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As it was mentioned earlier, the use of the Si target with the <b>oped dark space shield</b> leads to <b><span style="color: Coral">Cu</span></b> contamination, once the target gets old and heavily used. This is most likely due to the shrinkage of the target area. The XPS Cu 2p High-resolution scans reveal the difference in <b><span style="color: Coral">Cu</span></b> content in pure Si nonreactive sputtered film when an <b>open dark space shield</b> or <b>closed dark space shield</b> is installed.
As it was mentioned earlier, the use of the Si target with the <b>oped dark space shield</b> leads to <b><span style="color: Coral">Cu</span></b> contamination, once the target gets old and heavily used. This is most likely due to the shrinkage of the target area. The XPS Cu 2p High-resolution scans reveal the difference in <b><span style="color: Coral">Cu</span></b> content in pure Si nonreactive sputtered film when an <b>open dark space shield</b> or <b>closed dark space shield</b> is installed.


<gallery caption="Figure 10. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy." widths="500px" heights="400px" perrow="2">
<gallery caption="Figure 10. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy." widths="400px" heights="350px" perrow="2">
image:eves_XPS_Cu_open_dark_space_shield_20210809.png| Cu 2p High-resolution scan in sputtered Si thin films using the <b>open dark space shield</b> and the seasoned (old and heavily used) Si target.
image:eves_XPS_Cu_open_dark_space_shield_20210809.png| Cu 2p High-resolution scan in sputtered Si thin films using the <b>open dark space shield</b> and the seasoned (old and heavily used) Si target.
image:eves_XPS_Cu_closed_dark_space_shield_20210809.png| Cu 2p High-resolution scan in sputtered Si thin films using the <b>closed dark space shield</b> and the seasoned (old and heavily used) Si target.
image:eves_XPS_Cu_closed_dark_space_shield_20210809.png| Cu 2p High-resolution scan in sputtered Si thin films using the <b>closed dark space shield</b> and the seasoned (old and heavily used) Si target.