Development of a new scanning ion microbeam analysis and imaging technique; Ion-Luminescence Microscopic Imaging and Spectroscopy (ILUMIS)

Kada, Wataru; Sato, Takahiro; Yokoyama, Akihito; Koka, Masashi; Kamiya, Tomihiro

Microscopic imaging and analysis techniques are increasing its importance and being interested from the environmental research fields especially for the target with a complex elemental or chemical structures. Electron or synchrotron-radiation microbeam probes are quite poplar scanning analytical probing techniques for the imaging of such microscopic targets. On the other hand, microbeam techniques using MeV ions have also utilized for such analysis purpose with advantages in the aspect of sensitivity and S/N ratios. However, these Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) techniques like PIXE (Particle Induced X-ray Emission) do not have enough sensitivity in the chemical-state analysis. This limits the application area of IBA techniques compared to the other beam probes. In this study, an new ion microbeam technique with Microscopic by spectroscopic analysis of IL was developed and combined with micro-PIXE system for the simultaneous analysis and imaging of chemical-state distribution in microscopic targets. Spectroscopy of IL from the National Institute of Environmental Science (NIES) aerosol standards was first achieved to visualize chemical state distribution in such microscopic analytical targets with spatial resolution of 1m.