This review summarizes the state of the art of plasma diagnostics on atmospheric pressure
plasmas formed at characteristic length scales of approximately 1 mm or smaller and …

Reactive plasmas are highly valued for their ability to produce large amounts of reactive
radicals and of energetic ions bombarding surrounding surfaces. The non-equilibrium …

The heart of this review is to give a compact overview of the literature on mass spectrometry
(MS) of polymers published in the time period from 2008 to 2009. Identical to the review from …

Atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium plasmas (APPs) are effective source of radicals,
metastables and a variety of ions and photons, ranging into the vacuum UV spectral region …

Ambient molecular beam mass spectrometry (MBMS) has been used to study how different
capillary widths (530 µm and 2.4 mm) and excitation waveforms (continuous wave kHz and …

This paper presents an approach to improve the surface wettability of
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) using an atmospheric-pressure plasma of argon gas with …

Results are presented on the optimization and characterization of a plasma-assisted
desorption ionization (PADI) source for ambient mass spectrometry. It is found that by …

Ionic species in atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) play an important role in plasma-
surface and plasma-liquid interactions, nonetheless, they have not received the same …

Plasma treatments are acquiring growing commercial recognition as a highly practical
means of altering the surface properties of textiles without detriment to their bulk properties …

Energetic photons (UV, VUV radiation and soft X rays), and particles (ions, electrons,
metastable excited atoms) from inert gas plasmas possess sufficient energy to induce …