Plasma Sources Science & Technology

Papers
(The TQCC of Plasma Sources Science & Technology is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Benchmarking and validation of a hybrid model for electropositive and electronegative capacitively coupled plasmas91
Plasma–liquid interactions: an experiment and simulation study on plasma dynamic behaviors near the gas–liquid interfacial layer79
Modeling the hundreds-of-nanoseconds-long irradiation of tin droplets with a 2 µm-wavelength laser for future EUV lithography72
Study of ion separation mechanism in the multi-component vacuum arc discharge66
The effects of catalyst conductivity and loading of dielectric surface structures on plasma dynamics in patterned dielectric barrier discharges65
Three-fluid model of the plasma–sheath region for a planar probe immersed in an active oxygen discharge. Validity of the Boltzmann relation65
Conventional and non-conventional diagnostics of a stable atmospheric pressure DC normal glow microplasma discharge intended for in situ TEM studies53
On the determination of the vibrational temperature by optical emission spectroscopy47
A plasma loss to sidewall model for 1D PIC/MCC simulation for plasma transport estimation46
Formation and consumption of HO2 radicals in ns pulse O2–He plasmas over a liquid water surface44
Effects of humidity on the dynamics and electron recombination of a pin-to-pin discharge in He + H2O at atmospheric pressure43
On the justification of the Poisson–Boltzmann equation in the context of technological plasmas43
Generation and delivery of free hydroxyl radicals using a remote plasma40
Homogeneous dielectric barrier discharge in CO240
Insight into reactive oxygen plasma characteristics and reaction mechanism on SRF accelerator plasma cleaning38
Control of spoke movement in DCMS plasmas37
Stable filamentary structures in atmospheric pressure microwave plasma torch37
Generation of high-density plasma via transparent electrode in capacitively coupled plasma34
Characterization of a radiofrequency linear plasma device in uniform and convergent magnetic fields32
Plasma acceleration in a magnetic arch32
Polarization properties of E-FISH signals and optimization of simultaneous measurement of electric field vectors31
Circuit model for flat cut-off probes with coplanar capacitance30
Development of a flat cutoff probe covered with a dielectric layer for non-invasive plasma diagnostics28
Effective secondary electron yields for different surface materials in capacitively coupled plasmas28
Dynamics of sputtered particles in multipulse HiPIMS discharge27
An updated set of electron-impact cross sections for CO2: untangling dissociation and application to CO2 with Ar and N2 admixtures27
Energy-dependent implementation of secondary electron emission models in continuum kinetic sheath simulations27
Barrier discharges in CO2 - optical emission spectra analysis and E/N determination from intensity ratio26
Electropositive core in electronegative magnetized capacitive radio frequency plasmas26
ThunderBoltz: an open-source direct simulation Monte Carlo Boltzmann solver for plasma transport, chemical kinetics, and 0D modeling26
Fluid-kinetic model of a propulsive magnetic nozzle26
Quantitative and selective study of the effect of O radicals on polypropylene surface treatment25
Plasma uniformity control in capacitive RF discharges by an individually RF driven sidewall electrode25
Numerical optimization of dielectric properties to achieve process uniformity in capacitively coupled plasma reactors25
Analysis of a cusped helicon plasma thruster discharge25
Decomposition product formation mechanism of C5F10O-CO2 mixture in corona discharge by a chemical kinetic model25
Electron inertial effects in the rarefied regime of a direct-current (DC) breakdown25
Foundations of magnetized radio-frequency discharges25
Cavity ringdown studies of the E–H transition in an inductively coupled oxygen plasma: comparison of spectroscopic measurements and modelling24
Evaporation behavior of liquid microdroplets in atmospheric-pressure nonequilibrium plasma23
On working gas rarefaction in high power impulse magnetron sputtering23
Evidence of near-the-limit energy cost NO formation in atmospheric spark discharge23
Correlation between temperature distribution and changes in self-organized luminous pattern in an atmospheric pressure DC glow discharge with sheath gas flow23
Spatio-temporal dynamics of electrons and helium metastables in uniform dielectric barrier discharges formed in He/N223
Effects of the ground-electrode temperature on the plasma physicochemical processes and biological inactivation functions involved in surface dielectric barrier discharge22
Validation of the Townsend criterion for ignition of volume gas discharges21
Plasma thermal-chemical instability of low-temperature dimethyl ether oxidation in a nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge21
Numerical and theoretical modeling of the sheath upstream of ion optics: sheath structure transition and its effect on the beam divergence21
Electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulation on self-induced magnetic field by hollow cathode discharge21
New method of unipolar THz pulse generation in photo-ionised xenon plasma21
Individual quantification of ozone and reactive nitrogen species in mixtures by broadband UV–visible absorption spectra deconvolution21
Investigation on transient process of dense hydrogen microdischarge by dual-wavelength laser interferometry21
Electric field development in positive and negative streamers on dielectric surface21
Electron dynamics in planar radio frequency magnetron plasmas: III. Comparison of experimental investigations of power absorption dynamics to simulation results20
Nonequilibrium plasma in water vapor20
Simulation of nonlinear standing wave excitation in very-high-frequency asymmetric capacitive discharges: roles of radial plasma density profile and rf power20
194 nm microplasma lamps driven by excitation transfer: optical sources for the 199Hg ion atomic clock and photochemistry20
Probe temperature effect on the curling probe and its correction technique20
A new 2D fluid-MC hybrid approach for simulating nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasmas: density distribution of atomic oxygen in radio-frequency plasma jets in He/O2 mixtures20
Plasma flux and energy enhancement in BP-HiPIMS discharge via auxiliary anode and solenoidal coil20
Ion transit effects on sheath dynamics in the intermediate radio-frequency regime: excitations of ion-acoustic waves and solitons20
Ion energy distribution functions in a dual-frequency low-pressure capacitively-coupled plasma: experiments and particle-in-cell simulation20
CO2 conversion in a microwave plasma torch: 2D vs 1D approaches19
Interaction of atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet with non-planar substrates: path selectivity of surface ionization wave19
Numerical study of the magnetohydrodynamic properties of laser-produced tin plasma under external magnetic field19
Magnetic field deflection in a 100 W Hall thruster with permanent magnets19
Positive streamer discharge simulations in humid air: uncertainty in input data and sensitivity analysis19
Dynamics of macro- and micro-bubbles induced by nanosecond discharge in liquid water19
Spoke behaviour in reactive HiPIMS18
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 nm18
Electric field reversals resulting from voltage waveform tailoring in Ar/O2 capacitively coupled plasmas sustained in asymmetric systems18
Scanning drift tube measurements and kinetic studies of electron transport in CO18
Time-resolved electron energy distribution functions at the substrate during a HiPIMS discharge with cathode voltage reversal18
High-speed plasma diagnostics based on the floating harmonic method in inductively coupled plasma and pulsed plasma18
94 GHz microplasma sustained by a photonic crystal18
Effect of ion collision on separation between light and heavy ions in multi-component vacuum arc18
Asymmetrical ignition of radio frequency discharge in atmospheric pressure cascade glow discharges18
Electric field and higher harmonics of RF plasma slit jet measured by antennas and VI probes18
Studies of a modulated Hall thruster18
Particle-in-cell simulation of a cylindrical plasma mass separator based on Penning discharge with thermionic cathodes18
Computational study of simultaneous positive and negative streamer propagation in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge via 2D PIC simulations18
Ion-induced secondary electron emission of oxidized nickel and copper studied in beam experiments17
Memory propagation in barrier discharge at water interface: suspected Markov states and spatiotemporal memory effects17
Ammonia synthesis by plasma catalysis in an atmospheric RF helium plasma17
Non-equilibrium plasma kinetics of CO2 in glow discharges: a comparison with existing modeling and experimental results17
The kinetic theory of cathode plasma expansion in a spatially non-uniform geometric configuration of a vacuum diode17
Metastable argon atom kinetics in a low-pressure capacitively coupled radio frequency discharge17
Experimental analysis of hyper power impulse magnetron discharge with long pulse operation17
Stepwise development of atmospheric pressure plasma jet driven by bursts of high-voltage nanosecond pulses at multi-tens MHz17
Validation of non-equilibrium kinetics in CO2–N2plasmas16
High power impulse magnetron sputtering of tungsten: a comparison of experimental and modelling results16
The propagation of negative pulsed discharges facilitated by artificially injected gas bubble in water16
Spatially resolved TALIF investigation of atomic oxygen in the effluent of a CO2 microwave discharge16
Precision spectroscopy of non-thermal molecular plasmas using mid-infrared optical frequency comb Fourier transform spectroscopy16
On electric field measurements based on intensity ratio of 1 and 2 + systems of nitrogen in discharges with 16
Plasma parameters profiles from Langmuir probe measurements in low-density, low-temperature plasmas in an axial magnetic field15
Modeling of very high frequency large-electrode capacitively coupled plasmas with a fully electromagnetic particle-in-cell code15
Effect of the cation-to-anion mass ratio of ionic liquid on plume neutralization characteristics for novel electrospray thruster15
Changing pattern of N2 dissociation in N2–Ar RF plasma during E–H mode transition15
Increasing the oxygen dissociation degree in the plasma of a pulse-periodic Ar/O2 low-pressure arc15
Modelling of dcMS and HiPIMS process with hydrocarbon gas admixture15
On the space-charge effects in the beam extraction process of ion thrusters: the roles of compensating electrons and changing beam radius15
On the Ar I 419.8 nm/751.5 nm (3p5/2p5) line intensity ratio for electric field measurement in dielectric barrier discharge in argon at atmospheric pressure15
On the interactions between three fireballs in low-temperature plasma*15
Determination and control of ion parameters in a complex plasma of a DC discharge15
Temporal evolution of plasma characteristics in synchronized dual-level RF pulsed capacitively coupled discharge15
Tunable annular plasma photonic crystals in dielectric barrier discharge15
Synchronising optical emission spectroscopy to spokes in magnetron sputtering discharges15
Observation of currentless redox reactions on surface of water jet immersed in low-pressure plasma15
Determining sheath edge electric field around cylindrical pins of a DC-biased hairpin resonator probe14
Foundations of plasma catalysis for environmental applications14
A sheath correction method for electron density measurements with the microwave resonant curling probe14
Adjustment of high-energy ion flux in BP-HiPIMS via pulsed coil magnetic field: plasma dynamics and film deposition14
Properties of millisecond-scale modulated pulsed power magnetron discharge applied for reactive sputtering of zirconia14
Coalescence and counterflow of droplets on needle electrode with negative corona discharge14
Numerical characterization of capacitively coupled plasmas modulated by ion beam injection14
Theoretical investigation of iodine plasma through detailed electron impact excitation cross-section calculations and collisional-radiative model analysis14
Axial and radial development of the hot electron distribution in a helicon plasma source, measured by a retarding field energy analyzer (RFEA)14
The spatial density distribution of H2O2 in the effluent of the COST-Jet and the kINPen-sci operated with a humidified helium feed gas14
Effects of ‘step-like’ amplitude-modulation on a pulsed capacitively coupled RF discharge: an experimental investigation14
Numerical simulation of gas breakdown characteristics in porous dielectric and theoretical analysis based on the capillary network model13
Foundations of machine learning for low-temperature plasmas: methods and case studies13
Oblique streaming waves observed in multipactor-induced plasma discharge above a dielectric surface13
Extended reaction kinetics model for non-thermal argon plasmas and its test against experimental data13
A comparative study of fibre Bragg grating for spatially and temporally resolved gas temperature measurements in cold atmospheric pressure plasma jets13
Properties and characteristics of the nanosecond discharge developing at the water–air interface: tracking evolution from a diffused streamer to a spark filament13
Terahertz absorption spectroscopy for measuring atomic oxygen densities in plasmas13
Assessing apparent secondary electron yield from current–voltage characteristics of abnormal DC glow discharges13
Three-body electron attachment in humid air13
Insight in NO synthesis in a gliding arc plasma via gas temperature and density mapping by laser-induced fluorescence13
Verification methods for drift–diffusion reaction models for plasma simulations13
Numerical investigations of nanosecond surface streamers at elevated pressure13
Measurements of N2 + ions in an inductively coupled plasma using saturated cavity ringdown spectroscopy13
Three-dimensional analysis of RF-biased ion optics with misalignments of apertures13
On pulse-to-pulse coupling in low-temperature filamentary plasma-assisted ignition in methane-air flows13
Atmospheric pressure plasma jet interacting with a droplet on dielectric surface13
A 3D kinetic Monte Carlo study of streamer discharges in CO213
Assessment of multi-temperature relaxation models for carbon dioxide vibrational kinetics13
A transient site balance model for atomic layer etching13
Azimuthal ion movement in HiPIMS plasmas—part I: velocity distribution function13
Emissive cathode immersed in a plasma: plasma–cathode interactions, operation and stability13
μs and ns twin surface dielectric barrier discharges operated in air: from electrode erosion to plasma characteristics12
The principle of minimal power12
Investigation of plasma mode transition and hysteresis in electron cyclotron resonance ion thrusters12
Insights into the copper HiPIMS discharge: deposition rate and ionised flux fraction12
A coupled plasma-thermal model for hollow cathode power decomposition and parametric analysis12
Numerical investigation on the discharge formation in micrometer pores in structured catalyst irradiated by a helium atmospheric pressure plasma jet12
Experimental investigation of high velocity neutral flow interaction with a magnetized plasma12
Foundations of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of functional coatings12
Ammonia generation in Ns pulse and Ns pulse/RF discharges over a catalytic surface12
On the use of ultra-high resolution PIC methods to unveil microscale effects of plasma kinetic instabilities: electron trapping and release by electrostatic tidal effect12
Depopulation mechanisms of atomic hydrogen in the n = 3 level following two-photon excitation by a picosecond laser12
Ionized particle transport in reactive HiPIMS discharge: correlation between the energy distribution functions of neutral and ionized atoms12
Study on the plume self-neutralization of ionic liquid electrospray thruster based on median potential12
Characterisation of surface charge density and net electric field during parallel-plate dielectric barrier discharge generated in atmospheric-pressure air12
Investigation of small-fraction molecular impurities in high-pressure helium plasmas using optical plasma diagnostic methods12
Wave propagation and absorption in a helicon plasma thruster and its plume12
Study of atoms and multiply charged ions features in the nanosecond laser produced Mo plasma in vacuum using optical emission spectroscopy and time-of-flight electrostatic energy analyzer12
Theoretical mechanism behind the higher efficiency of O than OH radicals in polypropylene surface modification: a molecular dynamics study12
Self-organized patterns at the plasma–liquid anode interface in a helium glow discharge: temporal development and mechanisms11
Enhancing He 2 3S1 state production in the burst regime of a nanosecond discharge11
Oil–water interface dynamics and electrical breakdown in pulsed electric field11
Determination of organic impurities by plasma electron spectroscopy in nonlocal plasma at intermediate and high pressures11
Formations of anode double layer and ion beam in bipolar-pulse HiPIMS (BP-HiPIMS)11
Experimental investigation into efficiency loss in rotating magnetic field thrusters11
Experimental characterization of TIAGO torch discharges: surface wave discharge behavior and (post-)discharge kinetics11
Relativistic calculation of electron impact excitation of tin: cross sections of importance in plasma modeling11
Electron collisions with ArH+ molecular ions: highly excited vibrational states and dissociative excitation11
Ultra-fast development of Ar 2p 1−10 relative densities in nanosecond-pulsed barrier discharge in argon11
Reduced-order particle-in-cell simulations of a high-power magnetically shielded Hall thruster11
Effect of the magnetic field on the electron kinetics under AC/DC electric fields: benchmark calculations and electron cyclotron resonance11
Streamer-to-spark transitions in deionized water: unsymmetrical structure and two-stage model11
Floating potential method using a thermionic emissive probe including an ionizing and collisional presheath11
The role of recombination in constriction of a positive column of a glow discharge in inert gases11
Plasma dynamics of individual HiPIMS pulses: imaging study using high-frame-rate camera11
Foundations of plasmas as ion sources11
Deterioration of ion beam neutralization caused by reflection of electrostatic solitary waves within pulsed ion beam11
Collective dynamics of a dense streamer front11
I–V analysis for nuclear-excited low-temperature plasmas in porous metals11
Erratum: N2 vibrational excitation in atmospheric pressure ns pulse and RF plasma jets (2022 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 034001)11
Effect of target material on electrical properties of a two-electrode dielectric barrier helium plasma jet11
Investigation of multi-periodic self-trigger plasma in an AC-driven atmospheric pressure plasma jet11
Quantitative measurements of singlet molecular oxygen in a low pressure ICP11
Effects of cavity resonance and antenna resonance on mode transitions in helicon plasma11
Effect of the cathode surface temperature on the cathode fall layer parameters: experiment and simulation11
Impact of overvoltage on the mode transition of the spark gap switch: from edge breakdown to stochastic breakdown11
Oscillations of convective flow around a continuous optical discharge in high-pressure xenon10
Investigation of ignition of positive corona discharge in air using a time dependent fluid model10
Effects of magnetic nozzle strength and orientation on radio-frequency plasma expansion10
Ion current density on the substrate during short-pulse HiPIMS10
Magnetised and unmagnetized axisymmetric particle-in-cell simulations of ion energy distributions in cathodic vacuum arcs10
Comparison of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy and fast ICCD imaging for spatial and time resolved measurements of atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet10
The role of volume recombination and resonance radiation transport in constriction of a: DC discharge in argon10
Role of H3 + ions in deposition of silicon thin films from SiH4/H2 discharges: modeling and experiments10
Effects of a radial variation of surface coefficients on plasma uniformity in capacitive RF discharges10
Numerical simulation and experimental diagnostics of fast electron kinetics and plasma parameters in a microhollow cathode discharges in helium10
Electron impact excitation of allowed and forbidden transitions between fine-structure levels in Ti III10
Tomographic optical emission spectroscopy of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet and surface ionization waves on planar and structured surfaces10
Electron drag force in EUV induced pulsed hydrogen plasmas10
Self-consistent treatment of gas heating in modeling of a coaxial DBD in atmospheric pressure CO210
Effect of oxygen on the discharge characteristics of argon doped ethanol plasma jet and its application in surface modification of polyimide films10
Inferring gas temperature from N2 emission via rotational distribution of the N2 B3Πg and C3Πu states10
Numerical and experimental study of ion energy distribution function in a dual-frequency capacitively coupled oxygen discharge10
Anticathode effect on electron kinetics in electron beam generated E × B plasma10
Evidence of production of keV Sn+ ions in the H2 buffer gas surrounding an Sn-plasma EUV source10
Energy selectivity in electron absorptive heating methods: does the angular momentum trap matter? An experimental investigation10
Influence of magnetic field gradient on the capacitive argon discharge at 8 MHz and 40 MHz9
Standing wave instability in large area capacitive discharges operated within or near the gamma mode9
Effects of low-frequency voltage on nonlinear standing wave excitation, plasma uniformity, and ion dynamics in dual-frequency asymmetric capacitive discharges9
Review of the gas breakdown physics and nanomaterial-based ionization gas sensors and their applications9
Physics of thermionic orificed hollow cathodes: II. Scaling laws and design rules9
Transmission and multiple reflection mechanisms of guided streamers propagating through grounded annular electrode and interacting with grounded surface electrode9
On CO2 conversion in discharges in CO2–N2 mixtures9
The breakdown characteristic of porous dielectric discharge based on percolation structure9
Plasma sputtering of biased electrodes in an oblique magnetic field9
Electron impact studies on the imidogen (NH+) molecular ion9
Surface production of negative deuterium ions from plasma-exposed boron doped diamond and graphite: work function measurements using photoemission yield spectroscopy9
A novel designed 3D multi-microhole plasma jet device driven by nanosecond pulse at atmospheric pressure9
On constriction and striation of a diffuse DBD in large gap filled with moderate pressure helium diluted by the air and easily ionized impurity9
Plume neutralization of an ionic liquid electrospray thruster: better insights from particle-in-cell modelling9
Detection of solvated electrons below the interface between atmospheric-pressure plasma and water by laser-induced desolvation9
Characterizing the plasma-induced thermal loads on a 200 kW light-ion helicon plasma source via infra-red thermography9
Characterization of OH species in kHz He/H2O atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharges9
RF antenna helicity dependent particle heating in a helicon source9
Vibrational deactivation in O(3P) + N2 collisions: from an old problem towards its solution9
Direct measurement of ion and electron flux ratio at their respective sheath-edges and absence of the electron Bohm criterion effects9
The electrical asymmetry effect in electronegative CF4 capacitive RF plasmas operated in the striation mode9
Foundations of plasmas for medical applications9
Repetitively pulsed streamer discharge with laser-induced surface trapped electron desorption to exploit residual charges in situ9
Quantification of plasma produced OH and electron fluxes at the liquid anode and their role in plasma driven solution electrochemistry9
A pointwise separation algorithm to separate plasma density and thickness in two-beam interferometry9
Quantitative modeling of streamer discharge branching in air9
Underlying mechanism of the stagnation of positive streamers9
Introduction and verification of FEDM, an open-source FEniCS-based discharge modelling code9
Ion energy analysis of a bipolar HiPIMS discharge using a retarding field energy analyser9
Electric field strengths within a micro cavity plasma array measured by Stark shift and splitting of a helium line pair9
Simulation of a pulsed CO2 plasma based on a six-temperature energy approach9
Vacuum ultraviolet radiation in and from an atmospheric pressure plasma source9
Critical assessment of the applicability of the Child-Langmuir law to plasma ion source extraction systems9
Absolute atomic nitrogen density spatial mapping in three MHCD configurations9
Compositions and distributions of the azimuthal currents in the magnetic nozzle9
Addendum: Effect of charging solid particles on their growth process and parameters of microwave discharge in liquid n-heptane (2020 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29 9
Numerical study of self-organized filaments affected by flow field in dielectric barrier discharges9
Measurement of electron energetics in the equatorial and polar planes of a compact dipole plasma driven at steady state8
Accuracy of using metastable state measurements in laser-induced fluorescence diagnostics of xenon ion velocity in Hall thrusters8
Disorder-induced heating in molecular atmospheric pressure plasmas8
Laser absorption spectroscopy for plasma-assisted thermochemical treatment. Part II.: Impact of the carbon and water contaminants on a low-pressure N2–H2 discharge8
Electrical characterization and imaging of discharge morphology in a small-scale packed bed dielectric barrier discharge8
Statistical analysis on branching characteristics of positive streamer discharges in N2–O2 mixtures8
Kinetic plasma dynamics in a radial model of a Hall thruster with a curved magnetic field8
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