Plasma Sources Science & Technology

Article	Citations
Physics and technology of magnetron sputtering discharges	303
Enhancement of hydrogen peroxide production from an atmospheric pressure argon plasma jet and implications to the antibacterial activity of plasma activated water	65
Physics of plasma jets and interaction with surfaces: review on modelling and experiments	64
Foundations of plasmas for medical applications	63
2D radial-azimuthal particle-in-cell benchmark for E × B discharges	55
Foundations of plasma surface functionalization of polymers for industrial and biological applications	53
eduPIC: an introductory particle based code for radio-frequency plasma simulation	52
Electric field measurements in plasmas: how focusing strongly distorts the E-FISH signal	47
Foundations of physical vapor deposition with plasma assistance	44
Foundations of capacitive and inductive radio-frequency discharges	41
Simulation of ionization-wave discharges: a direct comparison between the fluid model and E-FISH measurements	40
Foundations of measurement of electrons, ions and species fluxes toward surfaces in low-temperature plasmas	38
Foundations of plasma catalysis for environmental applications	37
Electrical breakdown in dual-frequency capacitively coupled plasma: a collective simulation	37
Mechanism and dynamics of picosecond radial breakdown of a gas-filled coaxial line	36
Multi-diagnostic experimental validation of 1d3v PIC/MCC simulations of low pressure capacitive RF plasmas operated in argon	34
Mars in situ oxygen and propellant production by non-equilibrium plasmas	33
Numerical study of various scenarios for the formation of atmospheric pressure DC discharge characteristics in argon: from glow to arc discharge	32
Formation and propagation of ionization waves during ns pulse breakdown in plane-to-plane geometry	31
Coupled plasma transport and electromagnetic wave simulation of an ECR thruster	31
Benchmarked and upgraded particle-in-cell simulations of a capacitive argon discharge at intermediate pressure: the role of metastable atoms	31
Atmospheric-pressure non-equilibrium plasmas for effective abatement of pathogenic biological aerosols	30
Combination of NO x mode and O3 mode air discharges for water activation to produce a potent disinfectant	30
A reaction mechanism for vibrationally-cold low-pressure CO2 plasmas	29
Magnetic confinement and instability in partially magnetized plasma	29

Plasma-assisted combustion with nanosecond discharges. I: Discharge effects characterization in the burnt gases of a lean flame	28
Electron dynamics in radio frequency magnetron sputtering argon discharges with a dielectric target	28
Spatiotemporal variations of the electrical potential on surface dielectric barrier discharges	28
Comparing simulations and experiments of positive streamers in air: steps toward model validation	28
Pulse length selection for optimizing the accelerated ion flux fraction of a bipolar HiPIMS discharge	26
2D particle-in-cell simulations of geometrically asymmetric low-pressure capacitive RF plasmas driven by tailored voltage waveforms	26
Plasma activation of N2, CH4and CO2: an assessment of the vibrational non-equilibrium time window	26
Electric field determination in transient plasmas: in situ & non-invasive methods	25
Diagnostics and comparative analyzes of plasma parameters in micro hollow cathode discharges with an open and covered external surface of cathode in helium using an additional electrode	24
Experimental verification of deposition rate increase, with maintained high ionized flux fraction, by shortening the HiPIMS pulse	24
2D Particle-in-cell simulations of charged particle dynamics in geometrically asymmetric low pressure capacitive RF plasmas	24
Evidence of near-the-limit energy cost NO formation in atmospheric spark discharge	24
Plasma-enhanced N2 fixation in a dielectric barrier discharge reactor: effect of packing materials	24
Simulation of positive streamers in CO2 and in air: the role of photoionization or other electron sources	24
Characterisation of a thermionic plasma source apparatus for high-density gaseous plasma antenna applications	23
High-energy ions from Nd:YAG laser ablation of tin microdroplets: comparison between experiment and a single-fluid hydrodynamic model	23
Townsend to glow discharge transition for a nanosecond pulse plasma in helium: space charge formation and resulting electric field dynamics	23
Dynamics and chemical mode analysis of plasma thermal-chemical instability	23
The role of surface charge and its decay in surface dielectric barrier discharges	23
Kinetics of metastable N2(A3Σu    + , v) molecules in high-pressure nonequilibrium plasmas	22
Three-dimensional density distributions of NO in the effluent of the COST reference microplasma jet operated in He/N2/O2	22
On the quasi-stationary approach to solve the electron Boltzmann equation in pulsed plasmas	22
Propagation of positive discharges in an air bubble having an embedded water droplet	21
Guiding effect of runaway electrons in atmospheric pressure nanosecond pulsed discharge: mode transition from diffuse discharge to streamer	21
Conversion of volatile organic compounds in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge	21
Interaction of helium plasma jet with tilted targets: consequences of target permittivity, conductivity and incidence angle	21
A three-dimensional model of streamer discharges in unsteady airflow	20
The interaction between ion transit-time and electron drift instabilities and their effect on anomalous electron transport in Hall thrusters	20
Foundations of atomic-level plasma processing in nanoelectronics	20
HiPIMS optimization by using mixed high-power and low-power pulsing	20
Enhancement of hydrogen radical density in atmospheric pressure plasma jet by a burst of nanosecond pulses at 1 MHz	20
Suppression of nonlinear standing wave excitation via the electrical asymmetry effect	19
Reducing energy cost of in situ nitrogen fixation in water using an arc-DBD combination	19
Electrically isolated propagating streamer heads formed by strong electron attachment	19
Use of plasma electron spectroscopy method to detect hydrocarbons, alcohols, and ammonia in nonlocal plasma of short glow discharge	19
A computational study of steady and stagnating positive streamers in N2–O2 mixtures	19
Dependence of dissipated power on applied voltage for surface barrier discharge from simplest equivalent circuit	19
Computational study of simultaneous positive and negative streamer propagation in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge via 2D PIC simulations	19
Avalanche induced rapid impedance change and electron power absorption during gas breakdown under radio-frequency excitation	19
Investigation of the laser-induced breakdown plasma, acoustic vibrations and dissociation processes of water molecules caused by laser breakdown of colloidal solutions containing Ni nanoparticles	19
High frequency sheath modulation and higher harmonic generation in a low pressure very high frequency capacitively coupled plasma excited by sawtooth waveform	19
Review of the gas breakdown physics and nanomaterial-based ionization gas sensors and their applications	19
N2 vibrational excitation in atmospheric pressure ns pulse and RF plasma jets	18
Comprehensive understanding of the ignition process of a pulsed capacitively coupled radio frequency discharge: the effect of power-off duration	18
Charge neutralisation of microparticles by pulsing a low-pressure shielded spatial plasma afterglow	18
PISCES-RF: a liquid-cooled high-power steady-state helicon plasma device	18
Ionization waves in the PK-4 direct current neon discharge	18
Spectro-temporal comparisons of optical emission, absorption, and laser-induced fluorescence for characterizing ns and fs laser-produced plasmas	17
Decoupling ion energy and flux in intermediate pressure capacitively coupled plasmas via tailored voltage waveforms	17
Transition mechanisms between selective O3 and NO x generation modes in atmospheric-pressure plasmas: decoupling specific discharge energy and g	17

Plasma-droplet interaction study to assess transport limitations and the role of ⋅OH, O⋅,H⋅,O2(a 1Δg),O3, He	17
The spatial distribution of hydrogen and oxygen atoms in a cold atmospheric pressure plasma jet	17
On the electron energy distribution function in the high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharge	17
Electron power absorption in radio frequency driven capacitively coupled chlorine discharge	17
A novel designed 3D multi-microhole plasma jet device driven by nanosecond pulse at atmospheric pressure	17
Plasma dynamics, instabilities and OH generation in a pulsed atmospheric pressure plasma with liquid cathode: a diagnostic study	17
Observation of electron runaway in a tip-plane air gap under negative nanosecond pulse voltage by PIC/MCC simulation	17
Self-organization of touching-target current with ac voltage in atmospheric pressure plasma jet for medical application parameters	17
A computational study of accelerating, steady and fading negative streamers in ambient air	17
Direct evidence of gradient drift instability being the origin of a rotating spoke in a crossed field plasma	17
Effect of the electric field profile on the accuracy of E-FISH measurements in ionization waves	17
Thermal instability and volume contraction in a pulsed microwave N2 plasma at sub-atmospheric pressure	16
Peculiarities of spatial relaxation of the mean electron energy in inert gases and their mixtures in a uniform electric field	16
Global plasma modeling of a magnetized high-frequency plasma source in low-pressure nitrogen and oxygen for air-breathing electric propulsion applications	16
The variation in self-organized anode plasma pattern structure with solution electrolyte type in 1 atm DC glow discharge	16
Evidence, origin and impact of liquid flows in plasma medicine in vitro treatments with APPJs	16
A comparison of particle and fluid models for positive streamer discharges in air	16
Zero-dimensional and pseudo-one-dimensional models of atmospheric-pressure plasma jets in binary and ternary mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen with helium background	16
Experimental confirmation of solvated electron concentration and penetration scaling at a plasma–liquid interface	16
Electrical asymmetry effect in inhomogeneously magnetized capacitively coupled plasmas	16
On the efficiency of CO2 conversion in corona and dielectric-barrier discharges	16
Foundations of machine learning for low-temperature plasmas: methods and case studies	16
Evolution of the uniformity in the repetitive unipolar nanosecond-pulse dielectric barrier discharge	16
Controlling: the composition of plasma-activated water by Cu ions	16
Helicon wave plasma generated by a resonant birdcage antenna: magnetic field measurements and analysis in the RAID linear device	16
Research on plasma electron density distribution based on microwave diffraction	16
A revised comprehensive approach for determining the H2 and D2 rovibrational population from the Fulcher-α emission in low temperature plasmas	15
The 2021 release of the Quantemol database (QDB) of plasma chemistries and reactions	15
Micro atmospheric pressure plasma jets excited in He/O2 by voltage waveform tailoring: a study based on a numerical hybrid model and experiments	15
Insights into the limitations to vibrational excitation of CO2: validation of a kinetic model with pulsed glow discharge experiments	15
Particle charge distributions in the effluent of a flow-through atmospheric pressure low temperature plasma	15
Time-resolved imaging of pulsed positive nanosecond discharge on water surface: plasma dots guided by water surface	15
Kinetic investigation of plasma catalytic synthesis of ammonia: insights into the role of excited states and plasma-enhanced surface chemistry	15
Fast gas heating and kinetics of electronically excited states in a nanosecond capillary discharge in CO2	15
Streamer propagation along a profiled dielectric surface	15
Surface ionization waves propagating over non-planar substrates: wavy surfaces, cut-pores and droplets	15
Modeling of fast ionization waves in pure nitrogen at moderate pressure	15
Compositions and distributions of the azimuthal currents in the magnetic nozzle	15
Ion energy distribution functions in a dual-frequency low-pressure capacitively-coupled plasma: experiments and particle-in-cell simulation	15
Dynamics of bipolar HiPIMS discharges by plasma potential probe measurements	14
Electron collision cross section set for N2 and electron transport in N2, N2/He, and N2/Ar	14
Rescaling the complex network of low-temperature plasma chemistry through graph-theoretical analysis	14
Energy efficiency of voltage waveform tailoring for the generation of excited species in RF plasma jets operated in He/N2 mixtures	14
Fully kinetic model of plasma expansion in a magnetic nozzle	14
DPEx-II: a new dusty plasma device capable of producing large sized DC coulomb crystals	14
Revisiting the numerical stability/accuracy conditions of explicit PIC/MCC simulations of low-temperature gas discharges	14
Charged particle kinetics and gas heating in CO2 microwave plasma contraction: comparisons of simulations and experiments	14
Time-resolved optical emission spectroscopy in CO2 nanosecond pulsed discharges	14
Electron power absorption in capacitively coupled neon–oxygen plasmas: a comparison of experimental and computational results	13
Simulations of positive streamers in air in different electric fields: steady motion of solitary streamer heads and the stability field	13
Tunable annular plasma photonic crystals in dielectric barrier discharge	13
Time-dependent expansion of a weakly-collisional plasma beam in a paraxial magnetic nozzle	13
Neutral dissociation of methane by electron impact and a complete and consistent cross section set	13
Electric field development in positive and negative streamers on dielectric surface	13
Kinetic insights into thrust generation and electron transport in a magnetic nozzle	13
Electron sink on the Langmuir probe in plasma, its influence on measurements and methods to account for it	13
Structure of microwave plasma-torch discharge during graphene synthesis from ethanol	13
Distribution of inception times in repetitive pulsed discharges in synthetic air	13
Surface effects in a capacitive argon discharge in the intermediate pressure regime	13
Multiphase modeling of the DC plasma–water interface: application to hydrogen peroxide generation with experimental validation	13
Discharge dynamics, plasma kinetics and gas flow effect in argon–acetylene discharges	13
Frequency dependencies of the characteristics of an inductively coupled radiofrequency discharge at reduced pressure	13
Dry reforming of methane in a nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge: chemical kinetics modeling	13
Foundations and interpretations of the pulsed-Townsend experiment	13
Foundations of plasma standards	13
Magnetic attenuation of the self-excitation of the plasma series resonance in low-pressure capacitively coupled discharges	13
Nitrogen fixation in pulsed microwave discharge studied by infrared absorption combined with modelling	13
Fluid-kinetic model of a propulsive magnetic nozzle	13
Synchronising optical emission spectroscopy to spokes in magnetron sputtering discharges	12
Transition from ballistic to thermalized transport of metal-sputtered species in a DC magnetron	12
Nanosecond pulsed discharge dynamics during passage of a transient laminar flame	12
Coherent microwave scattering from resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization (radar REMPI): a review	12
Model for the dependence of cathode voltage in a Hall thruster on facility pressure	12
Intrasheath electron dynamics in low pressure capacitively coupled plasmas	12
Measurement of the two-photon excitation cross-section of the 6p′[3/2]2 and 6p′[1/2]0 levels of Xe I at the wavelengths 224.3 and 222.6 nm	12
Modeling of high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharges with graphite target	12
Atmospheric pressure dual RF–LF frequency discharge: transition from α to α – γ -mode	12
Influence of aerosol injection on the liquid chemistry induced by an RF argon plasma jet	12
Plasma thermal-chemical instability of low-temperature dimethyl ether oxidation in a nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge	12
The influence of humidity on positive streamer propagation in long air gap	12

Morphology evolution of an atmospheric pressure glow discharge initiated in the air gap between a liquid cathode and a needle anode	12
Periodical discharge regime transitions under long-term repetitive nanosecond pulses	11
Electron interactions with tetramethylsilane from the ionization threshold up to 5000 eV	11
Characterizing the plasma-induced thermal loads on a 200 kW light-ion helicon plasma source via infra-red thermography	11
Time evolution of neutral and charged species in Ar/C2H2 capacitively-coupled RF discharges	11
Spoke-resolved electron density, temperature and potential in direct current magnetron sputtering and HiPIMS discharges	11
Determination of organic impurities by plasma electron spectroscopy in nonlocal plasma at intermediate and high pressures	11
Impact of surface charges on energy deposition in surface dielectric barrier discharge: a modeling investigation	11
Measurements and interpretation of EEDF in a discharge with a hollow cathode in helium: effect of the measuring probe and the anode on the form of the distribution function	11
Particle-in-cell simulations of the alpha and gamma modes in collisional nitrogen capacitive discharges	11
The role of excited electronic states in ambient air ionization by a nanosecond discharge	11
High-resolution observation of cathode spots in a magnetically steered vacuum arc plasma source	11
Investigation of plasma properties in the phase of the radial expansion of a spark channel in the ‘pin-to-plate’ geometry	11
A self-consistent hybrid model of kinetic striations in low-current argon discharges	11
Similarity properties in capacitive radio frequency plasmas with nonlinear collision processes	11
Pulse-width-dependent dynamic charge deposition on quartz dielectrics interacted with atmospheric pressure He plasma jet	11
Resolving discharge parameters from atomic oxygen emission	11
Review and current status: E ⇌ H mode transition in low-temperature ICP and related electron dynamics	11
Influence of voltage and gap distance on the dynamics of the ionization front, plasma dots, produced by nanosecond pulsed discharges at water surface	11
Measurements of atoms and metastable species in N2 and H2–N2 nanosecond pulse plasmas	11
Streak investigations of the dynamics of subnanosecond discharge developing in nitrogen at a pressure of 6 atm with the participation of runaway electrons	11
Experimental study on controlled production of two-electron temperature plasma	11
Electric field reversals resulting from voltage waveform tailoring in Ar/O2 capacitively coupled plasmas sustained in asymmetric systems	11
Quenching of O2(b1Σg + ) by O(3P) atoms. Effect of gas temperature	11
Evolutions of repetitively pulsed positive streamer discharge in electronegative gas mixtures at high pressure	11
Diagnosing asymmetric bipolar HiPIMS discharges using laser Thomson scattering	11
Radio-frequency biasing of ion acceleration grids with different propellants	11
Electron induced elastic and inelastic processes for perfluoroketone (PFK) molecules	11
Particle-in-cell modeling of electron beam generated plasma	10
Electron power absorption in micro atmospheric pressure plasma jets driven by tailored voltage waveforms in He/N2	10
Active learning-guided exploration of parameter space of air plasmas to enhance the energy efficiency of NO x production	10
Atmospheric pressure Townsend discharge in pure nitrogen—a test case for N2( A3Σu+,v ) kinetics under low E/N conditions	10
Kinetic theory of high-voltage low-pressure gas discharge with electron initiation on a cathode in a planar gap	10
Circuit model for flat cut-off probes with coplanar capacitance	10
A computationally assisted technique to measure material-specific surface coefficients in capacitively coupled plasmas based on characteristics of the ion flux-energy distribution function	10
Power law fitting of the ion saturation current and the three-temperature Maxwellian EEDF in a multi-dipole confined hot cathode discharge: an experimental revisitation	10
Fast quenching of metastable O2(a 1Δ g ) and O2(b 1Σ g	10
μs and ns twin surface dielectric barrier discharges operated in air: from electrode erosion to plasma characteristics	10
Study on the characteristics of helium plasma jet by pulsed micro-hollow cathode discharge	10
Modeling inductive radio frequency coupling in powerful negative hydrogen ion sources: validating a self-consistent fluid model	10
A binary-encounter-Bethe approach to compute electron-impact partial ionization cross sections of plasma relevant molecules such as hexamethyldisiloxane and silane	10
Development and validation of an iodine plasma model for gridded ion thrusters	10
Quantification of plasma produced OH and electron fluxes at the liquid anode and their role in plasma driven solution electrochemistry	10
Self-consistent fluid model for simulating power coupling in hydrogen ICPs at 1 MHz including the nonlinear RF Lorentz force	10
A positively biased external anode for energy control of plasma ions: hollow cathode and magnetron sputtering discharge	10
On the determination of the vibrational temperature by optical emission spectroscopy	10
Analysis of cavities characteristics of underwater pulsed current discharge	10
Nonlinear harmonic excitations in collisional, asymmetrically-driven capacitive discharges	10
Challenges with the self-consistent implementation of closure models for anomalous electron transport in fluid simulations of Hall thrusters	10
Foundations of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of functional coatings	10
A minimally invasive electrostatic particle extractor for nanodusty plasmas and its application for the verification of in situ Mie polarimetry	10
Simulation study on an atmospheric pressure plasma jet interacting with a single fiber: effects of the fiber’s permittivity	10
Spatially enhanced electric field induced second harmonic (SEEFISH) generation for measurements of electric field distributions in high-pressure plasmas	10
Formation of inverse EDF in glow discharges with an inhomogeneous electric field	10
Mode transition in 1D He plasma jet arrays dominated by hydrodynamic interaction	10
Fine structure of streamer-to-filament transition in high-pressure nanosecond surface dielectric barrier discharge	10
Role of excimer formation and induced photoemission on the Ar metastable kinetics in atmospheric pressure Ar–NH3 dielectric barrier discharges	10
Self-organized patterns at the plasma–liquid anode interface in a helium glow discharge: temporal development and mechanisms	10
Wave propagation and absorption in a helicon plasma thruster and its plume	10
N–H collision integrals with study of repulsive interactions	10
‘Virtual IED sensor’ for df rf CCP discharges	10
Evolution of positive streamers in air over non-planar dielectrics: experiments and simulations	10
N2 oxidation kinetics in a ns-pulsed discharge above a liquid electrode	10
Ion-induced secondary electron emission of oxidized nickel and copper studied in beam experiments	9
Quantitative modeling of streamer discharge branching in air	9
Multidimensional modeling of non-equilibrium plasma generated by a radio-frequency corona discharge	9
Space-charge induced particle reflection between hybrid AC/DC biased electrodes	9
Stable filamentary structures in atmospheric pressure microwave plasma torch	9
Simultaneous quantification of atomic oxygen and ozone by full photo-fragmentation two-photon absorption laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy	9
High current ion beam formation with strongly inhomogeneous electrostatic field	9
The fully-kinetic investigations on the ion acceleration mechanisms in an electron-driven magnetic nozzle	9
Extended reaction kinetics model for non-thermal argon plasmas and its test against experimental data	9
Unveiling the role of dielectric trap states on capacitively coupled radio-frequency plasma discharge: dynamic charging behaviors	9
Study of vibrational kinetics of CO2 and CO in CO2–O2 plasmas under non-equilibrium conditions	9
Magnetized fluid electron model within a two-dimensional hybrid simulation code for electrodeless plasma thrusters	9
The effect of a negative direct-current voltage on striated structures and electrical parameters in a capacitively coupled rf discharge in CF4	9
Vibrational deactivation in O(3P) + N2 collisions: from an old problem towards its solution	9
Plasma plume expansion with pulsed electron neutralization	9
Correlation of plasma generated long-lived reactive species in aqueous and gas phases with different feeding gases	9
Streamer-to-spark transitions in deionized water: unsymmetrical structure and two-stage model	9
Application of the catalytic probe method for measuring the concentration of oxygen atoms in Ar/O2 plasma of a low-pressure arc	9
Velocity distribution of metal ions in the target region of HiPIMS: the role of Coulomb collisions	9
Control of ion flux-energy distributions by low frequency square-shaped tailored voltage waveforms in capacitively coupled plasmas	9
Energy transfer in interaction of a cold atmospheric pressure plasma jet with substrates	9
Modeling of high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharges with tungsten target	9
Electron dynamics in planar radio frequency magnetron plasmas: II. Heating and energization mechanisms studied via a 2d3v particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo code	9
Foundations of magnetized radio-frequency discharges	9
New method of unipolar THz pulses generation in photoionized xenon plasma	9
Effect of an inhomogeneous electron density profile on the transmission microwave frequency spectrum of the cutoff probe	9
Effect of anisotropic scattering for rotational collisions on electron transport parameters in CO	9
2D imaging of absolute methyl concentrations in nanosecond pulsed plasma by photo-fragmentation laser-induced fluorescence	9
Terahertz absorption spectroscopy for measuring atomic oxygen densities in plasmas	9
A coordinate system invariant formulation for space-charge limited current with nonzero injection velocity	9
Electron–neutral bremsstrahlung radiation fingerprints the initial stage of nanosecond discharge in liquid water	9
Stepwise development of atmospheric pressure plasma jet driven by bursts of high-voltage nanosecond pulses at multi-tens MHz	9