Pulsed glow discharges for analytical applications

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 623-641

  Belenguer, Ph ^a   Ganciu, M ^b,c   Guillot, Ph ^d   Nelis, Th ^a  

^a Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c Institute of Lasers Plasma and Radiation Physics   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Non equilibrium plasma; Pulsed glow discharge spectrometry; Solid material analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; CONTINUOUS MODE; EUROPEAN PROJECT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; IONISATION; MATERIAL ANALYSIS; NON EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA; NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PLASMA IGNITION; PULSED DISCHARGE; PULSED GLOW DISCHARGE; PULSED GLOW DISCHARGE SPECTROMETRY; PULSED PLASMA; RESEARCH GROUPS; ROUTINE ANALYSIS; SET-UPS; SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS; SOLID MATERIAL; SOLID MATERIAL ANALYSIS; SPUTTERED ATOMS; SURFACE AND INTERFACES; TIME-RESOLVED;

GLOW DISCHARGES; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMAS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPUTTERING;

SURFACE DISCHARGES;

EID: 68049095984     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.05.031     Document Type: Review

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