Ebook: Specimen Handling, Preparation, and Treatments in Surface Characterization
- Tags: Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Optical and Electronic Materials, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
- Series: Methods of Surface Characterization 4
- Year: 2002
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- pdf
With the development in the 1960s of ultrahigh vacuum equipment and techniques and electron, X-ray, and ion beam techniques to determine the structure and composition of interfaces, activities in the field of surface science grew nearly exponentially. Today surface science impacts all major fields of study from physical to biological sciences, from physics to chemistry, and all engineering disciplines. The materials and phenomena characterized by surface science range from se- conductors, where the impact of surface science has been critical to progress, to metals and ceramics, where selected contributions have been important, to bio- terials, where contributions are just beginning to impact the field, to textiles, where the impact has been marginal. With such a range of fields and applications, questions about sample selection, preparation, treatment, and handling are difficult to cover completely in one review article or one chapter. Therefore, the editors of this book have assembled a range of experts with experience in the major fields impacted by surface characterization. It is the only book which treats the subject of sample handling, preparation, and treatment for surface characterization. It is full of tricks, cautions, and handy tips to make the laboratory scientist’s life easier. With respect to organization of the book, the topics range from discussion of vacuum to discussion of biological, organic, elemental or compound samples, to samples prepared ex situ or in situ to the vacuum, to deposition ofthin films. Generic considerations of sample preparation are also given.
This book is intended for professionals, researchers, technicians and students who are newcomers to the field as well as those with experience. It will be an important resource in the following fields: surface science, electronic materials and processes, thin film deposition, surface compositional analysis and related topical areas such as corrosion, oxidation, reduction, adsorption, desorption, adhesion, epitaxial growth and contamination. The presentation uses a tutorial and pedagogical approach.
This book is intended for professionals, researchers, technicians and students who are newcomers to the field as well as those with experience. It will be an important resource in the following fields: surface science, electronic materials and processes, thin film deposition, surface compositional analysis and related topical areas such as corrosion, oxidation, reduction, adsorption, desorption, adhesion, epitaxial growth and contamination. The presentation uses a tutorial and pedagogical approach.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Ultrahigh Vacuum and Vacuum Compatibility of Materials....Pages 1-28
Cryogenic Sample Transfer for Preservation of Surface Chemistry....Pages 29-44
Specimen Handling: Cleaning and Processing....Pages 45-62
Atomically Clean Surfaces of Elemental Solids....Pages 63-143
Specimen Treatments: Surface Preparation of Metal Compound Materials (Mainly Oxides)....Pages 145-171
In Situ Processing by Gas or Alkali Metal Dosing and by Cleavage....Pages 173-208
Chemical Modification of Surfaces....Pages 209-238
Physical and Chemical Methods for Thin-Film Deposition and Epitaxial Growth....Pages 239-293
Back Matter....Pages 295-302
This book is intended for professionals, researchers, technicians and students who are newcomers to the field as well as those with experience. It will be an important resource in the following fields: surface science, electronic materials and processes, thin film deposition, surface compositional analysis and related topical areas such as corrosion, oxidation, reduction, adsorption, desorption, adhesion, epitaxial growth and contamination. The presentation uses a tutorial and pedagogical approach.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Ultrahigh Vacuum and Vacuum Compatibility of Materials....Pages 1-28
Cryogenic Sample Transfer for Preservation of Surface Chemistry....Pages 29-44
Specimen Handling: Cleaning and Processing....Pages 45-62
Atomically Clean Surfaces of Elemental Solids....Pages 63-143
Specimen Treatments: Surface Preparation of Metal Compound Materials (Mainly Oxides)....Pages 145-171
In Situ Processing by Gas or Alkali Metal Dosing and by Cleavage....Pages 173-208
Chemical Modification of Surfaces....Pages 209-238
Physical and Chemical Methods for Thin-Film Deposition and Epitaxial Growth....Pages 239-293
Back Matter....Pages 295-302
....