Radiation damage in some platinum(IV) complexes produced during soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic studies

Abstract

The results of a study of the reduction of some platinum(IV) compounds during the course of X-ray photoelectron measurements are presented. All the compounds investigated suffered reduction though the observed rates varied considerably. Kinetic analysis of the peak intensities in the X-ray photoelectron spectra reveal that the reduction process is invariably first order, and a model is proposed to account for this finding. Platinum(II) compounds studied were stable to X-radiation.