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Ievlev AV, Belianinov A, Jesse S, Allison DP, Doktycz MJ, Retterer ST, Kalinin SV, Ovchinnikova OS. Automated Interpretation and Extraction of Topographic Information from Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Data. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17099. [PMID: 29213083 PMCID: PMC5719033 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17049-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) is a powerful surface-sensitive characterization tool allowing the imaging of chemical properties over a wide range of organic and inorganic material systems. This technique allows precise studies of chemical composition with sub-100-nm lateral and nanometer depth spatial resolution. However, comprehensive interpretation of ToF-SIMS results is challenging because of the very large data volume and high dimensionality. Furthermore, investigation of samples with pronounced topographical features is complicated by systematic and measureable shifts in the mass spectrum. In this work we developed an approach for the interpretation of the ToF-SIMS data, based on the advanced data analytics. Along with characterization of the chemical composition, our approach allows extraction of the sample surface morphology from a time of flight registration technique. This approach allows one to perform correlated investigations of surface morphology, biological function, and chemical composition of Arabidopsis roots.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anton V Ievlev
- The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
- Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
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- The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Department Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd., Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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Synthesis and thermochromic property studies on W doped VO 2 films fabricated by sol-gel method. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6132. [PMID: 28733653 PMCID: PMC5522425 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05229-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Tungsten-doped VO2 thin films have been synthesized by a modified sol–gel process and followed by a post annealing. Vanadium pentoxide and tungstic acid as raw materials with the addition of hydrogen peroxide, concentrated hydrochloric acid (catalyst) and oxalic acid used as reducing agent were reacted in isobutanol. Finally, the uniform sol of vanadyl oxalate in isobutanol solvent was obtained as precursor. Detailed study suggested that W doped in VO2 introduces additional electron carriers and induces the formation of V3+. Post annealing under vacuum promotes the releasing of chemical stress and generates oxygen vacancies in the samples. Temperature dependent transmittance study revealed that the releasing of chemical stress and deliberately introducing oxygen vacancies in W-doped VO2 films have positive effects on enhancing its switching ability in the infrared transmittance as the metal-insulator transition (MIT) occurs. The largest switching of transmittance was obtained about 48% in the infrared range at 43 °C in 1.5%W doped VO2 films, which is significantly larger than the reported ones. The findings in this work open a new way to synthesize the novel and thermochromic W doped VO2 films with facility and low cost. Therefore, it has extensive application to construct smart windows and electronic devices.
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