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This section is intended as an introduction to the analysis of XPS data. Simple examples are chosen to illustrate the procedures. | |||
You will need some kind of dedicated software in order to analyze and interpret XPS spectra. You can find many online but here we will only use the Avantage for obvious reasons. Installing it on your own PC is strongly adviced as the analysis may be time consuming. | You will need some kind of dedicated software in order to analyze and interpret XPS spectra. You can find many online but here we will only use the Avantage for obvious reasons. Installing it on your own PC is strongly adviced as the analysis may be time consuming. | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 8 September 2015
XPS data processing
This section is intended as an introduction to the analysis of XPS data. Simple examples are chosen to illustrate the procedures.
You will need some kind of dedicated software in order to analyze and interpret XPS spectra. You can find many online but here we will only use the Avantage for obvious reasons. Installing it on your own PC is strongly adviced as the analysis may be time consuming.
Install Avantage
To install Avantage, please download the latest version (currently a 175 Mb zip file and therefore above the 100 Mb limit of LabAdviser) from the network drive
- O:\CleanroomDrive\jml\XPS Avantage 5.948\
- U:\DCH\CleanroomDrive\jml\XPS Avantage 5.948\
and run the install file. At some point a nine digit computer number (for your installation) will be given and you will be prompted for a processing licence. To get a license, write an email to Thermo ( Click here) requsting a standard processing license. Usually you will have an answer within a day or two. Use the license to activate Avantage and you are ready to analyze your data.
How to analyze data
In this section, all steps (import data, add peaks and backgrounds etc.) of the analysis are described.
XPS Knowledge View
A knowledge database has been added to the software. It provides very useful information about the XPS characteristics of every detectable element and it may even be a very good idea to consult it before the data is acquired. Click here to access XPS Knowledge View.
Basic instructions
Click here to have a complete walk-through of an example. This includes
- Open data file
- Open and analyze survey spectrum
- Analyze high resolution spectra of the individual spectra:
- Add background
- Add peaks
- Quantify
- Analyze depth profiles