High Resolution XPS of Organic Polymers

Description of the spectrometer; x-ray source; monochromator; electron lens; hemispherical analyser; multichannel detector; sample analysis chamber; charge compensation; performance on conducting samples; performance on insulating samples; performance on testing of the spectrometer; experimental protocol; sample mounting; data acquisition; correction of binding energy scale for sample charging; curve fitting; lineshapes; shake-up structure; valence bands; impurities; x-ray degradation; organization of the database; list of polymers and acronyms; the database; appendix 1 - primary C 1s shifts; appendix 2 - secondary C 1s shifts; appendix 3.1 - 0 1s binding energies in CHO polymers; appendix 3.2 - 0 1s binding energies in other polymers; appendix 4 - N 1s binding energies; appendix 5 - F 1s binding energies; appendix 6 - binding energies and spin-orbit constants for core-line doublets; apendix 7 - binding energies of peaks appearing in the valence band region.