Glow-discharge technique

Poljraer surfaces can be easily modified with microwave or radio-frequency-energized glow discharge techniques. The polymer surface cross-links or oxidizes, depending on the nature of the plasma atmosphere. Oxidizing (oxygen) and nonoxidizing (helium) plasmas can have a wide variety of effects on polymer surface wettability characteristics (92). 

W. W. Harrison, C. M. Barschick, J. A. Khngler, P. H. Ratliff, and Y. Mei. Glow Discharge Techniques in Analytical Chemistry. Anal. Chem., 62(1990) 943A-949A. 

In electrophotography, the photoreceptor must have a wide area equivalent to the size of the final copy because the image on the photoreceptor is directly transferred to the paper. The rf glow- discharge technique has been... 

The increased interest in glow-discharge techniques, initially in the academic world and later among instrument manufacturers, can be ascribed largely to their performance in solid sample analysis. 

Fig. 1. (a) Free induction decays (FIDs) for two representative samples of a-Si H made by the glow-discharge technique, (b) The Fourier transform of the free induction decay, which yields the line shapes for the two samples in (a). [From Carlos and Taylor (1982b).]... 

Fig. 19. Photoluminescence efficiency as a function of ESR spin (tensity for samples of a-Si H prepiared by the glow-discharge technique at 300°K under a wide range of deposition conditions. The two solid curves represent model calculations, which give bounds on the data for as-deposited samples. [From Street et al (1978).]...

This chapter deals mainly with a-Si H films prepared by the glow-discharge technique (Sterling and Swann, 1965). The major part of the experimental results is obtained on films prepared in an inductively coupled system at Marburg (M-I) or in a capacitive system at Jfllich. The deposition conditions were rather similar in both cases, i.e., undiluted silane at a pressure of 0.4 Torr and a flow of 5 standard cm per minute (seem) was employed. An rf power of < 5 W was used, leading to deposition rates of... 

An atomizer based on glow discharge techniques is commercially available for the analysis of solid metal samples by AAS. It will be discussed in the applications sections under solid sample analysis. 

Harrison WW, Barshick CM, Klingler JA, Ratliff PH and Mei Y (1990) Glow discharge techniques in anal3dical chemistry. Analytical Chemistry 62 943A- 949A. 

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