of Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings for Tribological Performance)
	/Author (Samuel James McMaster s.j.mcmaster@leeds.ac.uk)
	/Subject (My PhD)
	/Keywords (PhD, Thesis, Diamond-like Carbon)}

%Sets the number of sectioning levels that appear in the document
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}

\newcommand*{\printdate}{%
	\ifcase \month\or January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or July\or
	August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi \space \number\year}

\begin{document}
\linespread{1.25}
\input{Preamble/Title-page/title-page}

%\afterpage{\blankpagenonumber}
	
%\frontmatter
\pagestyle{plain}
\pagenumbering{roman}

\include{Preamble/Publication-statement/publication-statement}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Publication Statement}

\include{Preamble/Contributing-papers/contributing-papers}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Papers Contributing to this Thesis}

\include{Preamble/Dedication/dedication}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Dedication}

\include{Preamble/Acknowledgement/acknowledgement}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}

\phantomsection
\include{Preamble/Abstract/abstract}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}

\phantomsection
%\cleardoublepage
\include{Preamble/Abbreviations/abbreviations}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Abbreviations}

\phantomsection
%\cleardoublepage
\tableofcontents
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table of Contents}

\phantomsection
%\cleardoublepage
\begin{flushleft}
	\listoffigures
	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
\end{flushleft}

\phantomsection
%\cleardoublepage
\begin{flushleft}
	\listoftables
	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}
\end{flushleft}


\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage %Stops the creation of unnecessary blank pages

\mainmatter
\pagestyle{plain}
\pagenumbering{arabic}

\include{Chapters/Introduction/introduction}

\include{Chapters/Literature-Review/Literature-Review}

\include{Chapters/FutureWorks/futureworks}


%\pagenumbering{Roman}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{References} 
\bibliography{References/library} % References file
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References} % Adds References to contents page

\phantomsection
\cleardoublepage
\begin{appendices}
	\pagenumbering{alph}
	\include{Appendices/appendixA}
	\include{Appendices/appendixB}
\end{appendices}

%\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Appendices}

	
\end{document}
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