Secondary ion mass spectrometry: characterizing complex samples in two and three dimensions

JS Fletcher, JC Vickerman - Analytical chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Over the last 10 or so years, developments in molecular se-condary ion mass spectrometry
(SIMS) have taken its capability into areas previously only demonstrated in dynamic SIMS …

Characterization of polymeric surfaces and interfaces using time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

H Mei, TS Laws, T Terlier, R Verduzco… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF‐SIMS) is used for chemical analysis of
surfaces. ToF‐SIMS is a powerful tool for polymer science because it detects a broad mass …

The matrix effect in organic secondary ion mass spectrometry

AG Shard, SJ Spencer, SA Smith, R Havelund… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Well defined reference materials consisting of Irganox 1010 and either Irganox 1098 or
Fmoc-pentafluoro-l-phenylalanine (Fmoc-PFLPA) are described. These have been analysed …

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 …

Measuring compositions in organic depth profiling: results from a VAMAS interlaboratory study

AG Shard, R Havelund, SJ Spencer… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report the results of a VAMAS (Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards)
interlaboratory study on the measurement of composition in organic depth profiling. Layered …

Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of Mass Spectra of OEL Materials by Artificial Neural Network and Interface Evaluation: Results from a VAMAS Interlaboratory …

S Aoyagi, DJH Cant, M Dürr, A Eyres… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Quantitative analysis of binary mixtures of tris (2-phenylpyridinato) iridium (III)(Ir (ppy) 3) and
tris (8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminum (Alq3) by using an artificial neural network (ANN) …

Quantitative analysis of ToF‐SIMS data of a two organic compound mixture using an autoencoder and simple artificial neural networks

S Aoyagi, K Matsuda - Rapid Communications in Mass …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Matrix effects cause a nonlinear relationship between ion intensities and
concentrations in mass spectrometry, including time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass …

The matrix effect in secondary ion mass spectrometry

MP Seah, AG Shard - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Matrix effects in the secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) of selected elemental systems
have been analyzed to investigate the applicability of a mathematical description of the …

Sample Cooling or Rotation Improves C60 Organic Depth Profiles of Multilayered Reference Samples: Results from a VAMAS Interlaboratory Study

P Sjovall, D Rading, S Ray, L Yang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate two methods to improve the quality of organic depth profiling by C60
sputtering using multilayered reference samples as part of a VAMAS (Versailles project on …

A two‐point calibration method for quantifying organic binary mixtures using secondary ion mass spectrometry in the presence of matrix effects

AG Shard, A Miisho, JL Vorng… - Surface and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of the composition of binary mixtures in secondary ion mass spectrometry
(SIMS) is required in the analyses of technological materials from organic electronics to drug …