It is shown that the spectrum attributed in the work of Shun’ko and Belkin [J. Appl. Phys. 102, 083304 (2007)] to the 557 nm forbidden transition of oxygen, O(S10→D12), induced by collision with argon atoms is probably the chemiluminescence from the O+NO reaction. Also, given the less than 0.1 ms lifetime of O(S10) atoms in the gas flow, they cannot survive during the transport to the surface, and hence they cannot be responsible for the observed cleaning effect.
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