At present (15/Mar/2020) the PHI 5600 is up and running but thanks to COVID activities are suspended .

To request an XPS/Auger/UPS study, download and complete this form and email it to jorgelopez@utep.edu.

List of active jobs:

• 15/Feb/2020, Nair Harikishnan (UTEP), two samples, Te; XPS. Expected completion date: 27/Feb/2020.

  • Status: sample 1 done, sample 2 in chamber. 

List of pending jobs

Note: each job takes about two weeks after completion of the previous one. Jobs can be collaborations or for-pay, for-pay jobs take priority and go to the top of the queue.

• Kaiqiang Hu (UTEP), five samples, PVA?AuNPs/PVA-5?CoNPs/PVA-4?pulp?Au/pulp; XPS. Expected starting date: 1/Mar/2020; Expected completion date: 15/Mar/2020.  See request form here.  

• Toni Ramos (UACJ), two samples, XPS. 

List of completed jobs:

• 11/Nov/2019, Gilberto Henao Pabán, four samples; XPS. Completion date: 17/Dec/2019.

• 5/Oct/2018, Ahsan/Noveron, four samples, Fe-C-O, C-Cu-O, Ni-C-O; XPS. Completion date: 17/Oct/2018.

• Ahsan/Noveron, four samples, Fe-C-O, C-Cu-O, Ni-C-O; XPS. Completion date: 1/Oct/2018. See article here.

• Carlos Díaz-Moreno/Jorge López, La0.05Li0.85NbO3and LiNbO3 Nanocrystals, XPS. Completion date: Jan/2018. See article here.

• Carlos Díaz-Moreno/Jorge López, ferroelectric lanthanum lithium niobate, XPS. Completion date: Dec/2017. See article here.

• Jesse Murillo/Echegoyen, O-U samples, XPS. Completion date: June/2017. See article here.

• Villagran, CoMoS2 nanoparticles, XPS. Completion date: 16/June/2017. See article here.

• Carlos Díaz-Moreno/Jorge López, La0.5Li0.85NbO3 nanoparticles, XPS. Completion date: Apr/2017. See article here.

List of postponed jobs

• Dong Ding/Wenjuan Bian (Idaho National Lab), four samples, XPS. See request form here.

• Hongmei Luo/Jiuling Yu (NMSU), five TiO2-BN samples, XPS. See request form here.

• Swati rawat (UTEP), Six Cu, CuO samples, XPS. See request form here.

• S. Rao/L.Martinez (UTEP), two Cr, Si, Te samples, XPS. See request form here.

• Pei Xu/Lu Lin (NMSU), Ti, O, B, N, C samples, XPS. See request form here.

More Information

PHI 5600 XPS X-ray photoelectron Spectrometer

Nuclear and Surface Physics Group

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Contact: Dr. Jorge A. Lopez, jorgelopez@utep.edu. 

Status of XPS Log:

• Activities suspended due to COVID, Mar. 15 - ...
• Up, Mar. 15, 2020
• Down (lost of vacuum) Mar. 12 - Mar. 15, 2020.