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X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS)

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Requisition forms

Please download the requisition form, fill it in, sign it, and upload the filled copy with your booking. This requisition form is provided by the USIC office for this instrument.

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Process: submit booking → in-charge approval → pay on the DU fee portal → upload Order ID + receipt → measurement confirmed. See the payment flowchart and user guidelines.

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For any query related to the instrument
Contact: Dr. Navjyoti (9540408053)

About this instrument

THERMO SCIENTIFIC ESCALAB QXi

X-ray source:

Monochromated Al K-Alpha with energy: 1486.7eV
Best energy resolution <=0.44eV
Survey scan
High Resolution scan
XPS imaging : Special resolution is up to <3µm
XPS Valence band spectroscopy

UPS: (Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy)

He 1 and He 2 source
Valence Band spectroscopy

Ion source:

MAGCIS (Monoatomic and Gas Cluster Ion source)
Suitable for both inorganic and soft material etching and depth profiling
Surface cleaning of samples
Depth profiling

Standard Dual Beam Charge neutralization for insulating materials

REELS (Reflected Electron Energy loss spectroscopy)

ISS (Ion Scattering Spectroscopy)

Heating and cooling

Up to 600K Heating
Up to 123K Cooling