Secondary ion mass spectrometry

NP Lockyer, S Aoyagi, JS Fletcher, IS Gilmore… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is a technique for chemical analysis and imaging
of solid materials, with applications in many areas of science and technology. It involves …

[HTML][HTML] A novel ToF-SIMS operation mode for sub 100 nm lateral resolution: Application and performance

M Kubicek, G Holzlechner, AK Opitz, S Larisegger… - Applied surface …, 2014 - Elsevier
A novel operation mode for time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) is
described for a TOF. SIMS 5 instrument with a Bi-ion gun. It features sub 100 nm lateral …

CHILI–the Chicago Instrument for Laser Ionization–a new tool for isotope measurements in cosmochemistry

T Stephan, R Trappitsch, AM Davis, MJ Pellin… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
We describe CHILI, the Chicago Instrument for Laser Ionization, a new resonance ionization
mass spectrometer developed for isotopic analysis at high spatial resolution and high …

SIMS of organics—Advances in 2D and 3D imaging and future outlook

IS Gilmore - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has become a powerful technique for the label-
free analysis of organics from cells to electronic devices. The development of cluster ion …

A novel ToF-SIMS operation mode for improved accuracy and lateral resolution of oxygen isotope measurements on oxides

G Holzlechner, M Kubicek, H Hutter… - Journal of Analytical Atomic …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxygen isotope exchange with subsequent time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
(ToF-SIMS) is a highly valuable tool for determining oxygen diffusion coefficients in oxides …

Validated analysis of component distribution inside perovskite solar cells and its utility in unveiling factors of device performance and degradation

CH Hou, SH Hung, LJ Jhang, KJ Chou… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) has been used for gaining
insights into perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the importance of selecting ion beam …

ToF-SIMS analysis of ultrathin films and their fragmentation patterns

S Muramoto, DJ Graham, DG Castner - Journal of Vacuum Science & …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Organic thin films are of great interest due to their intriguing interfacial and functional
properties, especially for device applications such as thin-film transistors and sensors. As …

Correction of dead time effects in laser-induced desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry: Applications in atom probe tomography

T Stephan, PR Heck, D Isheim, JB Lewis - International Journal of Mass …, 2015 - Elsevier
Dead time effects in time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry are well known and can
be corrected for using Poisson statistics. Laser-induced desorption, however, introduces …

Study of experimental variability in TOF-SIMS mass spectrometry imaging of biological samples

C Bich, D Touboul, A Brunelle - International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2013 - Elsevier
Studies of the chemical composition of organs using mass spectrometry imaging become an
important issue to better understand the mechanisms involved in various diseases …

Dead‐time correction for time‐of‐flight secondary‐ion mass spectral images: a critical issue in multivariate image analysis

BJ Tyler, RE Peterson - Surface and interface analysis, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dead‐time effects result in a non‐linear detector response in the common time‐of‐flight
secondary‐ion mass spectrometry instruments. This can result in image artifacts that can …