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In-depth profile analysis of thin films deposited on non-conducting glasses by radiofrequency glow-discharge–optical emission spectrometry

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The potential of radiofrequency glow-discharge–optical emission spectrometry (rf-GD–OES) for quantification of thin films on non-conducting materials has been investigated. A commercial rf-GD chamber from Jobin Yvon operated at 13.56 MHz with Ar as discharge gas was used. The signal integration time was 0.1 s. The effect on emission yields of thin conducting layers on glasses of different thickness was studied in detail, using the rf-GD in the common operating mode “constant pressure–constant forward power”. Calibration curves were obtained for two types of material—conducting reference materials and a set of non-conductors comprising homogeneous glass of known composition and three different thicknesses coated (or not) with thin layers of gold. Qualitative and quantitative in-depth profile analyses of different coated non-conducting samples were investigated. A variety of samples, including different thick glass substrates (from 1.8 to 5.8 mm), different thin films deposited on homogeneous glasses (from 6 nm to 35 nm), and different kinds of coating (conductors such as Fe, Ni, Cr, Al, and Nb and non-conductors such as Si3N4) were studied at 450 Pa pressure and 20 W forward power. The quantitative in-depth profiles proved satisfactory and results for depths and concentrations were similar to nominal values.

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Financial support from project MAT2003-09243-C02 (Spanish Ministry of Education and Science and FEDER Programme) and BQU-2003-04671 is gratefully acknowledged. Also, the authors thank Saint-Gobain Cristalería S.A. (Avilés, Spain) and Professor J.M. Albella (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC) for technical support. Finally, Beatriz Fernández acknowledges a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, within the program “Becas de postgrado para la formación de profesorado universitario” (ref. AP2002-2689).

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  1. Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Julian Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain

    Beatriz Fernández, Rosario Pereiro & Alfredo Sanz-Medel

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Spain

    Antonio Martín & Nerea Bordel

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Fernández, B., Martín, A., Bordel, N. et al. In-depth profile analysis of thin films deposited on non-conducting glasses by radiofrequency glow-discharge–optical emission spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 384, 876–886 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-005-0123-5

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