Recoil Effects
What are recoil effects in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and related techniues? How do these affect our data?
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Vanadium
Learn about analysis of vanadium by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. How can we analyse vanadium by XPS? What do we need to know?
Titanium
Learn about analysis of titanium by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. How can we analyse titanium by XPS? What do we need to know?
Initial vs Final State Effects
What is the difference between initial-, and final-state effects in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy? What are some examples of each?
Shake-up Peaks
What are shake-up peaks in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy? How do I identify them? What causes them?
Coster-Kronig peak broadening
Why do some spin-orbit doublet peaks have different full width half maxima? What causes this?
Peak Asymmetry in Conductive Materials
Why do some peaks in XPS appear asymmetric? What is the physics that causes this? How can we account for this in our data analysis?
The Auger Parameter
What is the Auger parameter in XPS? How is it defined? How do we calculate it?
Advanced Auger Analysis
How can we use Auger-Meitner peaks in XPS to get more information from our sample?
Wagner Plots
What are Wagner plots in the context of Auger electrons? How can we use these to understand our data?