Surface studies by grazing‐exit electron probe microanalysis (GE‐EPMA)

K Tsuji, Y Murakami, K Wagatsuma… - X‐Ray Spectrometry …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Surface analysis was performed by a new analytical method, grazing‐exit electron probe
microanalysis (GE‐EPMA). At grazing‐exit (small x‐ray take‐off) angles, only characteristic x …

Grazing-exit electron probe X-ray microanalysis (GE-EPMA): Fundamental and applications

K Tsuji - Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2005 - Elsevier
Electron probe microanalysis (or Scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray
spectrometry) has been studied under grazing-exit conditions. That is, characteristic X-rays …

Grazing-exit X-ray spectrometry for surface and thin-film analyses

K Tsuji, Z Spolnik, K Wagatsuma, S Nagata, I Satoh - Analytical sciences, 2001 - Springer
Electron-probe x-ray micro analysis (EPMA) and particle-induced x-ray emission analysis
(PIXE) were performed under grazing-exit conditions. To control the exit angle (take-off …

Improvement of reproducibility in grazing‐exit EPMA (GE‐EPMA)

K Tetsuoka, T Nagamura, K Tsuji - X‐Ray Spectrometry: An …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In grazing exit electron probe microanalysis (GE‐EPMA), characteristic x‐rays emitted from
only near surface regions of a specimen are detected at extremely low exit angles near 0° …

Localized thin-film analysis by grazing-exit electron probe microanalysis

K Tsuji, K Saito, K Asami, K Wagatsuma… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2002 - Elsevier
We have studied the application of grazing-exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA) for
surface and thin-film analysis. In this method, characteristic X-rays are measured at small …

Grazing-exit electron probe X-ray microanalysis of ultra-thin films and single particles with high-angle resolution

Z Spolnik, J Zhang, K Wagatsuma, K Tsuji - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2002 - Elsevier
Ultra-thin metallic films, artificial particles and aerosols were analyzed by grazing-exit
electron probe X-ray microanalysis (GE-EPMA). It is beneficial to measure the characteristic …

Grazing exit electron probe microanalysis of submicrometer inclusions in metallic materials

T Awane, T Kimura, K Nishida, N Ishikawa… - Analytical …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Grazing exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA) is a new method of EPMA in which
characteristic X-rays emitted from only near-surface regions of a specimen are detected at …

Behavior of the continuous X-ray background in grazing-exit electron probe X-ray microanalysis

K Tsuji, Z Spolnik, K Wagatsuma - Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2001 - Elsevier
The energy distribution of the background radiation originating from two kinds of substrate
materials has been studied using Electron Probe X-Ray Microanalysis (EPMA) at grazing …

Elemental X-ray images obtained by grazing-exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA)

K Tsuji, R Nullens, K Wagatsuma… - Journal of analytical …, 1999 - pubs.rsc.org
A new method, grazing-exit electron probe microanalysis (GE-EPMA), was studied. Only X-
rays emitted from the near-surface layer are measured at grazing-exit angles (eg< 0.5°) …

Grazing angle x‐ray photoemission system for depth‐dependent analysis

T Jach, MJ Chester, SM Thurgate - Review of scientific instruments, 1994 - pubs.aip.org
We have developed an x‐ray photoelectron spectrometer system which combines an
adjustable grazing incidence angle source with reflected beam detection. When operated …