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Aluminium nitride

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Analyst: V.Serin. Temperature: 300.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Aluminium nitride", formula="AlN")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21529)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
AlN
Elements
Al, N
Edges
Al K
Source and purity
AlN fritt
Energy range
1533.4 – 1635.28 eV
Step
0.1 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

Dark current corrected
Yes
Gain variation corrected
Yes
Thickness
0.5 t/λ

Acquisition

Microscope
CM30
Gun
LaB6
Beam energy
100 kV
Convergence semi-angle
8.4 mrad
Collection semi-angle
15 mrad
Resolution
1.6 eV
Mode
Diffraction
Detector
Parallel
Probe size
42.5 nm²
Beam current
2500
Integration time
6.4 s
Readouts
10

Reference

V.serin, C.Colliex, R.Brydson, S.Matar, F.Boucher Phys Rev B, 58 5106-5115 1998

Other links

Please cite this spectrum

If you use this spectrum, cite the contributor's paper and the EELS Data Base.

Virginie Serin. Aluminium nitride (AlN). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21529, 2005. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/aluminium-nitride-2/

V.serin, C.Colliex, R.Brydson, S.Matar, F.Boucher  Phys Rev B, 58 5106-5115 1998

Philip Ewels, Thierry Sikora, Virginie Serin, Chris P. Ewels and Luc Lajaunie. “A Complete Overhaul of the Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Database: eelsdb.eu.” Microscopy and Microanalysis 22, 717–724 (2016). doi:10.1017/S1431927616000179
BibTeX
@misc{Serin2005eelsdb21529,
  author = {Virginie Serin},
  title = {Aluminium nitride},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21529},
  year = {2005},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/aluminium-nitride-2/}
}

@article{ewels2016eelsdb,
  author = {Ewels, Philip and Sikora, Thierry and Serin, Virginie and Ewels, Chris P. and Lajaunie, Luc},
  title = {A Complete Overhaul of the Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Database: eelsdb.eu},
  journal = {Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  volume = {22},
  pages = {717--724},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1017/S1431927616000179}
}