course description, objectives and overview

Lesson 1 – XPS COURSE #999 – Multiplet Splitting (Coupling) Lesson 2 – XPS COURSE #999 – Depth Profiling Lesson 3 – XPS COURSE #999 – Ion Etch Rates Lesson 4 – XPS COURSE #999 – BE Calibration Trend (Run) Chart Lesson 5 – XPS COURSE #999 – Selecting Instrument Criteria Lesson 6 – XPS COURSE #999 – Instrument Geometries Lesson x – XPS COURSE #999 – TFA and PCA Lesson 8 – XPS COURSE #999 – Angular – Orbit Splitting (Coupling) Lesson 9 – XPS COURSE #999 – Corehole Lifetimes & FWHMs Lesson 10 – XPS COURSE #999 – Detection Limits Lesson 11 – XPS COURSE #999 – Choice of Labs – Internal and External Lesson 12 – XPS COURSE #999 – Angle Resolved (Dependent) XPS Lesson 13 – XPS COURSE #999 – Valence Bands Lesson 14 – XPS COURSE #999 – Transmission Function & Response Function Lesson 15 – XPS COURSE #999 – Transmission Function Correction Lesson 16 – XPS COURSE #999 – Testing Atom % Results Lesson 17 – XPS COURSE #999 – Independent Software Makers Lesson 18 – XPS COURSE #999 – Instrument Manufacturers Lesson 19 – XPS COURSE #999 – Optimizing Charge Compensation Conditions Lesson 20 – XPS COURSE #999 – Bad Data, Peak-fitting and Bad Assignments Lesson 21 – XPS COURSE #999 – Bad Choices for FWHM Lesson 22 – XPS COURSE #999 – Reliability of NIST BEs Lesson 23 – XPS COURSE #999 – Sources of Unreliable BEs Lesson 24 – XPS COURSE #999 – Instrument Service & Repair Lesson 25 – XPS COURSE #999 – Instrument Maintenance & Contracts Lesson 26 – XPS COURSE #999 – Assigning Chemical States in Peak-fits Lesson 27 – XPS COURSE #999 – Reliability of Atom% Quantitation Lesson 28 – XPS COURSE #999 – Advanced Charge Compensation Methods Lesson 29 – XPS COURSE #999 – Effect of Ligands on Chemical States Lesson 30 – XPS COURSE #999 – Mapping Lesson 31 – XPS COURSE #999 – Calculating Atom% Results Lesson 32 – XPS COURSE #999 – Data-file Formats & Transfer Lesson 33 – XPS COURSE #999 – Electron Collection Lens Lesson 34 – XPS COURSE #999 – Empircal Formula (No H) Lesson 35 – XPS COURSE #999 – Fermi Edge Lesson 36 – XPS COURSE #999 – Effects of Bad Focus Position Lesson 37 – XPS COURSE #999 – Good Style Peak-fitting Lesson 38 – XPS COURSE #999 – Peak-fitting Constraints Lesson 39 – XPS COURSE #999 – Information Derived from XPS Results Lesson 40 – XPS COURSE #999 – Make Your Own Database of Reference BEs Lesson 41 – XPS COURSE #999 – Magic Angle 54.7 degrees Lesson 42 – XPS COURSE #999 – Native Oxides Lesson 43 – XPS COURSE #999 – Differential Charging Lesson 44 – XPS COURSE #999 – Theoretical Photoionization Cross-Sections Lesson 45 – XPS COURSE #999 – Plasmon Peaks from Conductors Lesson 46 – XPS COURSE #999 – Energy Loss Peaks from Insulators Lesson 47 – XPS COURSE #999 – Shake-up Peaks Lesson 48 – XPS COURSE #999 – Re-Capture of UHV Gases Lesson 49 – XPS COURSE #999 – Instrument and Sample Grounding Lesson 50 – XPS COURSE #999 – Optical Focus versus Electron Countrate Focus Lesson 51 – XPS COURSE #999 – Sample Storage, Handling, Production, Prep, Mounting Lesson 52 – XPS COURSE #999 – Signal/Noise Ratio Lesson 53 – XPS COURSE #999 – Data Quality Lesson 54 – XPS COURSE #999 – ZnS Phosphor to See X-ray Position Lesson 55 – XPS COURSE #999 – Spin-Orbits Lesson 56 – XPS COURSE #999 – Adventitious Surface Contamination Lesson 57 – XPS COURSE #999 – Surface Roughness versus Electron Countrate Lesson 58 – XPS COURSE #999 – Synchrotron XPS – Time versus Energy Resolution Lesson 59 – XPS COURSE #999 – Work Function of Metals Lesson 60 – XPS COURSE #999 – Work Function of Instrument Lesson 61 – XPS COURSE #999 – X-ray Beam shape Lesson 62 – XPS COURSE #999 – X-ray Bragg Angle Lesson 63 – XPS COURSE #999 – Dosage Level of X-rays Lesson 64 – XPS COURSE #999 – X-ray Wavelength, Energy and FWHM Lesson 65 – XPS COURSE #999 – Silicone Oil – Most Common Contaminant Lesson 66 – XPS COURSE #999 – Common Surface Contaminants and Sources Lesson 67 – XPS COURSE #999 – FWHM of Related Chemical States Lesson 68 – XPS COURSE #999 – Artifacts in Spectra Lesson 69 – XPS COURSE #999 – Bad Peakshapes due to Charging Lesson 70 – XPS COURSE #999 – Horizontal and Vertical Charging Lesson 71 – XPS COURSE #999 – Ligands Lesson 72 – XPS COURSE #999 – Enlarging Spectral Windows Lesson 73 – XPS COURSE #999 – Electron Detector Types Lesson 74 – XPS COURSE #999 – Snapshot and Scanning Modes of Data Collection Lesson 75 – XPS COURSE #999 – High Energy X-ray Sources Lesson 76 – XPS COURSE #999 – Near Ambient Pressure XPS Lesson 77 – XPS COURSE #999 – Intial and Final States Lesson 78 – XPS COURSE #999 – Koster-Kronig Transitions Lesson 79 – XPS COURSE #999 – 3 Step Photoemission Process Lesson 80 – XPS COURSE #999 – Non-Monochromatic X-ray Source Problems Lesson 81 – XPS COURSE #999 – X-ray Beam Shape versus Title Angle Lesson 82 – XPS COURSE #999 – Sample Charging Effects Lesson 83 – XPS COURSE #999 – Quantum Mechanics of XPS