Gas breakdown at microscale dimensions has been of great interest to the
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and plasma communities for nearly 15 years as …

Fundamental processes for electric breakdown, ie, electrode emission and bulk ionization,
as well as the resultant Paschen's law, are reviewed under various conditions. The effect of …

Dielectrics in Electric Fields explores the influence of electric fields on dielectric—ie, non-
conducting or insulating—materials, examining the distinctive behaviors of these materials …

This Perspective outlines theoretical, simulation, and experimental studies linking electron
emission and gas breakdown. Many studies have investigated field emission-driven …

In this work, the performance of a face-to-face gas sensor based on Mn nano-rod thin films
with different heights as both electrodes is reported. Paschen's law and departure from …

Paschen's law and deviation from Paschen's law are studied in a face to face gas sensor
based on Mn helical sculptured thin films with conical shape as cathode and anode …

While experiment, simulation, and theory all show that the gas breakdown voltage
decreases linearly with gap distance for microscale gaps at atmospheric pressure due to the …

Paschen's law (PL), derived based on the Townsend avalanche (TA) condition, is commonly
used to predict gas breakdown. For microscale gaps near atmospheric pressure, TA is …

Deviations from the Paschen's law in air and nitrogen are investigated for gaps from 100 nm
to 10 μm, by using a high precision electrode positioning system. The deviation is observed …

Electronics miniaturization motivates gas breakdown predictions for microscale and smaller
gaps, since traditional breakdown theory fails when gap size, d, is smaller than∼ 15 μm at …