Chemistry Letters, Vol.38, No.12, 1146-1147, 2009
Investigation of Silver Oxidation Behavior under Active Oxygen Processing Utilizing the Quartz Crystal Microbalance Method
We have been investigating the mechanism of surface oxidation on thin silver film under ultraviolet lamp processing to achieve high-resolution active oxygen monitoring utilizing a quartz crystal microbalance QCM). In this study, real-time silver oxidation behavior was measured by the QCM. The oxidation mechanism is discussed here based on the results Of Surface analyses by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM).