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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Sensitivity of photoelectron energy loss spectroscopy to surface reconstruction of microcrystalline diamond films
Título(s) alternativo(s): Applied Surface Science
Autor(es): David, Denis Gilbert Francis
Pinault-Thaury, Marie-Amandine
Ballutaud, Dominique
Godet, Christian
Autor(es): David, Denis Gilbert Francis
Pinault-Thaury, Marie-Amandine
Ballutaud, Dominique
Godet, Christian
Abstract: In X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), binding energies and intensities of core level peaks are commonly used for chemical analysis of solid surfaces, after subtraction of a background signal. This background due to photoelectron energy losses to electronic excitations in the solid (surface and bulk plasmon excitation, inter band transitions) contains valuable information related to the near surface dielectric function ε( ω). In this work, the sensitivity of Photoelectron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (PEELS) is investigated using a model system, namely the well-controlled surface reconstruction of diamond. Boron-doped microcrystalline thin films with a mixture of (1 1 1) and (1 0 0) preferential orientations were characterized in the as-grown state, with a partially hydrogenated surface, and after annealing at 1150 ◦C in ultra high vacuum. After annealing, the bulk ( + ) plasmon of diamond at 34.5 eV is weakly attenuated but no evidence for surface graphitization is observed near 6 eV, as confirmed by electronic properties. Unexpected features which appear at 10 ± 1 eV and 19 ± 1 eV in the energy loss distribution are well described by simulation of surface plasmon excitations in graphite-like materials; alternatively, they also coincide with experimental inter band transition losses in some graphene layers. This comparative study shows that the PEELS technique gives a clear signature of weak effects in the diamond surface reconstruction, even in the absence of graphitization. It confirms the sensitivity of PEELS acquisition with standard XPS equipment as a complementary tool for surface analysis.
Palavras-chave: XPS
Electron energy loss
Plasmon
Diamond
Surface reconstruction
Editora / Evento / Instituição: Applied Surface Science
URI: http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/12440
Data do documento: 2013
Aparece nas coleções:Artigo Publicado em Periódico (FIS)

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