Advances in Elemental Characterization of Materials and Mass Spectrometry Technique Development
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2023) | Viewed by 3135
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mass spectrometry; material characterization; FIB-TOF-SIMS technique development; focused ion beam; nanotechnology
Interests: FIB-SEM; ToF-SIMS; geopolymer; geoscience
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The extensive development of novel micro-and nanotechnologies, based on thin films and nanoparticle-containing systems, requires precise and reliable chemical characterization techniques, being particularly important for microelectronics, microdevices for new energy applications, and biotechnological applications such as the chemical structure-determining electrical, mechanical, and optical properties of new materials and, therefore, their ultimate functionality.
The Special Issue "Advances in Elemental Characterization of Materials and Mass Spectrometry Technique Development" of Materials (Impact Factor: 3.623 as of the year 2020; 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.920) intends to cover all recent aspects of mass spectrometry, including fundamental research, method upgrades, as well as its applications.
The scope of this Special Issue will mainly focus on, but is not limited to:
- Mass spectrometry basics (ionization mechanisms, matrix effect, resolution and sensitivity improvements, signal enhancement methods, data interpretation, and troubleshooting);
- Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), including gas-assisted TOF-SIMS;
- Atom probe tomography (ATP);
- Chemical characterization of surfaces, thin films, nanoparticles, organic-inorganic hybrid materials;
- Correlative studies in micro-and nanoscale;
- In situ process analysis and early-stage detection of process malfunction.
Dr. Agnieszka Priebe
Dr. William Rickard
Dr. Marc Veillerot
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mass spectrometry
- chemical characterization
- TOF-SIMS
- technique development
- gas-assisted FIB-TOF-SIMS
- material science
- 3D material structure
- surface analysis
- process analysis
- atom probe tomography
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