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Analysis techniques

Thanks to its wide range of surface characterisation techniques, Science et Surface can select the techniques that meet your requirements.

The performances of each technique are presented in the schema and table below :

technique-analyse
Elementary Quanti Chemical Sensitivity Depth profiling Spot size
Profile Insulators
XPS yes yes yes 0,1 % at. 10 nm 10 µm yes
-> 1 µm
yes
AES yes yes yes 0,1 % at. 10 nm 0,1 µm yes
-> 1 µm
no
DSIMS yes difficult no ppm-ppb 0,3 µm yes
-> 10 µm
yes
SSIMS yes difficult yes molecular femtomole < 1 nm 0,3 µm yes
GD-OES yes yes no ppm no yes
-> 100 µm
yes (RF)
EDS (SEM)
yes yes no 0,1 % at. 1 µm 1 µm no yes
FTIR
no no yes molecular 1000 ppm 1 µm 3 µm no yes
TEM
yes with EDS yes with EDS yes with EELS 1%at. 100 nm down to the nanometer no yes

Science et Surface also carries out material analyses with its partner laboratories: XRD, ICP-MS, GD-MS, HS-GCMS, DSC, ATG, pyrolysis GC-MS, micro-hardness, viscosity measurement, water content, ageing tests, corrosion tests, etc. and other analyses on request.