Abstract
Characterization of samarium thin films molecular plated from N,N-dimethylformamide solutions onto stainless steel substrates, with either mirrorlike or brushed finishes, was carried out using a Thermo Scientific K-Alpha x-ray photoelectron spectrometer. Survey scans of the two specimens showed the presence of samarium, carbon, and oxygen with minor amounts of sodium. High-resolution spectra were then taken of the Sm 3d, O 1s, and C 1s regions. The chemical compositions of the two samples were found to be very similar, with the key difference being the relative amounts of two carbon species. Spectra from the survey and narrow high-resolution scans of the Sm 3d, O 1s, and C 1s regions are reported herein.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 024003 |
| Journal | Surface Science Spectra |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1 2018 |
Funding
The authors thank Harry Meyer for the use of his lab to perform the measurements. This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, Isotope Development and Production for Research and Applications Program. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The U.S. government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. government purposes. The DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/ downloads/doe-public-access-plan).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| U.S. Department of Energy |
Keywords
- electrodeposition
- molecular plating
- samarium
- thin film