Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 634, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157335
Keywords
X-ray spectroscopy; Thin film; Beam damage; Beam patterning
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Researchers have found that graphene can serve as an x-ray and electron transparent substrate, reducing radiation damage to oxide thin films. This discovery opens up possibilities for the development of experimental setups with limited sample damage.
Thin polymer or oxide films are ubiquitous components in many devices, including membranes for filtration or electrodes in electrochemical energy storage. High energy electron or x-ray probes for microscopy and spectroscopy are useful to characterize and understand these materials. However, irreversible damage by the probe radiation remains a challenge. Here, we show that graphene serves as an x-ray and electron transparent substrate that substantially reduces radiation damage of an oxide thin film. We demonstrate this using highly focused x-ray beams, which show that compared to oxide thin films supported on a substrate, graphene-supported regions show minimal changes in the x-ray spectra as a function of x-ray dose. These results pave the way for the development of experimental setups that allow for long exposure time measurements with limited sample damage and substrate-directed radiation patterning.
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