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SURFACE AND INTERFACE ANALYSIS
Volume 47, Issue 4, Pages 439-446Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/sia.5731
Keywords
time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS); principal component analysis (PCA); multivariate curve resolution (MCR); polymers; contamination; Ar cluster beam sputtering
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
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Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) is a powerful tool for determining surface information of complex systems such as polymers and biological materials. However, the interpretation of ToF-SIMS raw data is often difficult. Multivariate analysis has become effective methods for the interpretation of ToF-SIMS data. Some of multivariate analysis methods such as principal component analysis and multivariate curve resolution are useful for simplifying ToF-SIMS data consisting of many components to that explained by a smaller number of components. In this study, the ToF-SIMS data of four layers of three polymers was analyzed using these analysis methods. The information acquired by using each method was compared in terms of the spatial distribution of the polymers and identification. Moreover, in order to investigate the influence of surface contamination, the ToF-SIMS data before and after Ar cluster ion beam sputtering was compared. As a result, materials in the sample of multiple components, including unknown contaminants, were distinguished. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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