Studying Novel Kinds of Glow Discharges
Such discharges are sometimes operated at reduced pressure and sometimes at atmospheric pressure. The one shown in this image is in the open atmosphere and strikes directly onto the surface of a solution sample. Elements in that sample are volatilized, atomized, and emit radiation characteristic of those elements. Despite its low power and small size, the new discharge offers detection limits that rival those of more powerful and familiar emission sources such as the inductively coupled plasma.
Trevor Douglas
Earl Blough Professor of Chemistry
Chemical Biology, Inorganic, Materials
Caroline Chick Jarrold
Class of 1948 Herman B Wells Endowed Professor
Adjunct Professor, Physics
Martin F. Jarrold
Distinguished Professor and Robert & Marjorie Mann Chair
Nicola L. B. Pohl
Professor and Joan & Marvin Carmack Chair, Associate Dean of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
