Advances in non-equilibrium plasma kinetics: a theoretical and experimental review

LD Pietanza, O Guaitella, V Aquilanti… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
Numerous applications have required the study of CO 2 plasmas since the 1960s, from CO 2
lasers to spacecraft heat shields. However, in recent years, intense research activities on the …

Modelling N2–O2 plasmas: volume and surface kinetics

V Guerra, A Tejero-del-Caz… - … Sources Science and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the basics of kinetic modelling in low-temperature N 2–O 2 plasmas,
including the strong coupling between electron, vibrational, chemical and surface kinetics …

Foundations of plasma surface functionalization of polymers for industrial and biological applications

JP Booth, M Mozetič, A Nikiforov… - Plasma Sources Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Polymer materials are widely employed in many fields due to the ease with which they can
be formed into complex shapes, their versatile mechanical properties, light weight, and low …

Insights into the limitations to vibrational excitation of CO2: validation of a kinetic model with pulsed glow discharge experiments

O Biondo, C Fromentin, T Silva, V Guerra… - Plasma Sources …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Vibrational excitation represents an efficient channel to drive the dissociation of CO 2 in a
non-thermal plasma. Its viability is investigated in low-pressure pulsed discharges, with the …

Electron impact dissociation of CO2

AS Morillo-Candas, T Silva… - Plasma Sources …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Several CO 2 electron impact dissociation cross sections are available in the literature,
different in magnitude and threshold, hindering the understanding of CO 2 dissociation …

A reaction mechanism for oxygen plasmas

TC Dias, C Fromentin, LL Alves… - Plasma Sources …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents a reaction mechanism for oxygen plasmas, ie a set of reactions and
corresponding rate coefficients that are validated against benchmark experiments. The …

Applications of highly non-equilibrium low-pressure oxygen plasma for treatment of polymers and polymer composites on an industrial scale

A Vesel, G Primc, R Zaplotnik… - Plasma Physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Scientific aspects of technologies based on application of non-equilibrium oxygen plasma
are presented. Oxygen plasma is sustained by an electrodeless discharge to facilitate a high …

A review of recombination coefficients of neutral oxygen atoms for various materials

D Paul, M Mozetic, R Zaplotnik, G Primc, D Đonlagić… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Relevant data on heterogeneous surface recombination of neutral oxygen atoms available
in the scientific literature are reviewed and discussed for various materials. The coefficients …

Zero-dimensional and pseudo-one-dimensional models of atmospheric-pressure plasma jets in binary and ternary mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen with helium …

Y He, P Preissing, D Steuer, M Klich… - Plasma Sources …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A zero-dimensional (volume-averaged) and a pseudo-one-dimensional plug-flow (spatially
resolved) model are developed to investigate atmospheric-pressure plasma jets operated …

Time Evolution of the Dissociation Fraction in rf CO2 Plasmas: Impact and Nature of Back-Reaction Mechanisms

AS Morillo-Candas, V Guerra… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The time evolution of the dissociation fraction in a pulsed radio frequency (rf) CO2 discharge
is studied by infrared absorption. A large parametric study performed in a closed reactor …