{"id":10536,"date":"2020-03-03T09:24:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/materials\/?p=10536"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:16:41","slug":"developing-trends-in-surface-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/materials\/developing-trends-in-surface-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Trends in Surface Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the thin films that protect our smartphones, to the coatings that make it possible for airplane pilots to see out the window, to the surface treatments that improve medical implant safety, the surfaces of materials are particularly important to our everyday lives. By studying the chemical structure of material surfaces, researchers can ensure they develop materials that have the properties they desire\u2014whether it\u2019s water-resistance, adhesiveness, protection against corrosion, or lack of contamination.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, surface analysis has continued to mature as an area of research as scientists explore surface-related problems involving a wide variety of materials. And as we enter a new decade, more advancements are expected to occur. Here are three surface analysis trends I\u2019m seeing and that I believe will continue to be important in 2020 and beyond:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:100%\"><strong>Surface analysis continues to be democratized. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p> As recently as 10 or 15 years ago, surface analysis techniques such as <a href=\"https:\/\/xpssimplified.com\/whatisxps.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy<\/a> (XPS), Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS), and Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) required a specialized expert who served as the go-to-person for microscope-related analyses. Yet over time, improvements in instrumentation have made these tools simpler to use, extending these techniques to a broader number of users. Today, users can spend less time coming up-to-speed on XPS and other instruments and more time focusing on material exploration. In addition, users can now easily combine XPS with multiple other techniques to obtain different information from the same sample, giving users the exact data needed to tell the story locked inside the material they\u2019re investigating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:100%\"><strong>Industry is embracing surface engineering. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p> Today, XPS is increasingly used not only for specialized surface analysis, but also as a general-purpose characterization technique to better understand the chemical structure of their materials. Why is this? Because if you can easily find the answer to your problem, then it becomes considered a general characterization method, one you can just walk up and use. This is especially true as technology improves, and solutions such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/xpssimplified.com\/magcis_ion_system.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gas cluster ion sources<\/a>\u00a0help to solve materials problems that couldn\u2019t previously be analyzed. The move to using surface analysis more generally started in academia, and as students graduate, they are taking the same toolkit into their jobs. I have already seen this in Asia, where the exposure of students to surface analysis has historically been high, and now it\u2019s becoming a global phenomenon\u2014one in which XPS is used in the commercial development of batteries, touch-screens, and even ceramics for bathrooms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignmiddle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;margin: 10px\" title=\"Man using phone, airplane exterior, artificial joints - all areas where XPS is used\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/materials\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/three20trends-2.jpg\" alt=\"Man using phone, airplane exterior, artificial joints - all areas where XPS is used\" width=\"900\" height=\"100\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">XPS continues to evolve as scientists incorporate surface analysis techniques into a wide range of materials science research.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:100%\"><strong>Automation and intelligence are strengthening data integrity. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p> Data reproducibility has become a recurring theme at a number of recent influential conferences such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecasia2019.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ECASIA 2019<\/a> in September 2019 and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AVS<\/a> 66th International Symposium &amp; Exhibition a month later. Conducting a routine analysis is becoming easier, opening up surface analysis to more scientists.\u00a0As research continues to move forward, the core tenets of science\u2014the reproducibility of data and solid interpretation and communication methods\u2014are of upmost importance. While there are a lot of ways to fulfill these tenets, the development of intuitive and intelligent software will certainly be a continuing focus. Automation and intelligence are starting to be introduced, and this trend will continue in coming years, extending surface analysis techniques to more users, while making it easier to obtain the accurate, reproducible information required for data integrity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s been interesting to watch surface analysis evolve into a mature technique, and the decade ahead appears just as promising. In the coming years, further advances are poised to extend surface analysis to a broader range of uses, keeping this area of research at the forefront of scientific discovery.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________<br \/>\n<em>Tim Nunney is a surface analysis marketing manager at<\/em><em> Thermo Fisher Scientific.<\/em><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#e4f6fb\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 15px 10px 15px 30px\">\n<h4>Want to speak to someone? Need a quote? 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