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Amorphous Carbon

Low loss C (amorphous) · Dr. Graham Carpenter · added 2009-05-13 · History

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Analyst: Graham J.C. Carpenter. Temperature: Room.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Amorphous Carbon", formula="C (amorphous)")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21747)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
C (amorphous)
Elements
C
Source and purity
Holey Carbon Film, vacuum-vaporated carbon (trace of Si)
Energy range
-8.32 – 44.54 eV
Step
0.052 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

Dark current corrected
Yes
Gain variation corrected
Yes

Acquisition

Microscope
CM20-FEG
Gun
feg Schottky
Beam energy
200 kV
Collection semi-angle
7.6 mrad
Resolution
1 eV
Mode
Imaging
Detector
GIF: GIF (model 678)

Reference

Wronski Z.S. and Carpenter G.J.C., Carbon nanoshells obtained from leaching carbonyl nickel metal powders, Carbon 44, 1779, 2006.

Other links

Please cite this spectrum

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

Dr. Graham Carpenter. Amorphous Carbon (C (amorphous)). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21747, 2009. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/amorphous-carbon/

Wronski Z.S. and Carpenter G.J.C., Carbon nanoshells obtained from leaching carbonyl nickel metal powders, Carbon 44, 1779, 2006.

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{Carpenter2009eelsdb21747,
  author = {Dr. Graham Carpenter},
  title = {Amorphous Carbon},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21747},
  year = {2009},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/amorphous-carbon/}
}

@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}
}
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