AES operates on the principle of the Auger effect, named after the French physicist Pierre Auger. When a material's surface is bombarded with a beam of high-energy electrons or photons, it causes the ...

Surface properties dictate a vast array of material characteristics that are crucial to performance, durability, and intended functionality across diverse industries. Properties such as friction, wear ...

Discover why surface chemistry matters and how XPS imaging modes enable deeper insight into materials performance.

Peak Metrology, automated metrology equipment designer and manufacturer, and Digital Surf, editor of analysis software solutions for profilometry, microscopy and spectroscopy, have announced the ...

A recent study saw the Thermo Scientific™ K-Alpha™ X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS) System employed in an investigation ...

Plasma resistant coatings are advanced protective layers engineered to withstand the aggressive conditions encountered in plasma processing, especially within semiconductor manufacturing. These ...

This summary presents an in‐depth overview of thin films and the analysis of their surface morphology. Thin films, defined as material layers with thicknesses ranging from nanometres to micrometres, ...