Review: The Surface Analysis of Paper

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Chemical structure 2.1 Infra Red (IR) spectroscopy 2.1.1 Attenuated Total Reflectance IR (ATR-IR) 2.1.2 Photo Acoustic Spectroscopy (PAS) 2.1.3 Examples of uses of IR spectroscopy in paper 2.2 Raman spectroscopy 2.2.1 Variants of Raman spectroscopy and examples of use in paper 2.3 X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) 2.3.1 Depth profiling 2.3.2 Use of XPS for fibres 2.3.3 Use of XPS in determining failure at interfaces 2.3.4 The use of XPS to determine surface chemistry of coatings 2.3.5 XPS for analysis of paper surface treatments 2.4 Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) 2.4.1 Applications of SIMS in paper 2.5 UV analysis of surface binder content 3 Electron microscopy 3.1 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) 3.1.1 Examples of SEM use in paper 3.1.2 SEM for topography analysis 3.1.3 Staining and cross sections 3.1.4 SEM and Image analysis 3.1.5 Dispersive X-Ray analysis EDX on SEM 3.2 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) 4 Paper topography 4.1 Air leak methods 4.2 Profilometry & interferometry 14th Fundamental Research Symposium, Oxford