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Author Hofmann, S. (Siegfried)

Title Auger- and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in materials science : a user-oriented guide / Siegfried Hofmann
Published Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 528 pages) : illustrations
Series Springer series in surface sciences ; 49
Springer series in surface sciences ; 49
Contents Outline of the Technique/Brief Description -- Theoretical Background -- Instrumentation -- Practical Surface Analysis with AES -- Data Evaluation/Quantification -- Problem Solving with AES (Examples)
Summary To anyone who is interested in surface chemical analysis of materials on the nanometer scale, this book is prepared to give appropriate information. Based on typical application examples in materials science, a concise approach to all aspects of quantitative analysis of surfaces and thin films with AES and XPS is provided. Starting from basic principles which are step by step developed into practically useful equations, extensive guidance is given to graduate students as well as to experienced researchers. Key chapters are those on quantitative surface analysis and on quantitative depth profiling, including recent developments in topics such as surface excitation parameter and backscattering correction factor. Basic relations are derived for emission and excitation angle dependencies in the analysis of bulk material and of fractional nano-layer structures, and for both smooth and rough surfaces. It is shown how to optimize the analytical strategy, signal-to-noise ratio, certainty and detection limit. Worked examples for quantification of alloys and of layer structures in practical cases (e.g. contamination, evaporation, segregation and oxidation) are used to critically review different approaches to quantification with respect to average matrix correction factors and matrix relative sensitivity factors. State-of-the-art issues in quantitative, destructive and non-destructive depth profiling are discussed with emphasis on sputter depth profiling and on angle resolved XPS and AES. Taking into account preferential sputtering and electron backscattering corrections, an introduction to the mixing-roughness-information depth (MRI) model and its extensions is presented
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
In Springer eBooks
Subject X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
Auger electron spectroscopy.
Auger effect.
Photoelectron Spectroscopy
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Analytic.
Auger effect
Auger electron spectroscopy
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783642273810
3642273815