Analysis of carbon materials by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Since hard coating such as ta:C films are of growing interest for protecting surfaces of industrial machines and high capacity tools against wear and friction or for biomedical applications, more information about the structure-to-property relation is required. Therefore, core level X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and spectromicroscopy are used to derive chemical information about selected carbon species.