Event
Beginning: 10/28/25
Location: Online
Two sessions are available for this webinar:
- 9 AM GMT / 10 AM CET / 5 PM CST / 6 PM JST
- 4 PM GMT / 5 PM CET / 9 AM PDT / 12 PM EDT
Surface and Interface studies require the use of complementary analytical techniques as each instrumentation provides partial results only, also based on the interaction of the investigated material with a probing medium [1].
For multiple materials & coatings, obtaining elemental and molecular information for different probing size and depth is especially crucial. HORIBA offers a Platform with multiple instruments that could be coupled permitting to tackle complex analytical challenges.
In this webinar we will essentially focus on the combination of Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry and Raman.
GD OES relies on a plasma to sputter a representative area of a material and provides ultra-fast elemental depth profile with nanometer resolution [2].
The GD plasma has already been used to prepare samples for SEM and GD has been coupled with XPS and HAXPES for Photovoltaic and Semi applications.
Coupling GD and Raman is very interesting to simultaneously obtain both the elemental profiles and molecular information of multilayers at various depths possibly with high lateral resolution.
We will illustrate the benefit of this complementarity by showing selected results on polymeric coatings on metallic substrates (with the use of a patented plasma operation mode [3]), hydratation of anodic films [4], batteries, coatings on glasses and DLC coatings on bipolar plates [5].
Keywords: Surface & Interface studies, GDOES, Raman, Elemental & Molecular analysis
References:
[1] Compendium of Surface & Interface Analysis, Springer
[2] Review: What Can Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy (GD-OES) Technique Tell Us about Perovskite Solar Cells? Small Methods 2022, 2200633
[3] HORIBA application note
[4] Raman and glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy studies on structure and anion incorporation properties of a hydrated alumina film on aluminum. Applied Surface Science 592 (2022) 153321
[5] Advances in RF Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry Characterization of Intrinsic and Boron-Doped Diamond Coatings. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c20785
Who should attend: practitioners and researchers working on thin and thick coatings – organic, oxides, nitrides, carbides - and interested in fast elemental and/or molecular analysis. Material scientists dealing with surfaces and interfaces
Key learning objectives: Applications of GD OES for thin and thick films, plasma/solid interactions, Raman measurements of surfaces and interfaces, access to embedded interfaces, elemental and molecular combined analysis
