TY - JOUR
T1 - Glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy for accurate and well resolved analysis of coatings and thin films
AU - Wilke, Marcus
AU - Teichert, Gerd
AU - Gemma, Ryota
AU - Pundt, Astrid
AU - Kirchheim, Reiner
AU - Romanus, Henry
AU - Schaaf, Peter
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: Parts of this work are financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFGScha 632/10) and the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (PRO INNO II — KF0030209SU8). The authors wish to thank Michaela Grosser (Saarland University, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology II) and Marcus Hopfeld (Ilmenau University of Technology) for preparation of the Cr/Ti multilayer stacks and the MAX-phase thin films, respectively. The supervision of the APT measurements by Prof. T. Al-Kassab, Division of Physical Sci. & Eng., King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and financial support by DAAD are thankfully acknowledged.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - In the last years, glow discharge optical emission spectrometry (GDOES) gained more and more acceptance in the analysis of functional coatings. GDOES thereby represents an interesting alternative to common depth profiling techniques like AES and SIMS, based on its unique combination of high erosion rates and erosion depths, sensitivity, analysis of nonconductive layers and easy quantification even for light elements such as C, N, O and H. Starting with the fundamentals of GDOES, a short overview on new developments in instrument design for accurate and well resolved thin film analyses is presented. The article focuses on the analytical capabilities of glow discharge optical emission spectrometry in the analysis of metallic coatings and thin films. Results illustrating the high depth resolution, confirmation of stoichiometry, the detection of light elements in coatings as well as contamination on the surface or interfaces will be demonstrated by measurements of: a multilayer system Cr/Ti on silicon, interface contamination on silicon during deposition of aluminum, Al2O3-nanoparticle containing conversion coatings on zinc for corrosion resistance, Ti3SiC2 MAX-phase coatings by pulsed laser deposition and hydrogen detection in a V/Fe multilayer system. The selected examples illustrate that GDOES can be successfully adopted as an analytical tool in the development of new materials and coatings. A discussion of the results as well as of the limitations of GDOES is presented. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
AB - In the last years, glow discharge optical emission spectrometry (GDOES) gained more and more acceptance in the analysis of functional coatings. GDOES thereby represents an interesting alternative to common depth profiling techniques like AES and SIMS, based on its unique combination of high erosion rates and erosion depths, sensitivity, analysis of nonconductive layers and easy quantification even for light elements such as C, N, O and H. Starting with the fundamentals of GDOES, a short overview on new developments in instrument design for accurate and well resolved thin film analyses is presented. The article focuses on the analytical capabilities of glow discharge optical emission spectrometry in the analysis of metallic coatings and thin films. Results illustrating the high depth resolution, confirmation of stoichiometry, the detection of light elements in coatings as well as contamination on the surface or interfaces will be demonstrated by measurements of: a multilayer system Cr/Ti on silicon, interface contamination on silicon during deposition of aluminum, Al2O3-nanoparticle containing conversion coatings on zinc for corrosion resistance, Ti3SiC2 MAX-phase coatings by pulsed laser deposition and hydrogen detection in a V/Fe multilayer system. The selected examples illustrate that GDOES can be successfully adopted as an analytical tool in the development of new materials and coatings. A discussion of the results as well as of the limitations of GDOES is presented. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/598417
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.07.058
DO - 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.07.058
M3 - Article
SN - 0040-6090
VL - 520
SP - 1660
EP - 1667
JO - Thin Solid Films
JF - Thin Solid Films
IS - 5
ER -