XPS booking regulation

Teaching session (click me):

You can continue to book the XPS, but you MUST return the equipment to our TA during the following teaching period. Please relocate the sample to the parking position so that our TA can measure the copper on the sample mount and determine the contamination on the stage.

STATUS: NOT OK. 

  • XPS: Unstable emitter; may not ignite
  • UPS: Operational.
  • Sputtering: under certain condition only
  • Charge Compensation: Operational.

We will arrange a full inspection in the summer of 2025, which will take 2 to 4 weeks.

  1. MSE Research group with trained members: Johnny C Y HO, Qiyuan HE, Alex K Y JEN, Dangyuan LEI, Yangyang LI, Andrey L ROGACH, King-Ning TU, Feng WANG, Angus H L YIP, Zhiyuan ZENG, Qichun ZHANG, Wenjun ZHANG, Chunyi ZHI, Tao YANG, Sai-Wing TSANG, Derek HO, Nan LI, Guo HONG
  2. Non-MSE Research group with trained members: Not listed. 
  3. Weekend and holiday booking: Please email to Raymond Lo
  4. Please remember to load your sample one day before your scheduled experiment, preferably between 16:00 and 17:00 for all users unless you have a good track record of usage. Additionally, ensure to retrieve your sample one day after completing your experiment.
  5. Monday morning bookings will be automatically canceled without prior notice. This time is reserved for maintenance and training purposes.

More information for your experiment 

  1. XPS sensitivity factor (download)
  2. Technical support on basic analysis. This is an online resource for your reference only. Please verify with literature (link)