Flexible Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet Sources
The properties of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) make them suitable for industrial and biomedical applications. They show many advantages when it comes to local and precise surface treatments, and there is interest in upgrading their performance for irradiation on large areas a...
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| description | The properties of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) make them suitable for industrial and biomedical applications. They show many advantages when it comes to local and precise surface treatments, and there is interest in upgrading their performance for irradiation on large areas and uneven surfaces. The generation of charged species (electrons and ions) and reactive species (radicals), together with emitted UV photons, enables a rich plasma chemistry that should be uniform on arbitrary sample profiles. Lateral gradients in plasma parameters from multi-jets should, therefore, be minimized and addressed by means of plasma monitoring techniques, such as electrical diagnostics and optical emission spectroscopy analysis (OES). This article briefly reviews the main strategies adopted to build morphing APPJ arrays and ultra-flexible and long tubes to project cold plasma jets. Basic aspects, such as inter-jet interactions and nozzle shape, have also been discussed, as well as potential applications in the fields of polymer processing and plasma medicine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c4e28d4e9474d52a3397870676b11442023-11-17T13:23:44ZengMDPI AGPlasma2571-61822023-02-0161728810.3390/plasma6010007Flexible Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet SourcesCarles Corbella0Sabine Portal1Michael Keidar2Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USADepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USADepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USAThe properties of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) make them suitable for industrial and biomedical applications. They show many advantages when it comes to local and precise surface treatments, and there is interest in upgrading their performance for irradiation on large areas and uneven surfaces. The generation of charged species (electrons and ions) and reactive species (radicals), together with emitted UV photons, enables a rich plasma chemistry that should be uniform on arbitrary sample profiles. Lateral gradients in plasma parameters from multi-jets should, therefore, be minimized and addressed by means of plasma monitoring techniques, such as electrical diagnostics and optical emission spectroscopy analysis (OES). This article briefly reviews the main strategies adopted to build morphing APPJ arrays and ultra-flexible and long tubes to project cold plasma jets. Basic aspects, such as inter-jet interactions and nozzle shape, have also been discussed, as well as potential applications in the fields of polymer processing and plasma medicine.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6182/6/1/7atmospheric pressure plasma jetmulti-jet interactionflexible nozzlesmorphing sources |
| spellingShingle | Carles Corbella Sabine Portal Michael Keidar Flexible Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet Sources Plasma atmospheric pressure plasma jet multi-jet interaction flexible nozzles morphing sources |
| title | Flexible Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet Sources |
| title_full | Flexible Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet Sources |
| title_fullStr | Flexible Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet Sources |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flexible Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet Sources |
| title_short | Flexible Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet Sources |
| title_sort | flexible cold atmospheric plasma jet sources |
| topic | atmospheric pressure plasma jet multi-jet interaction flexible nozzles morphing sources |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6182/6/1/7 |
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