High resolution PIXE instrumentation survey, part I

High resolution energy dispersive spectrometry (HiREDS), a new tool for X-ray emission work

“…Petukhov, Terasawa and Török compiled reviews on the spread of the use of these type of spectrometers on HR-PIXE work until 1996. 16–18 On counting at that date there were a total of 22 laboratories using it for: (a) elemental analysis (24 references); (b) chemical state analysis (44 references) and (c) basic research (46 references). WDS systems still keep a standard rate of publication in these same areas and the more recent studies by Kavčič, 19–21 Kertész, 22 Hasegawa, 23 Maeda, 24 Tada, 25,26 Woo 27 and Cureatz, 28 to point out just a very few, are good examples.…”

Foundations and trends of high resolution energy dispersive PIXE (HiRED-PIXE)

“…Since then, this type of work was never abandoned, although it remained for a long time limited to a few laboratories around the world, and oriented mostly towards fundamental problems. Comprehensive reviews of the work of various laboratories in this context were published by Terasawa, Torök and Petukhov in the 1990s [4][5][6]. After the turn of the century, using WDS high resolution PIXE for applications became more frequent.…”