X-ray photoelectron emission

Microscopic Characterization
Category General
Difficulty Level Normal
Audience Level General
Description Microscopic characterization methods refer to scientific techniques Which allow determination of both composition and structure of a material. Optical microscopy, scanning probe microscopy and electron microscopy are known as microscopic techniques. This course illustrates how microscopic characterization techniques are used.
Overview
Microscopic methods play an essential role in nanomaterials characterization. Microscopic and X-ray based characterization of nanomaterials techniques are used for the determination of surface morphology and dispersion characteristics of nanomaterials. This course deals with details of these aspects, and will provide a fundamental understanding of morphological tools, such as instrumentation, sample preparation and different kinds of analyses, etc.


Booklet
Description
 X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is a highly sensitive analytical technique used to analyze the elemental composition, empirical formulas, chemical state, and electronic state of the surface of a composite material.
Mental Challenge
 Why binding energy and core electron are so important? 
Quizzes and Activities
 Activity: Explain about different technique of core level spectroscopies.
Further Reading Sources

1.https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/nilssongroup/corelevel.html

2.https://courses.lumenlearning.com/introchem/chapter/nuclear-binding-energy-and-mass-defect/

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