Publication detail

Insufficient reporting of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrumental and peak fitting parameters (metadata) in the scientific literature

MAJOR, G. CLARK, M. CAYABYAB, K. ENGEL, N. EASTON, C. ČECHAL, J. BAER, D. TERRY, J. LINFORD, M.

Original Title

Insufficient reporting of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrumental and peak fitting parameters (metadata) in the scientific literature

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

This study was motivated by earlier observations. It is a systematic examination of the adequacy of reporting of information (metadata) necessary to understand x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) data collection and data analysis in the scientific literature. The information for this study was obtained from papers published in three high-quality journals over a six-month period in 2019 and throughout 2021. Each paper was evaluated to determine whether the authors had reported (percentages of the papers properly providing the information are given in parentheses) the spectrometer (66%), fitting software (15%), x-ray source (40%), pass energy (10%), spot size (5%), synthetic peak shapes in fits (10%), backgrounds in fits (10%), whether the XPS data are shown in the main body of the paper or in the supporting information (or both), and whether fitted or unfitted spectra were shown (80% of published spectra are fit). The Shirley background is the most widely used background in XPS peak fitting. The Al Ka source is the most widely used x-ray source for XPS data collection. casaxps is the most widely used fitting program for XPS data analysis. There is good agreement between the results gathered during the two years of our survey. There are some hints the situation may be improving. This study also provides a list of the information/parameters that should be reported when XPS is performed.

Keywords

PRACTICAL GUIDE; ATTENUATION LENGHTS; INTRODUCTORY GUIDE; SURFACE-ANALYSIS; NICKEL METAL; XPS SPECTRA; BACKGROUNDS

Authors

MAJOR, G.; CLARK, M.; CAYABYAB, K.; ENGEL, N.; EASTON, C.; ČECHAL, J.; BAER, D.; TERRY, J.; LINFORD, M.

Released

1. 6. 2023

Publisher

A V S AMER INST PHYSICS

Location

MELVILLE

ISBN

1520-8559

Periodical

JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A

Year of study

41

Number

4

State

United States of America

Pages count

10

URL

https://pubs.aip.org/avs/jva/article/41/4/043201/2891402/Insufficient-reporting-of-x-ray-photoelectron

BibTex

@article{BUT183945,
  author="George H.H. {Major} and Maxwell B. {Clark} and Kevin {Cayabyab} and Nathan {Engel} and Christopher D.D. {Easton} and Jan {Čechal} and Donald R.R. {Baer} and Jeff {Terry} and Matthew R.R. {Linford}",
  title="Insufficient reporting of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrumental and peak fitting parameters (metadata) in the scientific literature",
  journal="JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A",
  year="2023",
  volume="41",
  number="4",
  pages="10",
  doi="10.1116/6.0002714",
  issn="1520-8559",
  url="https://pubs.aip.org/avs/jva/article/41/4/043201/2891402/Insufficient-reporting-of-x-ray-photoelectron"
}