Pb-Ti-O thin films, lead titanate powder, lead monoxide, titanium dioxide and a stoichiometric PbO-TiO2 mixture were investigated by time-of-flight (ToF) SIMS. The nature of the numerous PbxOy+/-, TixOy+/- and PbxTixOy+/- ionic species generated by 15 keV Gal primary ion bombardment analysed by ToF-SIMS allowed the identification of the involved metal-oxygen system. The detection of PbxTixOy+/- mixed metal ions was specific to lead titanate (film and powder). Indeed, these species were not observed when the PbO-TiO2 stoichiometric mixture was examined. Consequently, they allowed unambiguous molecular identification of the Pb-Ti-O investigated system. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
Aubriet, F., Poleunis, C., & Bertrand, P. (2002). Characterization of lead-titanium-oxygen compounds by static SIMS. Surface and Interface Analysis, 34(1), 754-758. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.1404 (Original work published 2002)