X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, otherwise known as XPS, is a powerful spectroscopic technique for measuring the binding energies of core electrons. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy as a technique is ...

Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) is a surface-sensitive analytical technique that provides information about the elemental composition, chemical state, and electronic structure of a material's surface ...

Why does plastic turn brittle and paint fade when exposed to the sun for long periods? Scientists have long known that such ...

Researchers have improved an ambient-pressure photoelectron spectroscopy instrument using hard X-rays and succeeded in photoelectron spectrometry under real atmospheric pressure for the first time in ...

Recently, ionic liquids have been recognized as the possible lubricants for metal/metal contacts. The wear and friction characteristics of the liquids are investigated using tribological experiments.

A team led by Osaka University used angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to probe the unusual surface conductivity of samarium hexaboride crystals. They showed that the material is a co-existing ...

His Royal Highness Prince Hassan bin Talal on Monday opened the new Turkish soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (TXPES) beamline at the SESAME Centre in Allan, Balqa. The TXPES beamline represents a ...

New research shows that X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) can give misleading analysis results due to an erroneous assumption during calibration. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is often ...

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) is one of the most popular surface analysis methods because it can be used on a broad range of materials and it supplies highly useful chemical data on the ...

X-rays, a type of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths from 0.01 to 10 nanometers, pack enough energy to pierce materials and interact with inner-shell electrons. 1 When they hit a sample, ...