Native starches have limited applications in the food industry due to their unreactive and
insoluble nature. Cold plasma technology, including plasma-activated water (PAW), has …

Two classic radio-frequency (RF) plasmas, ie, the capacitively and the inductively coupled
plasmas (CCP and ICP), are widely employed in material processing, eg, etching and thin …

Particle based simulations are indispensable tools for numerical studies of charged particle
swarms and low-temperature plasma sources. The main advantage of such approaches is …

This paper is the first from a set of two companion papers on radio-frequency (RF)
discharges. These two papers are in turn part of a larger series on the foundations of plasma …

Most plasma sources have to undergo a breakdown process, during which, energy is
injected, and particles are ionized. However, we still know little about this fast evolution …

In the past three decades, first principles-based fully kinetic particle-in-cell Monte Carlo
collision (PIC/MCC) simulations have been proven to be an important tool for the …

The particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collisions (PIC/MCC) simulation approach has become a
standard and well-established tool in studies of capacitively coupled radio frequency (RF) …

The capacitive argon discharge operated in the intermediate pressure regime is studied by
performing one-dimensional particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collision simulations. First, the …

Particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision (PIC/MCC) simulations are an important tool for
understanding low-temperature plasma dynamics, and benchmark work is needed to build a …

We demonstrate a self-consistent and complete description of electron dynamics in a typical
electropositive radio frequency magnetron sputtering (RFMS) argon discharge with a …