Photoelectron spectroscopy transfer

Another approach is to perform ex situ reactions and insert the sample into a high vacuum system without exposure to ambient conditions. Incorporating N2 glove boxes or reactor systems with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) sample handling can also provide information that is closer to operational conditions. In a similar manner ex situ reactions and sample handling are starting to be apphed to electron microscopy studies. Commercially available sample transfer systems will accelerate the application of this methodology. 

The reaction between A-chlorobenzotriazole and l-methyl-2-phenylindole involves formation of the indole radical cation and benzotriazole radical via an initial electron transfer <82JOC4895, 91JCS(P2)1779>. Chemical reactions of benzotriazole on a freshly etched surface of metallic copper are studied by surface-enhanced Raman scattering, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. The surface product is (benzotriazolato)copper(-l-), which covers the surface in the shape of polymeric material and shows good anticorrosion effects for copper <91JPC7380>. 

Yamashita, Y., Nagao, M., Machida, S., Hamaguchi, K., Yasui, F., Mukai, K. and Yoshinobu, J. High resolution Si 2p photoelectron spectroscopy of unsaturated hydrocarbon molecules adsorbed on Si(100)c(4 x 2) the interface bonding and charge transfer between the molecule and the Si substrate. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 114/116, 389... 

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