Les traitements plasma sont devenus des moyens incontournables et puissants pour modifier les propriétés de surface de nombreux matériaux sans intervenir sur les propriétés massiques et ceci en étant respectueux de l’environnement. Si ces traitements ont été appliqués à de nombreuses reprises aux élastomères réticulés pour améliorer leurs propriétés d’adhérence, ils n’ont quasiment jamais été appliqués à des élastomères non réticulés. Les expositions plasma ont été réalisées à basse pression, en décharge radiofréquence dans un environnement d’air. Pour limiter la complexité de l’étude et pour obtenir une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes d’interaction plasma-surface, un SBR et un polybutadiène (BR) non chargés et non réticulés ont été utilisé comme élastomères modèles. Le rôle d’un d’antioxydant (6PPD) classiquement utilisé a également été étudié. L’influence de la configuration du réacteur plasma sur les modifications surface a été suivie par mouillabilité et spectroscopie XPS. La cartographie des espèces plasmagènes a été obtenue par spectroscopie d’émission optique.L’augmentation du caractère hydrophile des surfaces avec l’énergie du plasma jusqu’à un seuil énergétique a pu être mise en évidence. Au-delà les phénomènes d’ablation et de réticulation de surface deviennent prépondérants. Les modifications de surface et leur cinétique de réorganisation de surface des chaînes polymère dépendent essentiellement de la température, l’environnement est un paramètre secondaire. L’influence de ces modifications physico-chimiques de surface induite sur les propriétés de tack est clairement mise en évidence. L’augmentation du caractère hydrophile conduit à une augmentation importante des performances adhésives instantanées (temps courts de contact 100s) au contact du verre. Par contre, la réticulation superficielle consécutive à des expositions plasma trop énergétiques diminue de façon drastique l’autohésion, ie le contact entre deux surfaces élastomères traitées. Le rôle de l’antioxydant sur la recombinaison des radicaux macromoléculaires formés lors du traitement a été montré. Le succès de la mise en œuvre d’un traitement de surface par plasma repose sur le contrôle du seuil énergétique à ne pas dépasser de sorte à minimiser les phénomènes de réticulation superficielle. / Plasma treatment has become a powerful candidate to modify surface properties without any change in bulk properties. It combines high chemical reactivity with low operational costs, in environmentally friendly processes. Plasma treatment has been intensively applied for surface modification of vulcanized rubbers. Almost no studies have been dedicated to plasma treatment of unvulcanized rubbers. The role of each additive during plasma exposure is poorly understood. It is also admitted that surface crosslinking occurs easily on rubber surfaces exposed to plasmas. This impacts the adhesive properties of the rubbers because it mimics chain interdiffusion. In this context, determining the key plasma parameters that have a significant effect on the surface properties is a prerequisite for further process control. To limit the complexity of the study, we concentrated our efforts on unvulcanized filler-free styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) and polybutadiene rubber (BR) which has been used for the first time as rubber models. The effect of three main parameters that directly impact the amount of energy and the nature of the excited species in the plasma phase (i.e. the RF source power, the exposure time and the distance between the rubber samples and the plasma) was analyzed. Optical Emission Spectroscopy was used to characterize the plasma phase. Surface modifications were investigated by wettability measurements and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Surface aging was investigated under ambiant and inert atmosphere at different temperatures and finally tack properties were measured and connected to surface properties determined with optical emission spectroscopy.

<p>The performance of different types of nebulisers: Vulkan direct injection nebuliser (Vulkan DIN), direct injection high efficiency nebuliser (DIHEN), microconcentric nebuliser coupled to cyclonic or double pass spray chamber (MCN-C or MCN-DP, respectively) was investigated and compared when used for sample introduction to ICP-MS or ICP-OES. With ICP-OES, in axial viewing mode, intensity distributions across the radius of the plasma (radial intensity profiles) were determined for different spectral lines with Esum 1.85-15.41 eV to determine fundamental plasma properties for various matrices using Vulkan DIN and MCN-C. The results showed that with the MCN-C the ionisation temperature (Tion) was about the same across the measured region of the plasma (±3.0 mm) whereas with the Vulkan DIN the Tion was significantly lower in the centre of the plasma. A large deviation from local thermodynamic equilibrium, as well as deteriorated stability, was observed for the plasma when using the Vulkan DIN.</p><p>With ICP-MS noise power spectra (NPS) were generated to identify sources of noise. NPS showed that the magnitude of white noise for the tested sample introduction systems decreased in the following order: Vulkan DIN > DIHEN > MCN-C > MCN-DP. This order follows the decrease of mean droplet size and span of the size distribution, indicating that the white noise is caused by spatial and temporal non-uniform desolvation and ionisation. Another source of noise arose from the peristaltic pump and the magnitude of pump interference noise decreased in the following order: DIHEN > MCN-C/DP > Vulkan DIN. Mains power interference noise and 1/f noise were lower for the direct injection nebulisers compared to the spray chamber systems. The contribution or effects of these noise components on relative standard deviations of steady-state ion-count rate and isotope ratio measurements is discussed in this thesis.</p><p>Aerosols generated by the Vulkan DIN and the DIHEN were also directly characterised using Particle Dynamic Analysis. The Vulkan DIN produced particles with a mean diameter of ~30 µm and a size distribution between 2-80 µm. With the DIHEN the corresponding values were ~11 µm and 1-40 µm, respectively, with a few particles at 55-78 µm. The mean velocity of particles from the Vulkan DIN was ~10 m s-1 and from the DIHEN ~18 m s-1. The lower velocity allows longer residence time counteracting the effects of the larger droplet size.</p>

The performance of different types of nebulisers: Vulkan direct injection nebuliser (Vulkan DIN), direct injection high efficiency nebuliser (DIHEN), microconcentric nebuliser coupled to cyclonic or double pass spray chamber (MCN-C or MCN-DP, respectively) was investigated and compared when used for sample introduction to ICP-MS or ICP-OES. With ICP-OES, in axial viewing mode, intensity distributions across the radius of the plasma (radial intensity profiles) were determined for different spectral lines with Esum 1.85-15.41 eV to determine fundamental plasma properties for various matrices using Vulkan DIN and MCN-C. The results showed that with the MCN-C the ionisation temperature (Tion) was about the same across the measured region of the plasma (±3.0 mm) whereas with the Vulkan DIN the Tion was significantly lower in the centre of the plasma. A large deviation from local thermodynamic equilibrium, as well as deteriorated stability, was observed for the plasma when using the Vulkan DIN. With ICP-MS noise power spectra (NPS) were generated to identify sources of noise. NPS showed that the magnitude of white noise for the tested sample introduction systems decreased in the following order: Vulkan DIN &gt; DIHEN &gt; MCN-C &gt; MCN-DP. This order follows the decrease of mean droplet size and span of the size distribution, indicating that the white noise is caused by spatial and temporal non-uniform desolvation and ionisation. Another source of noise arose from the peristaltic pump and the magnitude of pump interference noise decreased in the following order: DIHEN &gt; MCN-C/DP &gt; Vulkan DIN. Mains power interference noise and 1/f noise were lower for the direct injection nebulisers compared to the spray chamber systems. The contribution or effects of these noise components on relative standard deviations of steady-state ion-count rate and isotope ratio measurements is discussed in this thesis. Aerosols generated by the Vulkan DIN and the DIHEN were also directly characterised using Particle Dynamic Analysis. The Vulkan DIN produced particles with a mean diameter of ~30 µm and a size distribution between 2-80 µm. With the DIHEN the corresponding values were ~11 µm and 1-40 µm, respectively, with a few particles at 55-78 µm. The mean velocity of particles from the Vulkan DIN was ~10 m s-1 and from the DIHEN ~18 m s-1. The lower velocity allows longer residence time counteracting the effects of the larger droplet size.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:07:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JulioCPB_TESE.pdf: 3654750 bytes, checksum: 7f67c8015c3dc4175f16964a07eacd69 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-04-29 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Plasma diagnostics by Optical Emission Spectroscopy were performed for electrical discharge in three gas mixture respecting the combinations z N2 y Ar x H2, z N2 y Ar x O2 e z N2 y Ar x CH4, in which the indexes z and y systematically vary from 1 to 4 and x varies from 0 to 4, every one has dimension SCCM, resulting in 80 combinations. From the all obtained spectrums, the species CH (387,1 nm), N2+ (391,4 nm), H&#946; (486,1 nm), H&#945; (656,3 nm), Ar (750,4 nm), O (777,4 nm) e O (842,6 nm) were analyzed because of their abundance and importance on the kinetic of reaction from the plasma to surface, besides their high dependences on the gases flows. Particularly interesting z, y and x combinations were chosen in order to study the influence of active species on the surface modification during the thermochemical treatment. From the mixtures N2 Ar O2 e N2 Ar CH4 were chosen three peculiar proportions which presented luminous intensity profile with unexpected maximum or minimum values, denominated as plasma anomaly. Those plasma concentrations were utilized as atmosphere of titanium treatment maintaining constant the control parameters pressure and temperature. It has been verified a relation among luminous intensity associated to N2+ and roughness, nanohardness and O atoms diffusion into the crystalline lattice of treated titanium and it has been seen which those properties becomes more intense precisely in the higher points found in the optical profile associated to the N2+ specie. Those parameters were verified for the mixture which involved O2 gas. For the mixture which involves CH4 gas, the relation was determinate by roughness, number of nitrogen and carbon atoms diffused into the titanium structure which presented direct proportionality with the luminous intensity referent to the N2+ and CH. It has been yet studied the formation of TiCN phases on the surface which presented to be essentially directly proportional to the increasing of the CH specie and inversely proportional to the increasing of the specie N2+ / Diagn?sticos de plasma por Espectroscopia de Emiss?o ?ptica foram realizados para descarga el?trica em tr?s misturas gasosas, dentro das seguintes combina??es: z N2 y Ar x H2, z N2 y Ar x O2 e z N2 y Ar x CH4, com os ?ndices z e y variando sistematicamente de 1 a 4 e x de 0 a 4, todos com dimens?o de SCCM, resultando em 80 combina??es. Dos espectros obtidos, foram analisadas as esp?cies CH (387,1 nm), N2+ (391,4 nm), H&#946; (486,1 nm), H&#945; (656,3 nm), Ar (750,4 nm), O (777,4 nm) e O (842,6 nm) por serem mais abundantes e importantes na cin?tica de rea??o do plasma ? superf?cie, al?m de suas altas depend?ncias dos fluxos de g?s. Foram escolhidas combina??es z, y e x, particularmente interessantes para estudar a influ?ncia das esp?cies ativas na modifica??o da superf?cie durante o tratamento termoqu?mico. Das misturas N2 Ar O2 e N2 Ar CH4 foram escolhidas tr?s propor??es peculiares que apresentavam perfis de intensidade luminescente com m?ximos ou m?nimos inesperados classificados aqui como anomalias de plasma. Essas concentra??es de plasma foram utilizadas como atmosfera de tratamento de amostras de tit?nio, mantendo-se constante os par?metros press?o e temperatura. Verificou-se rela??o entre intensidade luminosa associada ? esp?cie N2+ e a rugosidade, nanodureza e a difus?o do oxig?nio na rede cristalina do tit?nio tratado e viu-se que essas propriedades se intensificam precisamente nos pontos de m?ximo encontrados no perfil ?ptico dessa esp?cie. Esses par?metros foram verificados para mistura que envolvia o g?s O2. Para a mistura em que se fez presente o g?s CH4, a rela??o foi determinada por meio da rugosidade, n?mero de ?tomos de nitrog?nio e carbono difundidos no tit?nio, que apresentou proporcionalidade direta com a intensidade luminosa referente ?s esp?cies N2+ e CH. Ainda foi estudada a forma??o de fases TiCN na sua superf?cie, que essencialmente se mostra diretamente proporcional ao crescimento da esp?cie CH e inversamente proporcional ao crescimento da esp?cie N2+

This master's thesis describes the process of the design and instrument selection for a future optical table, part of a plasma flow monitor diagnostic system at the international thermonuclear experimental reactor, ITER. The diagnostic system is designed to detect the presence of edge localized mode, low to high confinement mode transition of plasma, and plasma flow velocity in the divertor region of the reactor. It accomplishes this by performing spectroscopic measurements of visible light radiating from specific elements inside the reactor. The selection of these elements are based on previous experiments performed at the joint european torus (JET). The light is transported via a system of lenses and mirrors to the optical table where it is directed through a series of optical instruments. Finally, the light is subsequently captured by cameras who live stream the images via the internal network to a control center. To aid the development of the schematic and instrument selection, optical design simulations of the light transmission path were performed to ensure that the design could provide sufficient level of light itensity to the cameras at a defined trajectory. The selection of instruments, light transmission results, computer aided design- and simulation models of the optical table are presented in this report. While the selected components satisfied most criteria specified by its predefined system requirements, the project also serves as a foundation for future improvements of the optical table, including changes to any of the instruments, schematics, and optical design simulations.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to — on occasion very literally — shine a light on processes that occur in non-thermal plasmas containing CO2, mostly for CO2 conversion. In particular, the focus lies on the transient behaviour of these discharges: how do these systems evolve over time before they settle in a (non-thermal) equilibrium. In addition to that, it analyses trends in the field of plasma-catalytic CO2 conversion as a whole to evaluate the current state-of-the-art, but also presents a new platform for the community to contribute and collaborate on, to facilitate cross-comparison between disparate experiments. The first part consists of experiments performed on: (a) an atmospheric pressure nanosecond repetitively pulsed (NRP) discharge for CO2 conversion, and (b) a test bed system for a remote CCP plasma source for plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PE-ALD) of trimethylaluminium (TMA). The common theme in these experiments is a focus on the application of time-resolved, in situ diagnostics to study transient behaviour in the systems under investigation. The main diagnostics employed for such measurements are optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and laser induced fluorescence (LIF), which can provide complementary results when used in conjunction. In particular, this work presents the following results: A study of the evolution of emission from an NRP discharge (using OES), establishing both electron densities (by Stark broadening of atomic oxygen and carbon lines) and gas temperatures (by the N2 second positive system) as the discharge evolves from a breakdown phase to a spark phase. It furthermore explores the changes to these properties when operating in burst mode, where a subsequent pulse experiences a memory effect from the preceding one, which has been shown to be conducive to efficient conversion in literature. A study into the effect on energy efficiency of CO2 conversion by alternating the power modulation in an NRP discharge. Crucially, using CET-LIF (collisional energy transfer LIF) and OES it is shown that while power deposition to the discharge occurs in the order of 100 ns in the discharge, CO2 dissociation occurs on a timescale beyond a microsecond. This indicates that instead of direct electron impact, molecular-excitation kinetics play an important role under these conditions for CO2 dissociation. By shortening the time between pulses in a burst (down to 33 us in the work), these mechanisms can be further enhanced, by prolonging the quasi-‘metastable’ state of the system. The application of LIF in a PE-ALD process plasma along with OES, where diffusion profiles were measured close to the substrate surface with local time-resolved measurements of the OH ground state density. These indicate that the investigated surface reactions finish on a timescale of 100 ms, faster than would be indicated by OES which effectively measures emission from the bulk plasma after diffusion of reaction products away from the surface. The second part of this work is an open access database on plasma(-catalytic) CO2 conversion that is instrumental in identifying and verifying trends in experimental data, but also stresses the importance of rigorous reporting of essential parameters in literature. The approach in literature is diverse: some studies focus more on a mechanistic understanding of the fundamental processes, whilst others already focus on process tailoring and optimization for industrial applications. Trends observed in earlier review papers are observed as well and can now be trivially reproduced. The database platform (https://db.co2pioneer.eu) is put forward as a new tool for the community to easily cross-compare and contextualize experimental outcomes and strongly encourages new contributions. Based on the 196 papers included at the time of publication, a number of observations and recommendations can already be made. Chief among those is a clear and present need in the field for a more fundamental understanding of plasma-catalysis interaction, to develop techniques and criteria that are properly suited to test the synergy of both, rather than relying on methods from e.g. traditional thermal-catalysis. Also in this instance, local, time-resolved diagnostics may play a key role, but their implementation will be challenging.