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AES (.SDP, .NPL, .VMS) 2281 data-sets
AFNOR Standards
Ag – Basic Spectra
Al – Basic Spectra
Alberto Herrera Gomez
Alloy & Stainless Steel Samples Kit
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Anatomy / Features of Chemical State Spectra
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Anti-Static, Anti-Caking
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Ar – Basic Spectra
AR-XPS
As – Basic Spectra
Assigning Chemical States
ASTM Standards
Asymmetric tail
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Au – Basic Spectra
Auger (AES) Information Depth
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Auger Spectra from XPS – Examples
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B – Basic Spectra
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Background – Active Fitting
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Bad Peak-fits Explained
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Bad Peak-fits Published in Journals – Explained
Bad Peak-fitting Example
Bad Peak-fitting Example – Ni (2p3)
Bad Peak-fitting or Good Peak-fitting
Bad Survey Spectra
Bagus Papers
BAM Standards
Band Gaps
Band Gaps from Spectra
Baselines for Peak-fitting (S, L, T)
Be – Basic Spectra
BE Calibration – History
BE Calibration Values
BE Lookup Table
BE RELIABILITY – VITAL
BE Reliability Problem
BE Table – Atomic # Order
Beam Alignment
Bi – Basic Spectra
bi-Carbonates
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Br – Basic Spectra
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Ca – Basic Spectra
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Carbides
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Crist Table of BEs & FWHMs
Crist Table of BEs & FWHMs
Crist Table of BEs & FWHMs
Critical Review of NIST XPS BEs
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Ga – Basic Spectra
Gas Capture of UHV Gases
Gas Phase XPS
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Ge – Basic Spectra
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H – Basic Spectra
Handbook Series, 34 MB (*.ISO, *.VMS)
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Handbooks of XPS Spectra
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He – Basic Spectra
Heat Treatments
HER Auger Spectra, 12 MB (*.sdp)
Hf – Basic Spectra
Hg – Basic Spectra
Hidden – Grant
High BE Endpoint
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History of XPS
Ho – Basic Spectra
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Hydrocarbon Carbon (not for calibration)
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I – Basic Spectra
Images of 45 True Menus
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In – Basic Spectra
In-Situ Treatments
Industrial Goods, 67 MB (*.vgd)
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Instrument Buying Guide
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International Conferences – XPS
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Ion Beam Etching
Ion Etch Rate Films
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Ion Etched Elements – Capture UHV Gases
Ion Etching
Ion Etching – Ag, Au, Cu
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Ir – Basic Spectra
ISO 18115-1:2013 XPS Terms
ISO BE Standards
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K – Basic Spectra
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P – Basic Spectra
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Pass Energies: 5-300 eV
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Paul S. Bagus
Pb – Basic Spectra
Pd – Basic Spectra
PDF Book of Polymers – Vol 4
PDF Book of RE Oxides, Carbonates, Hydroxides, Sulfides, Nitrides… Vol 5
PDF HandBook of Commercially Pure Metal Oxides – Vol 2
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PDMS – Silicone Oil
Peak Area Ratios – PET
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Peak-fit Examples
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Peak-fits of Principal Signals – Elements
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Peak-fitting a Single O (1s) Peak – Easy!
Peak-fitting Flow-Chart
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peak-fitting of spectra
Peak-fitting Process – Examples
Peak-fitting Process – Examples
Peak-fitting Results
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Peak-shape – Example #1
Peak-shape – Example #1
Peak-Shapes (charging)
Peak-Shapes (charging)
Peak-Shapes (G, L, V)
Peak-Shapes (G, L, V)
Peak-Shapes (G, L, V)
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PHI – XPS Handbook of Spectra – The Elements
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Sb – Basic Spectra
Sb overlaps O – ratios
Sc – Basic Spectra
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Scofield SFs – Al X-rays – Crist Modified for Thermo K-Alpha
Scofield SFs – Al X-rays – Theoretically Calculated – Central Field Potential – SCF
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Se – Basic Spectra
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Shirley Background
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Si – Basic Spectra
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Simple Peak-fit Examples
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Single Crystal Suppliers
Single Crystal Suppliers
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Sn – Basic Spectra
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SpecMaster, 527 MB (*.sdp)
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Sr – Basic Spectra
SRD 64 Electron Elastic Scattering Cross-Sections
SRD 71 Electron IMFP Database
SRD 82 Electron EAL Database
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Sulfates
Sulfides
Sulfides from H2S (air)
Summaries of BE Tables – NIST
Summaries of BE Tables – NIST
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Th – Basic Spectra
The History of XPS
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Ti – Basic Spectra
Titanates
Tl – Basic Spectra
Tm – Basic Spectra
ToF-SIMS Information Depth
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V – Basic Spectra
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Valence Band Spectra – Elements
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W – Basic Spectra
Wagner Book of XPS BEs (NIST)
Wagner SFs – Al X-rays – PHI Modified for 5800 Omni-5
Wagner SFs – Al X-rays – PHI Modified for MultiPak v8
Wagner SFs – Al X-rays – Empirically Defined : F (1s)=1.0 vs C (1s)=1.0
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AES (.SDP, .NPL, .VMS) 2281 data-sets
AES (.SDP, .NPL, .VMS) 2281 data-sets
AFNOR Standards
Ag – Basic Spectra
Al – Basic Spectra
Alberto Herrera Gomez
Alloy & Stainless Steel Samples Kit
Alternate Payment Methods
amCharts v4 test
Anatomy / Features of Chemical State Spectra
Anatomy / Features of Survey Spectra
Anti-Static, Anti-Caking
Application Notes ©
Application Notes from Makers
Applications
Ar – Basic Spectra
AR-XPS
As – Basic Spectra
Assigning Chemical States
ASTM Standards
Asymmetric tail
Asymmetry
Atom% & Shake-up
Atom% gives Empirical Formula
Au – Basic Spectra
Auger (AES) Information Depth
Auger Parameter
Auger Signals
Auger Spectra from XPS – Examples
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B – Basic Spectra
B. Vincent Crist
B. Vincent Crist – Founder
Background – Active Fitting
Background baseline
Background bulge
Background Endpoints
Background Endpoints
Background Noise
Background Shapes for Peak-fitting
Background Shapes for Peak-fitting
Background Subtraction-Removal
Background Type – Shirley or Linear
Background Width
Bad Data
Bad Peak-fits
Bad Peak-fits Explained
Bad Peak-fits Explained
Bad Peak-fits Published in Journals – Explained
Bad Peak-fitting Example
Bad Peak-fitting Example – Ni (2p3)
Bad Peak-fitting or Good Peak-fitting
Bad Survey Spectra
Bagus Papers
BAM Standards
Band Gaps
Band Gaps from Spectra
Baselines for Peak-fitting (S, L, T)
Be – Basic Spectra
BE Calibration – History
BE Calibration Values
BE Lookup Table
BE RELIABILITY – VITAL
BE Reliability Problem
BE Table – Atomic # Order
Beam Alignment
Bi – Basic Spectra
bi-Carbonates
Biesinger SFs
Binary Oxides, 46 MB (*.sdp)
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Borates
Borides
Br – Basic Spectra
BSI Standards
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