Welcome to this XPS course from HarwellXPS. Here we will go through the fundamentals of how the XPS technique works, through to best practices for data analysis, and onto how to use XPS in different ways and combine it with other techniques to get the most out of your science.

Throughout this course you will be provided with a series of videos, accompanying text, example datasets, problems and solutions to help you on your journey.

We start in part 1, with a look at the underlying principles of photoemission.