Similarity theory and scaling laws for low-temperature plasma discharges: A comprehensive review

Y Fu, H Wang, X Wang - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2023 - Springer
Similarity theory and scaling laws determine how physical laws remain the same when
control parameters are changed, which is essential for the correlation, prediction, and …

Generation and measurement of low-temperature plasma for cancer therapy: A historical review

K Ishikawa, K Takeda, S Yoshimura, T Kondo… - Free Radical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This review provides a description of the historical background of the development of
biological applications of low-temperature plasmas. The generation of plasma, methods and …

Guiding effect of runaway electrons in atmospheric pressure nanosecond pulsed discharge: Mode transition from diffuse discharge to streamer

B Huang, C Zhang, C Ren, T Shao - Plasma Sources Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, the role of runaway electrons (RAEs) during the pulsed breakdown in the
atmosphere is investigated. Nanosecond pulsed discharge (NPD) is driven by high-voltage …

The critical effect of electron acceleration under enhanced electric field near cathode on the formation of runaway electrons and diffuse discharge in atmosphere

C Ren, B Huang, C Zhang, B Qi… - … Sources Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Runaway electrons (RAEs) are believed to affect the dynamics of ultra-fast gas breakdown
significantly. In this work, considering the field enhancement effect near the micro-protrusion …

Kinetics of the fast ionization waves with runaway electrons

D Levko, LL Raja - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In nanosecond gas breakdown, runaway electrons are responsible for the interelectrode
space pre-ionization, which supports the propagation of fast ionization waves or streamers …

Influence of discharge polarity on streamer breakdown criterion of ambient air in a non-uniform electric field

A Iqbal, D Wozniak, MZ Rahman… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Streamer breakdown of atmospheric air with non-uniform dc electric field in a needle-to-
plate electrode configuration is studied using a semi-analytic model and experimental …

Effect of photoionisation on initial discharge in air under nanosecond pulse voltage

Y Li, Y Fu, Z Liu, H Li, P Wang, H Luo, X Zou… - High …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Effects of photoionisation on the development and electron runaway of the initial
discharge in atmospheric air under nanosecond pulse voltage were studied via two …

Regulation of nanosecond pulse breakdown process by vertical magnetic field

Y Li, Y Fu, Z Zhang, Z Liu, Q Hu, X Zou, X Wang… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Effects of vertical magnetic field on the breakdown process of the nanosecond pulse
discharge in atmospheric air are studied via twodimensional particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo …

Energetic electrons and their contribution to the breakdown of a point-plane air gap with a positive nanosecond pulse

Y Li, Y Fu, Z Liu, P Wang, X Zou, X Wang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
It is found that the polarity reversal phenomenon occurs in the nanosecond pulse
breakdown experiment. Two-dimensional axisymmetric particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo …

Influence of pulse width on the breakdown process of nanosecond pulse discharge at low pressure

Q Wang, H Wu, Y Wang, Y Zhang… - Journal of Physics D …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Pulsed plasma discharge breakdown has long been a subject of research in the field of
plasma physics. However, the spatial distribution and temporal evolution of parameters such …