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* '''Surface sensitivity:''' The inelastic mean free path of the photoelectrons is very short - as a result, photoelectrons from depths larger than some 10 monolayers will not contribute to the peaks as they have lost part of their kinetic energy. This makes XPS extremely surface sensitive.
* '''Surface sensitivity:''' The inelastic mean free path of the photoelectrons is very short - as a result, photoelectrons from depths larger than some 10 monolayers will not contribute to the peaks as they have lost part of their kinetic energy. This makes XPS extremely surface sensitive.


The basic principle is shown below (the image is taken from Wikipedia).
The basic principle is shown below. The image is taken from Wikipedia - click on it to go to the wikipedia page on photoelectron spectroscopy.


[[File:800px-XPS_PHYSICS.jpg|700px| frameless|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_photoelectron_spectroscopy|XPS principle. The image is taken from wikipedia - click on image to access wikipedia directly.]]
[[File:800px-XPS_PHYSICS.jpg|700px| frameless|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_photoelectron_spectroscopy|XPS principle. The image is taken from wikipedia - click on image to access wikipedia directly.]]