Plasma Sources Science & Technology

Papers
(The TQCC of Plasma Sources Science & Technology is 9. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Power dissipation during the ignition of pulse-modulated dual RF capacitively coupled argon plasmas at different pressures121
Formation and consumption of HO 2 radicals in ns pulse O 2 –He plasmas over a liquid water surface117
A plasma loss to sidewall model for 1D PIC/MCC simulation for plasma transport estimation88
Polarization properties of E-FISH signals and optimization of simultaneous measurement of electric field vectors77
Tomographic characterization of electron properties in xenon Hall thruster plasmas using collisional–radiative optical emission spectroscopy61
Time-resolved measurement of electron energy distribution function in secondary streamer in atmospheric-pressure air using Thomson scattering52
Dynamics of sputtered particles in multipulse HiPIMS discharge48
Homogeneous dielectric barrier discharge in CO247
Barrier discharges in CO2 – optical emission spectra analysis and E/N determination from intensity ratio43
Control of spoke movement in DCMS plasmas39
Dynamics simulation of pulsed-DC helium plasma jet enhanced by an additional floating electrode38
Ion energy distributions from the impact of an atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge plasma jet on surfaces37
Generation of high-density plasma via transparent electrode in capacitively coupled plasma36
Plasma acceleration in a magnetic arch33
Development of a flat cutoff probe covered with a dielectric layer for non-invasive plasma diagnostics29
Insight into reactive oxygen plasma characteristics and reaction mechanism on SRF accelerator plasma cleaning29
Analyzing atomic oxygen product evolution in micro cavity plasma arrays by a combination of a multi-PMT OES setup and a 0D chemical model29
Azimuthal plasma inhomogeneity in planar Hall thrusters: spatiotemporal evolution and its impacts on performance28
Energy-dependent implementation of secondary electron emission models in continuum kinetic sheath simulations28
Generation and delivery of free hydroxyl radicals using a remote plasma28
The effects of catalyst conductivity and loading of dielectric surface structures on plasma dynamics in patterned dielectric barrier discharges27
Characterization of a radiofrequency linear plasma device in uniform and convergent magnetic fields27
Mechanism of electron power absorption in radio frequency plasmas with inverse sheaths27
Plasma–liquid interactions: an experiment and simulation study on plasma dynamic behaviors near the gas–liquid interfacial layer27
An updated set of electron-impact cross sections for CO2: untangling dissociation and application to CO2 with Ar and N2 admixtures27
Effective secondary electron yields for different surface materials in capacitively coupled plasmas26
Uniform propagation of positive ionization waves over liquid water under high voltage rise rates26
Modeling the hundreds-of-nanoseconds-long irradiation of tin droplets with a 2 µm-wavelength laser for future EUV lithography25
Numerical optimization of dielectric properties to achieve process uniformity in capacitively coupled plasma reactors25
The influence of azimuthally inhomogeneous magnetic field on the high-frequency Hall thruster azimuthal instability via 2D axial-azimuthal PIC simulations24
Quantitative and selective study of the effect of O radicals on polypropylene surface treatment24
Benchmarking and validation of a hybrid model for electropositive and electronegative capacitively coupled plasmas24
Repetitively nanosecond pulsed discharge along dielectric surfaces: discharge and surface charge dynamics and local streamer-to-filament transition24
ThunderBoltz: an open-source direct simulation Monte Carlo Boltzmann solver for plasma transport, chemical kinetics, and 0D modeling24
Collisional-radiative model of a supersonic inductive plasma torch24
Investigation on transient process of dense hydrogen microdischarge by dual-wavelength laser interferometry23
Simultaneous ion and electron beam etching for charge-free and low-damage silicon processing22
Impedance characteristics of magnetized radio-frequency capacitively coupled plasmas: a comprehensive study22
Foundations of magnetized radio-frequency discharges21
Effects of the ground-electrode temperature on the plasma physicochemical processes and biological inactivation functions involved in surface dielectric barrier discharge21
Spatio-temporal dynamics of electrons and helium metastables in uniform dielectric barrier discharges formed in He/N221
Nonequilibrium plasma in water vapor21
Decomposition product formation mechanism of C5F10O-CO2 mixture in corona discharge by a chemical kinetic model21
2D spatial mapping of the electron temperature, electron number density, and argon molecular ion number density in a microwave argon plasma jet21
Control of the chemistry of a humidified He RF atmospheric pressure plasma jet by pulse modulation21
Validation of the Townsend criterion for ignition of volume gas discharges21
The effect of pre- and post-mixing N 2 on discharge characteristics and production of reactive species in a pulsed-DC Ar plasma jet20
Correlation between temperature distribution and changes in self-organized luminous pattern in an atmospheric pressure DC glow discharge with sheath gas flow20
Cavity ringdown studies of the E–H transition in an inductively coupled oxygen plasma: comparison of spectroscopic measurements and modelling20
Plasma uniformity control in capacitive RF discharges by an individually RF driven sidewall electrode20
Evaporation behavior of liquid microdroplets in atmospheric-pressure nonequilibrium plasma20
Electron dynamics in planar radio frequency magnetron plasmas: III. Comparison of experimental investigations of power absorption dynamics to simulation results20
Electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulation on self-induced magnetic field by hollow cathode discharge20
On the sputtered particle density and flux evolutions in multi-pulse HiPIMS processes20
Individual quantification of ozone and reactive nitrogen species in mixtures by broadband UV–visible absorption spectra deconvolution20
On working gas rarefaction in high power impulse magnetron sputtering20
Analysis of a cusped helicon plasma thruster discharge19
Plasma thermal-chemical instability of low-temperature dimethyl ether oxidation in a nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge19
Physics-informed selection of non-Maxwellian EEDF models for reliable OES-based plasma diagnostics19
Electron inertial effects in the rarefied regime of a direct-current (DC) breakdown19
Numerical study of the magnetohydrodynamic properties of laser-produced tin plasma under external magnetic field19
Plasma–liquid interactions on acoustically structured Faraday liquid interfaces19
Analysis of non-local heat flux in capacitively coupled plasmas19
Nonlocal electron dynamics in low pressure miniature inductively coupled radio frequency discharges19
Particle-in-cell simulation of a cylindrical plasma mass separator based on Penning discharge with thermionic cathodes18
Electric field and higher harmonics of RF plasma slit jet measured by antennas and VI probes18
Scanning drift tube measurements and kinetic studies of electron transport in CO18
Experimental analysis of hyper power impulse magnetron discharge with long pulse operation18
Asymmetrical ignition of radio frequency discharge in atmospheric pressure cascade glow discharges18
Magnetic field deflection in a 100 W Hall thruster with permanent magnets18
Stepwise development of atmospheric pressure plasma jet driven by bursts of high-voltage nanosecond pulses at multi-tens MHz17
Modeling the gas breakdown for helium in the planar magnetron discharge17
Evolution characteristics of argon-mercury gas discharge modes based on DBD pre-ionization17
Positive streamer discharge simulations in humid air: uncertainty in input data and sensitivity analysis17
Effect of ion collision on separation between light and heavy ions in multi-component vacuum arc17
Simulations of E–H mode transition in inductively coupled plasmas via 2D particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision method17
HFO-1234ze(E): electron-scattering cross section set through an iterative deep learning procedure17
Burning voltage dynamics of cathodic arcs: theory and experiment16
Influence of gas composition on the Dufour instability in electropositive radiofrequency plasmas16
Oscillations in capacitively coupled plasmas induced by nonlinear coupling between the plasma and its external circuit16
Analysis of electron series resonance via plasma circuit model simulations with sheath resistance in hybrid plasma reactors16
CO2 conversion in a microwave plasma torch: 2D vs 1D approaches16
Characterisation of CH4 nanosecond pulsed plasma across a wide pressure range (0.5–2.0 bar)16
On the space-charge effects in the beam extraction process of ion thrusters: the roles of compensating electrons and changing beam radius16
Determining sheath edge electric field around cylindrical pins of a DC-biased hairpin resonator probe16
Ammonia synthesis by plasma catalysis in an atmospheric RF helium plasma16
Non-equilibrium plasma kinetics of CO 2 in glow discharges: a comparison with existing modeling and experimental results16
High-speed plasma diagnostics based on the floating harmonic method in inductively coupled plasma and pulsed plasma16
State-to-state modeling of NO production by nanosecond electrical discharge in a nitrogen–oxygen mixture at atmospheric pressure16
On the interactions between three fireballs in low-temperature plasma*16
The kinetic theory of cathode plasma expansion in a spatially non-uniform geometric configuration of a vacuum diode16
Interaction of atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet with non-planar substrates: path selectivity of surface ionization wave16
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 mixtures16
Modelling in vitro liquid treatment with a plasma jet15
Changing pattern of N2 dissociation in N2–Ar RF plasma during E–H mode transition15
Adjustment of high-energy ion flux in BP-HiPIMS via pulsed coil magnetic field: plasma dynamics and film deposition15
Dust-cloud spatial distribution and striated discharge structure in complex plasmas driven by dual-frequency discharges15
Anisotropic quasi-atomic layer etching of InGaZnO 4 using unbiased CH 4 and continuous/pulsed bias15
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
The E–H mode transition affected by RF bias in inductively coupled Cl 2 plasma15
On electric field measurements based on intensity ratio of 1 and 2 15
Effect of the cation-to-anion mass ratio of ionic liquid on plume neutralization characteristics for novel electrospray thruster15
A multi-ratio method for determination of the electric field from 2p states in transient argon discharges at atmospheric pressure15
High power impulse magnetron sputtering of tungsten: a comparison of experimental and modelling results15
Mechanisms of anomalous N 15
A comparative study of fibre Bragg grating for spatially and temporally resolved gas temperature measurements in cold atmospheric pressure plasma jets14
Validation of non-equilibrium kinetics in CO2–N2plasmas14
A unified fluid model for nonthermal plasmas and reacting flows14
Atomic layer etching of sputter-deposited AlN thin films in radiofrequency Cl 2 –Ar plasmas14
Modeling of very high frequency large-electrode capacitively coupled plasmas with a fully electromagnetic particle-in-cell code14
High-resolution mapping of the radial electric field in RF plasma sheath using a single optically trapped particle14
A diagnostic study of a dual frequency–driven atomic oxygen plasma source in the context of contactless cleaning14
The spatial density distribution of H2O2 in the effluent of the COST-Jet and the kINPen-sci operated with a humidified helium feed gas14
Analysis of electron power absorption and loss mechanisms in the discharge chamber of air-breathing radio-frequency ion thruster14
Observation and characterization of discharge mode transition in a three-electrode atmospheric pressure RF plasma system14
Precision spectroscopy of non-thermal molecular plasmas using mid-infrared optical frequency comb Fourier transform spectroscopy14
Expanding the operating space for pulsed ICP plasmas through matchless power delivery14
On pulse-to-pulse coupling in low-temperature filamentary plasma-assisted ignition in methane-air flows14
Metastable argon atom kinetics in a low-pressure capacitively coupled radio frequency discharge14
Assessment of multi-temperature relaxation models for carbon dioxide vibrational kinetics14
Investigation of small-fraction molecular impurities in high-pressure helium plasmas using optical plasma diagnostic methods14
Spatially resolved TALIF investigation of atomic oxygen in the effluent of a CO2 microwave discharge14
Magnetically induced formation and disruption of striations in capacitively coupled radio-frequency CF 4 plasmas14
Numerical investigation of stability of low-current needle-to-plane negative corona discharges in air14
Formation of standing helicon wave in helicon discharge process14
Electron kinetic effects in the neutralization process of a longitudinally focused ion beam14
The propagation of negative pulsed discharges facilitated by artificially injected gas bubble in water14
Assessing apparent secondary electron yield from current–voltage characteristics of abnormal DC glow discharges13
Oblique streaming waves observed in multipactor-induced plasma discharge above a dielectric surface13
Properties and characteristics of the nanosecond discharge developing at the water–air interface: tracking evolution from a diffused streamer to a spark filament13
Nanosecond plasma discharge dynamics on a levitated water droplet13
Terahertz absorption spectroscopy for measuring atomic oxygen densities in plasmas13
Insight in NO synthesis in a gliding arc plasma via gas temperature and density mapping by laser-induced fluorescence13
Radial and axial electric field measurements in self-triggered multiperiodic AC plasma jets13
Stark broadening and shift of hydrogenic and non-hydrogenic lines for the electron density determination in pulsing discharges in contact with liquids13
Extended reaction kinetics model for non-thermal argon plasmas and its test against experimental data13
Numerical simulation of gas breakdown characteristics in porous dielectric and theoretical analysis based on the capillary network model13
A transient site balance model for atomic layer etching13
Emissive cathode immersed in a plasma: plasma–cathode interactions, operation and stability13
Azimuthal ion movement in HiPIMS plasmas—part I: velocity distribution function13
Effects of ‘step-like’ amplitude-modulation on a pulsed capacitively coupled RF discharge: an experimental investigation13
A sheath correction method for electron density measurements with the microwave resonant curling probe13
Theoretical investigation of iodine plasma through detailed electron impact excitation cross-section calculations and collisional-radiative model analysis13
Atmospheric pressure plasma jet interacting with a droplet on dielectric surface13
Oxygen atom density and kinetics in intermediate-pressure radiofrequency capacitively-coupled plasmas in pure O 213
Verification methods for drift–diffusion reaction models for plasma simulations13
Three-body electron attachment in humid air13
Effect of the magnetic field on the electron kinetics under AC/DC electric fields: benchmark calculations and electron cyclotron resonance12
Three-dimensional analysis of RF-biased ion optics with misalignments of apertures12
A 3D kinetic Monte Carlo study of streamer discharges in CO212
Foundations of plasmas as ion sources12
Impact of overvoltage on the mode transition of the spark gap switch: from edge breakdown to stochastic breakdown12
Parametric analysis on multi-process effects of hypersonic plasma under electromagnetic fields12
Insights into the copper HiPIMS discharge: deposition rate and ionised flux fraction12
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
The principle of minimal power12
A coupled plasma-thermal model for hollow cathode power decomposition and parametric analysis12
Spatially resolved measurements of ground state atomic oxygen and its anion in a low pressure ICP using cavity ringdown spectroscopy12
Oil–water interface dynamics and electrical breakdown in pulsed electric field12
Foundations of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of functional coatings12
Study on the plume self-neutralization of ionic liquid electrospray thruster based on median potential12
Validation of critical electron temperature for ionization instability in ampere-level hollow cathode plume12
Ammonia generation in Ns pulse and Ns pulse/RF discharges over a catalytic surface12
Collective dynamics of a dense streamer front12
Depopulation mechanisms of atomic hydrogen in the n = 3 level following two-photon excitation by a picosecond laser12
I–V analysis for nuclear-excited low-temperature plasmas in porous metals12
Measurements of N2 + ions in an inductively coupled plasma using saturated cavity ringdown spectroscopy12
Foundations of machine learning for low-temperature plasmas: methods and case studies12
Effects of cavity resonance and antenna resonance on mode transitions in helicon plasma12
Theoretical mechanism behind the higher efficiency of O than OH radicals in polypropylene surface modification: a molecular dynamics study12
Enhancing He 2 3S1 state production in the burst regime of a nanosecond discharge12
Computational investigations of impedance matching for pulsed capacitively coupled plasmas12
Investigation of multi-periodic self-trigger plasma in an AC-driven atmospheric pressure plasma jet11
Experimental characterization of TIAGO torch discharges: surface wave discharge behavior and (post-)discharge kinetics11
Inferring gas temperature from N2 emission via rotational distribution of the N2 B3Πg and C3Πu states11
Ultra-fast development of Ar 2p 11
Relativistic calculation of electron impact excitation of tin: cross sections of importance in plasma modeling11
NH 3 capture by air plasma under different operation modes: feasibility, energy efficiency, and mechanisms11
Investigation of ignition of positive corona discharge in air using a time dependent fluid model11
Electron collisions with ArH + molecular ions: highly excited vibrational states and dissociative excitation11
Temporal evolution and breakdown mechanisms of synthetic air gap under lightning impulse11
Effect of oxygen on the discharge characteristics of argon doped ethanol plasma jet and its application in surface modification of polyimide films11
The role of recombination in constriction of a positive column of a glow discharge in inert gases11
Floating potential method using a thermionic emissive probe including an ionizing and collisional presheath11
Effects of magnetic nozzle strength and orientation on radio-frequency plasma expansion11
Effects of a radial variation of surface coefficients on plasma uniformity in capacitive RF discharges11
Numerical investigation on plume characteristics and propulsive performance of ionic liquid electrospray thruster based on mixed ion model11
Frequency-agile matching of inductively coupled plasmas11
Decay of excited levels in argon pulsed capacitively-coupled plasma afterglows11
Characterisation of surface charge density and net electric field during parallel-plate dielectric barrier discharge generated in atmospheric-pressure air11
Numerical study of surface charge dynamics and its feedback on the interaction between atmospheric pressure plasma jet and dielectric target11
Verification of an aspect-ratio scaling law for radio-frequency capacitively coupled plasmas11
Ion current density on the substrate during short-pulse HiPIMS11
Is it possible to dynamical monitoring the products of silane conversion in plasma with non-local characteristics using probe diagnostics?11
Formations of anode double layer and ion beam in bipolar-pulse HiPIMS (BP-HiPIMS)11
Plasma dynamics of individual HiPIMS pulses: imaging study using high-frame-rate camera11
PIC-MCC simulation of single pulse DBD discharge evolution process11
Non-Equilibrium electron and State-to-State vibrational kinetic analysis of pulsed RF hydrogen plasmas11
Numerical investigation on the discharge formation in micrometer pores in structured catalyst irradiated by a helium atmospheric pressure plasma jet11
Self-regulating electron temperature in high-power impulse magnetron sputtering discharges and its effect on the metal ion escape11
Reduced-order particle-in-cell simulations of a high-power magnetically shielded Hall thruster11
Experimental investigation into efficiency loss in rotating magnetic field thrusters10
Numerical simulation and experimental diagnostics of fast electron kinetics and plasma parameters in a microhollow cathode discharges in helium10
Evidence of production of keV Sn+ ions in the H2 buffer gas surrounding an Sn-plasma EUV source10
Magnetised and unmagnetized axisymmetric particle-in-cell simulations of ion energy distributions in cathodic vacuum arcs10
Transmission and multiple reflection mechanisms of guided streamers propagating through grounded annular electrode and interacting with grounded surface electrode10
Anticathode effect on electron kinetics in electron beam generated E × B plasma10
Effect of target material on electrical properties of a two-electrode dielectric barrier helium plasma jet10
Effect of the cathode surface temperature on the cathode fall layer parameters: experiment and simulation10
Electric field mapping of atmospheric positive glow corona using E-FISH tomography10
The transition from ion to electron sheath near a floating plate aligned parallel to magnetic field10
Influence of humidity on formation of pulsed atmospheric-pressure plasma streamers10
Energy selectivity in electron absorptive heating methods: does the angular momentum trap matter? An experimental investigation10
Simulation of a pulsed CO2 plasma based on a six-temperature energy approach10
The electrical asymmetry effect in electronegative CF4 capacitive RF plasmas operated in the striation mode10
Vibrational deactivation in O( 3 P) + N 2 collisions: from an old problem towards its solution10
Self-organized patterns at the plasma–liquid anode interface in a helium glow discharge: temporal development and mechanisms10
Oscillations of convective flow around a continuous optical discharge in high-pressure xenon10
Self-consistent treatment of gas heating in modeling of a coaxial DBD in atmospheric pressure CO210
Performance characterization of intake-collectors for atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion systems10
Direct measurement of ion and electron flux ratio at their respective sheath-edges and absence of the electron Bohm criterion effects10
Standing wave instability in large area capacitive discharges operated within or near the gamma mode10
On CO2 conversion in discharges in CO2–N2 mixtures10
Tomographic optical emission spectroscopy of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet and surface ionization waves on planar and structured surfaces10
The role of volume recombination and resonance radiation transport in constriction of a: DC discharge in argon10
Numerical and experimental study of ion energy distribution function in a dual-frequency capacitively coupled oxygen discharge10
Determination of organic impurities by plasma electron spectroscopy in nonlocal plasma at intermediate and high pressures10
Plasma characterization for the reactive HiPIMS process regulation of vanadium oxides9
Electronic-specific modeling of a nonequilibrium recombining N 2 /Ar plasma and comparison with experiments9
Modeling filamentary transitions in an ArF excimer laser9
Optimization of beam shaping and error quantification of calibration approach using E-FISHG based electric field measurements9
Critical assessment of the applicability of the Child-Langmuir law to plasma ion source extraction systems9
On constriction and striation of a diffuse DBD in large gap filled with moderate pressure helium diluted by the air and easily ionized impurity9
Extinction simulation of capacitively coupled plasma under different afterglow voltage9
Non-equilibrium vibrational level distribution of the N 2 gas molecules in microwave electric field9
Assessing prediction robustness in atmospheric helium plasma models under rate coefficient uncertainties9
Repetitively pulsed streamer discharge with laser-induced surface trapped electron desorption to exploit residual charges in situ9
Accuracy of using metastable state measurements in laser-induced fluorescence diagnostics of xenon ion velocity in Hall thrusters9
Importance of nitrite generation route via N2O3 at plasma-liquid interface9
Kinetic plasma dynamics in a radial model of a Hall thruster with a curved magnetic field9
Absolute atomic nitrogen density spatial mapping in three MHCD configurations9
Plasma–flow coupling and metastable evolution in a cold argon plasma jet: a computational fluid dynamics study9
Electron impact excitation of allowed and forbidden transitions between fine-structure levels in Ti III9
High density atomic oxygen microwave plasma source characterized by quantitative optical emission spectroscopy and two photon laser absorption induced fluorescence9
Numerical study of self-organized filaments affected by flow field in dielectric barrier discharges9
Optimization-based reconstruction of parameterized electron energy distribution functions from optical emission spectra in low-pressure argon plasma9
Transient measurement of the discharge termination field in an atmospheric pressure pulse discharge based on electric field induced second harmonic generation9
Effects of low-frequency voltage on nonlinear standing wave excitation, plasma uniformity, and ion dynamics in dual-frequency asymmetric capacitive discharges9
Quantitative modeling of streamer discharge branching in air9
Surface production of negative deuterium ions from plasma-exposed boron doped diamond and graphite: work function measurements using photoemission yield spectroscopy9
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