Dusty plasmas for on-site spectroscopic analysis of water sources

John Sweeney; Chester G. Wilson

doi:10.1117/12.830110

17 September 2009 Dusty plasmas for on-site spectroscopic analysis of water sources

John Sweeney, Chester G. Wilson

Proceedings Volume 7484, Optically Based Biological and Chemical Detection for Defence V; 748404 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830110
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2009, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

This paper reports on a low-cost, borosilicate glass-based spectroscopic sensor for the detection of water contaminants. 10 μL water samples are inserted into a sandblasted sample reservoir in a borosilicate glass substrate and are partially evaporated with a 200 nm thin-film Cr microheater/cathode patterned to the bottom of the reservoir. The relative contaminant concentration within the partially evaporated sample is greater, providing a means of measuring lower concentrations of impurities. An on-chip plasma discharge is stuck to the sample, sputtering the water contaminants into the discharge, doping its spectral emissions. Cu and Fe impurities are detected at 10 ppm in a 2.5% HNO₃ solution and Ca and Mg contaminants are detected at 100 ppm. The on-chip microheater yields temperature changes as high as 96 °C when supplied with 100 mA. Multiple single-use sensors can be fabricated inexpensively on the borosilicate glass substrate using simple, standard photolithography techniques.

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John Sweeney and Chester G. Wilson "Dusty plasmas for on-site spectroscopic analysis of water sources", Proc. SPIE 7484, Optically Based Biological and Chemical Detection for Defence V, 748404 (17 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830110

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