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Showing papers in "Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena in 1974"


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Ulrik Gelius1
TL;DR: In this paper, the development during the most recent years of ESCA applied to free molecules is reviewed and the advantages of studying, when possible, a substance in free molecules are discussed.

467 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a model based on bulk thermodynamic free energy considerations is proposed to explain the sputtering of metal-oxygen surfaces following exposure to Ar + and O 2 + ion bombardment.

395 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a theoretical and experimental study of the application of x-ray-photoelectron angular distribution measurements to quantitative surface characterizations is presented, including certain new generalizations and special cases pertinent to surface analysis.

358 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the energy dependence of the escape depth and its implications for interpretation of photoemission and Auger-electron data are discussed for twenty different materials in the energy range 0-3000 eV.

340 citations


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K.S. Kim1
TL;DR: Satellites, 5 to 10 eV below the main peaks, have been observed in the x-ray photoelectron spectra of the 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p and valence shells of the 3d transition-metal ions of nickel and copper oxides as mentioned in this paper.

204 citations


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TL;DR: Improved techniques have been used to prepare thin films of Cu, CuO, Cu 2 O, and Cu 2 S for x-ray photoelectron spectral analysis as discussed by the authors, and the Cu 2p and Cu LMM Auger spectra have been obtained.

195 citations



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TL;DR: Anomalous bands are reported in the He II spectra of diatomic and triatomic molecules which are attributed to excitation of a second electron along with the primary ionization.

156 citations


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TL;DR: The regions around the respective carbon, nitrogen and oxygen K-edges of CH4, NH3, H2O, CH3OCH3 and CH3NH2 have been investigated by electron energy loss spectroscopy using a beam of 2.5 keV electrons as mentioned in this paper.

143 citations


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TL;DR: By electron spectroscopy, this paper determined accurate values for the neon 1s ionization potential (870.312±.017 eV) and the neon Auger ( 1 D 2 ) k

135 citations


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M. Klasson1, A. Berndtsson1, J. Hedman1, R. Nilsson1, Ralf Nyholm1, Carl Nordling1 
TL;DR: In this article, the ESCA electron escape depth in silicon was determined from the peak areas in the electron spectra from evaporated thin films for electron energies in the region 320 eV to 3.6 keV values from 13 to 83 A.

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R.F. Roberts1
TL;DR: In this article, the surface species formed on Cu 2 O and CuO substrates, which have been immersed in aqueous benzotriazole (BTA), have been characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) or ESCA.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the application of XPS angular distribution measurements to surface studies is discussed, and the basic principles behind the measurement and interpretation are discussed, as well as the interpretatio


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TL;DR: In this article, a simple model for calculating the relative intensities of photoelectron peaks for the different elements in a homogeneous solid sample is described, and the model is used to calculate the relative intensity of different elements of a single image.

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H. Siegbarn1, Lars Asplund1, P. Kelfve1, K. Hamrin1, Leif Karlsson1, Kai Siegbahn1 
TL;DR: A brief review of the technique of applying ESCA to liquid samples is given in this article, where a list of solvents suitable for ESCA studies is presented and the particul

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TL;DR: In this paper, energy loss peaks in x-ray photoemission spectra of nine metals are presented, including Al, Li, and Na under ultra-high vacuum (10 −11 torr) conditions.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the ground-state potential model (GPM) and relaxation-potential model (RPM) are developed for calculating core-level binding energy shifts in molecules from CNDO wavefunctions.

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TL;DR: X-ray, photoelectron spectroscopy associated with thermodynamical and electrical measurements is used in this paper in order to demonstrate a molecular structure for thermodynamic and electrical experiments. But the results are limited.

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TL;DR: In this paper, energy loss spectra of 2.5 keV electrons, scattered by NO and O 2 through small angles, have been studied in the regions of the respective nitrogen and oxygen K-edges.

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TL;DR: In this article, the outer electronic levels of alanine, urea, glycine, ethyl ester, and thiourea were investigated by means of photoelectron spectroscopy using He I (584 A) and He II (304 A) radiation and CNDO/2 molecular orbital calculations.

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Y. Baer1, G. Busch1
TL;DR: In this paper, the standard X-ray photoemission technique has been applied to the study of 4f and valence states of the complete lanthanide series, and the energy range of 15

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TL;DR: In this paper, the satellite structure arising from photoionization in the K shell of transition metal compounds has been measured using CuKα x rays and the relative importance of electron shake up and multiples splitting has been ascertained.


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TL;DR: A high-resolution electron spectrometer for the study of clean metal surfaces and their interactions with gases is described in this article, which is suitable for the analysis of evaporated films but may also be used for ribbons, single crystals, or powders.

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TL;DR: In this article, the photoelectron spectra using the He I resonance line (21.22 eV) were measured for ethylene, propylene, butadiene, cis-butene, transbutene and 1,3-butadiene as a function of angle between the direction of the incoming photons and outgoing photoelectrons.

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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the degree of surface reduction in a given compound does not depend on temperature, vacuum pressure or X-ray flux, but is a function only of the integrated Xray dose, particularly strong effects were found in cupric fluoride and potassium ferricyanide.

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TL;DR: In this paper, photoelectron spectroscopy was used to study the 4f electronic corns of the uranium oxides UO 2, U 3 O 8, UO 3.

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TL;DR: In this article, the charging effect of X-ray photoelectron spectra from electrically nonconductive samples has been analyzed systematically up to now, and three main contributions determine the resulting mean charging potential at the sample surface: electron emission from the sample, electrons impinging on the sample from the Xray tube window, and finally electron conduction in the surface.

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TL;DR: In comparison with other ESCA apparatus, the presently described instrument offers several unique advantages, such as it is possible to accomplish high performance as discussed by the authors. But, it is not suitable for high altitude applications.