Frozen O2 layer revealed by neutron reflectometry

A. Steffen; A. Glavic; O. Holderer; H. Frielinghaus; H. Ambaye; S. Pütter; T. Brückel

Results in Physics (Jan 2016)

Frozen O2 layer revealed by neutron reflectometry

A. Steffen,
A. Glavic,
O. Holderer,
H. Frielinghaus,
H. Ambaye,
S. Pütter,
T. Brückel

Affiliations

A. Steffen: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, JCNS Outstation at MLZ, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85747 Garching, Germany; Corresponding author.
A. Glavic: Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villingen PSI, Switzerland
O. Holderer: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, JCNS Outstation at MLZ, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85747 Garching, Germany
H. Frielinghaus: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, JCNS Outstation at MLZ, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85747 Garching, Germany
H. Ambaye: Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
S. Pütter: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, JCNS Outstation at MLZ, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85747 Garching, Germany
T. Brückel: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, JCNS Outstation at MLZ, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85747 Garching, Germany; Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, JCNS-2, Leo-Brandt-Str., 52425 Jülich, Germany

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6
pp. 263 – 264

Abstract

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A 63 Å thick film originating from frozen air on a solid substrate has been investigated via neutron reflectometry. The experiment shows that neutron reflectometry allows performing chemical surface analysis by quantifying the composition of this frozen layer and identifies the film to be frozen oxygen. Keywords: Thin films, Surface oxygen layer, Neutron reflectometry

Published in Results in Physics

ISSN: 2211-3797 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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