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The use of ToF-SIMS and XPS in industrial research is demonstrated by
a number of applications of surface analysis within Akzo Nobel: surfac
e treatment of carbon fibers, adhesion activation of aramid fibers, we
athering and protection of wood, surfactant adsorption on pigments, gr
afting of polypropylene with acrylic monomers and treatment of a perfl
uorinated membrane with an amphiphile. The examples illustrate the bro
ad use of these techniques on non-conducting organic and polymeric mat
erials.