Publication
Title
TOF-S-SIMS molecular depth profiling of organic bilayers using mechanical wear test methodology
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Abstract
Recent publications on static secondary ion mass spectrometry (S-SIMS) focus on molecular depth profiling by using polyatomic or ultra-low energy monoatomic projectiles. Since their applicability depends on the relationship between the ion yield and the depth, which is hard to obtain without extensive studies, a combination of a wear test method with S-SIMS surface analysis was performed in the current study. Using this non-sputtering procedure, the relation between the signal intensity and the local concentration remains in principle the same as that at the surface (which is easy to determine). Mechanical erosion was successfully applied to expose sub-surface material from organic multilayers. Through surface analysis with S-SIMS on the gradually exposed deeper planes, molecular depth profiles could be obtained. The study was conducted on a model system relevant to offset printing, consisting of two polymer layers, containing dyes and a surfactant, cast on an Al substrate.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry / Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker. - Heidelberg, 2002, currens
Publication
Heidelberg : Springer , 2009
ISSN
1618-2642 [print]
1618-2650 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S00216-009-2657-4
Volume/pages
393 :8 (2009) , p. 1917-1921
ISI
000264697900013
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 25.05.2022
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