U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

RESEARCH

Highlights
Fellowships
Research Areas

Monthly Research Highlights

Date	Project Titles	Files
August 2018	a) Boltzmann-Fokker-Planck Kinetic Solvers with Adaptive Mesh in Phase Space b) Dust Particle Dynamics in the Afterglow of RF Dusty Plasmas	PDF, PPTX
July 2018	a) *Nitrogen Fixation Using a Propeller Arc* in Air b) Fluid Dynamics Driven Self-Organization of Streamers in a Bubble**	PDF, PPTX
June 2018	a) Application of Diagnostics to Challenging Discharge Environments b) Gas Temperatures and Electron Densities in 13 MHz Ar and He Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets (APPJs)	PDF, PPTX
April 2018	a) New Diagnostic for Electric Field in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas b) Short-Circuit Effect in Low Temperature Plasmas with Finite Electron Gyroradius	PDF, PPTX
March 2018	a) New FTIR-Based Characterization Facility for Study of Plasma-Surface Interactions b) Gas Breakdown in Microgaps with Surface Protrusion on the Cathode	PDF, PPTX
February 2018	a) Suppressing Nonlinearly-Driven Inhomogeneities in High Frequency CCP’s b) Effect of Weak Static Magnetic Field on Low Pressure, Capacitive Discharges	PDF, PPTX
January 2018	a) Plasma Diagnostics in Air Plasmas Containing Water Droplets b) Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet with Co-axial Shielding Gas	PDF, PPT
November 2017	a) Kinetics Mechanisms of High Electron Density Argon-Water Plasma Discharges b) Solvent-Enhanced Reactive Species Treatment for Plasma-Liquid Interactions	PDF, PPTX
October 2017	a) Quantifying Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Evolution Utilizing Ultrafast Lasers b) Observation of Plasma Induced Microscale Fluid Pumping Action in a 2-D Bubble Apparatus	PDF, PPTX
August 2017	a) Sub-Ns Electric Field Measurements in Ns Pulse Discharges in Atmospheric Air and Over Liquid Water Surface b) Electron Energy Distribution Functions in Lithium-Containing Argon Plasmas	PDF, PPTX
July 2017	a) Identifying the Dominant Ions In Argon Plasmas: DEI, DAI, and Ar₂ b) Generation of Energetic Electrons in Microplasma at Moderate Pressures	PDF, PPTX
June 2017	a) RF Jet Treatment of Polymers as a Case Study of Plasma-Surface Interactions at Atmospheric Pressure b) Ionization Instability Induced by Nonlocal Electron Kinetics in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas	PDF, PPTX
May 2017	a) Optical Emission Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Interacting with Thin Liquid Surface Film b) Predicting High Voltage Breakdown for Plasma Switch Operation	PDF, PPTX
April 2017	a) Inductively Coupled Plasma Sources at Low Driving Frequencies b) Micro-plasma Surface Treatment of Luminescent, Water-soluble Silicon Quantum Dots	PDF, PPTX
March 2017	a) Near-Surface Plasma-Water Interactions b) Importance of Reactive Nitrogen Species in Plasma-Bio Interactions	PDF, PPTX
February 2017	a) Self-organization and Electrolyte Ion Mass Transport Processes in DC Glows b) Nanoparticles in Low Temperature Plasmas: Not all Negatively Charged	PDF, PPTX
January 2017	a) Diagnostics of Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas Utilizing Ultrafast Lasers b) Time-Resolved Emission from the VUV to near IR of Atmospheric Pressure He Discharges into Open Air	PDF, PPTX
November 2016	a) Electric Field Measurements in a Ns Pulse Discharge in Atmospheric Air b) New Insights on Potential of Emitting Wall with Applications for Emissive Probes	PDF, PPTX
October 2016	a) Model Polymer Etching Mechanisms and Surface Modification by a Time-Modulated RF Plasma Jet b) Kinetic Global Modeling framework: V&V and Metastable Rare Gas Laser	PDF, PPT
September 2016	a) Striations in PIC Simulations of Atmospheric Pressure Narrow Gap He/H₂O rf Capacitive Discharges b) Ion Velocity Distributions in Argon and Helium Discharges: Comparison between Numerical Simulation and Experimental Data	PDF, PPTX
August 2016	a) Insights into the Mechanism of In-Plasma Photo-Assisted Etching b) A Review Paper – "Nonthermal Plasma Synthesis of Nanocrystals: Fundamental Principles, Materials, and Applications"	PDF, PPTX
July 2016	a) Simulations of High-Pressure Cathodic Arcs with Adaptive Cartesian Mesh b) Consequences of Lattice Orientation in Packed Bed Reactors	PDF, PPT
June 2016	a) OH Kinetics in a Shielded Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet b) Near-Surface Plasma-Water Interactions	PDF, PPTX
May 2016	a) A Kelvin-Helmholtz-Like Instability at the Plasma-Liquid Interface b) Plasma-Induced Crystallization of Silicon Nanoparticles	PDF, PPTX
April 2016	a) Time-Resolved Emission from the VUV to near IR of Atmospheric Pressure He Discharges into Open Air b) Hybrid Fluid/Kinetic Modeling of Plasma Flows Over Aerosol Microparticles	PDF, PPTX
March 2016	a) Laser-Collision Induced Fluorescence in Highly Collisional Helium Discharges b) Plasma Diagnostics and Modeling of Lithium-Containing Plasmas for Deposition of Solid Electrolytes	PDF, PPTX
February 2016	a) Electron Densities and Electric Fields in High Pressure ns Pulsed Discharges b) Magnetically Insulated Baffled Probe for Measurement of Plasma Potential in Medium-Pressure Magnetized Discharges	PDF, PPTX
January 2016	a) Effect of Local Gas Chemistry and Type of Cold Atmospheric Plasma Source on VUV Exposure b) Global Modeling for Rare Gas Metastable Lasers	PDF, PPT
December 2015	a) Bandwidth Structure of Growth Rate of Two-Stream Instability of an Electron Beam Propagating in a Bounded Plasma b) DC Particle-in-cell (PIC) Simulations of Atmospheric Pressure Argon Discharges	PDF, PPT
November 2015	a) Atmospheric Pressure rf Glow Discharge for Nanocrystal Synthesis b) Advanced Diagnostics of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets Contacting Surfaces	PDF, PPT
October 2015	a) Particle in Cell Solver with Adaptive Cartesian Mesh: Simulations of Gas Breakdown and Streamer Formation b) Controlling Plasma-Liquid Interactions through Environmental Factors	PDF, PPT
September 2015	a) Solvated Electrons at the Atmospheric Pressure Plasma-Water Anodic Interface b) DC Atmospheric Pressure Air Glow Discharge with a Water Cathode: OH Kinetics and Water Concentration	PDF, PPT
August 2015	a) Observation of Real Time Transport of ROS/RNS from the Liquid Interface in 2-D Plasma Bubble Apparatus b) Effect of Particle Charge Limits on Particle Charge Distributions in Dusty Plasmas	PDF, PPTX
July 2015	a) Low-Frequency Ionization Oscillations in Hall Thruster Discharge Plasma b) Massively Parallel Writing of Nano-Patterns as Small as 3 nm Using a Highly Monoenergetic Ion Beam Extracted from a Pulsed Plasma with Pulsed Bias	PDF, PPT
May 2015	a) Two Dimensional Laser-Collision Induced Fluorescence in Low-Pressure Argon Discharges b) Laser Light Scattering Reveals Spatiotemporal Evolution of Silicon Particle Clouds in Dusty Plasmas	PDF, PPT
April 2015	a) Electric Field Vector Measurements in Nsec Pulse Ionization Wave Discharges b) Electrode Processes in Atmospheric Pressure Arc Discharge	PDF, PPTX
March 2015	a) Particle-in-cell Simulations of Atmospheric Pressure He/H₂O Discharges b) NO₃ Formation on Biomolecular and Polymeric Surfaces after Treatment by Cold Atmospheric Plasma	PDF, PPT
February 2015	a) Structure of Velocity Distribution of Sheath-Accelerated Secondary Electrons in an Asymmetric RF-DC Discharge b) Experiments and Simulations of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets Interacting with Surfaces	PDF, PPT
January 2015	a) Advances of Hybrid Kinetic-Fluid Solvers for Gas Discharge Plasmas b) Temporal Evolution of Electron Energy Probability Function in Dusty Plasmas Measured by Langmuir Probe	PDF, PPT
December 2014	a) Control of Plasma-Biointeractions by Tuning Plasma Chemistry b) Controlling Fluences of Plasma Induced Liquid Reactivity with Dielectric Barrier Discharges	PDF, PPT
November 2014	a) How To Control Fluxes of Nanoparticles to a Substrate b) Coupled Transport in Plasma-Liquid Interactions	PDF, PPT
October 2014	a) Investigating the Plasma-liquid Interface Using a 2-D bubble in a Modified Hele-Shaw Cell: First Results b) Construction and First Results of an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Source Interacting with a Surface	PDF, PPT
September 2014	a) Manipulation and Interrogation of Dynamic Plasma Discharges b) Mode Transition of Hall Thruster Discharge Plasma	PDF, PPT
June 2014	a) Laser Light Scattering and Electron Energy Distribution Function Measurements in a Nanodusty Plasma b) Radical Species in Surface Ionization Wave Plasmas at the Liquid-Vapor Interface	PDF, PPT
April 2014	a) Self-Organization of Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Arc Discharges b) NO₃ Formation on Surfaces by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Treatment	PDF, PPTX
March 2014	a) PIC Simulations of α to γ Transition in Atmospheric Pressure Capacitive Discharges b) Plasma-induced Crystallization of Silicon Nanoparticles	PDF, PPT
February 2014	a) Sheath-Induced Instabilities in Magnetized Plasmas b) Kinetic Solvers with Adaptive Mesh in Phase Space: Application to Electron Kinetics in Capacitively Coupled Plasmas	PDF, PPTX
October 2013	a) Photo-Assisted Etching of Si in Cl- and Br-Containing Plasmas b) 'NO_x Box': A Novel Antimicrobial Plasma Source	PDF, PPT
September 2013	a) Why Does Fresh Nucleation Occur in a Dusty Plasma Void? b) Ferromagnetic Enhanced Inductive Plasma Sources	PDF, PPT
August 2013	a) Control of Electron Energy Distribution Functions Using Dual Tandem Pulsed/CW Plasma Sources b) Time-averaged Characterization and Predictive Control of the Electron Energy Distribution Functions (EEDFs) in Hall Thruster Plasmas	PDF, PPT
July 2013	a) Direct Kinetic Simulation of Hall Thruster Discharge Plasma b) Application of Wall Probe for Plasma Research and Gas Analysis	PDF, PPTX
June 2013	a) Plasma Distribution and Transport in a Magnetized Plasma b) Laser Light Scattering During Plasma Synthesis of Silicon Nanoparticles	PDF, PPT
May 2013	a) NO Formation in Nanosecond Pulse Afterglows Plasma b) Effects of Anomalous Electron Cross-Field Transport on Electron and Ion Velocity Distribution Functions in a Low Pressure Magnetized Plasma	PDF, PPT
April 2013	a) Isotope Effects on Ion Flux Composition, Ar^M metastables, and Etching of Hydrocarbon films for Ar/H₂ and Ar/D₂ Plasmas b) 2D Fluid Model Coupled to 1D PIC Code to obtain IEDs in Multi-frequency CCPs	PDF, PPT
March 2013	a) CARS Measurements of Vibrational Distribution Function in Nanosecond Pulsed Plasmas b) Particle Charging in Argon-Hydrogen Plasmas	PDF, PPT
February 2013	a) Non-monotonic Distributions of Excited Atoms in the Positive Column of Pulsed Helium Discharges: Dynamic Plasma Regime b) Quasi-Periodic Mode Hopping in Competing Ionization Waves	PDF, PPTX
January 2013	a) Controlling Sheath and Plasma Properties due to Effects of Electron-Induced Secondary Electron Emission b) Control of VUV Fluxes and Etch Profiles Through Control of Electron Energy Distributions in Pulsed Inductively Coupled Plasmas	PDF, PPT
December 2012	a) Antimicrobial Plasma-Activated Water Aynergizes with UV A Photons b) Control of Ion Energy Distributions Using the Electrical Asymmetry Effect	PDF, PPT
November 2012	Numerical Modeling of Silicon Particle Nucleation and Growth in Chemically Reacting Argon-Silane RF Plasma	PDF, PPT
October 2012	a) Generation of Novel EEDFs in a Tandem Plasma Reactor b) Time-averaged Characterization and Predictive Control of the Electron Energy Distribution Functions (EEDFs) in Hall Thruster Plasmas	PDF, PPT
September 2012	a) Control of Plasma Voltage Oscillations in a Short DC Discharge with an External Auxiliary Electrode b) Deterministic Kinetic Simulation for Non-equilibrium Plasmas	PDF, PPT
August 2012	a) Characterization of Fast Ionization Wave Propagation with Optical Diagnostics b) Plasma and Surface Diagnostics During Silicon Nanoparticle Synthesis in Low Pressure Silane Plasmas	PDF, PPT

Plasma Science Center Fellowships

The DOE Plasma Science Center is offering a limited number of fellowships to support the visits of graduate students and post-doctoral scientists to conduct research at institutions of collaborators within the Center. The goals of these visits include enhancing existing collaborations or initiating new collaborations, and providing broadening experiences to our students and post-doctoral researchers.

Fellowship Announcement (PDF)

Fellowship Application (Word)

DOE Plasma Science Center Fellows

Name and Affiliation	Host Institution, Dates of Visit	Project Report
Yuchen Luo University of Minnesota	University of Michigan, January 2016	Study of Ar-H₂O Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge
Benjamin Goldberg Ohio State University	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, July 2015	Development and Implementation of Electric Field Measurements in Pulsed Discharges Using Four Wave Mixing
Romain Le Picard University of Minnesota	University of Michigan, March-April 2015	Numerical Simulation of 2D Capacitively-coupled RF Plasma for the Synthesis of Silicon Nanocrystals
Patrick Boehm Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany	The Ohio State University, August-November 2014	Spatially Resolved, Non-Invasive Electric Field Measurements by Four Wave Mixing in a Fast Ionization Wave with Sub-Nanosecond Resolution
James Franek and Samuel Nogami West Virginia University	Sandia National Laboratories, July-August 2014	Correlating Metastable-atom Density, Reduced Electric Field, and Electron Energy Distribution in Moderate-pressure Argon Discharges
Adam Friss Colorado State University	Sandia National Laboratories, June 2014	Development of a Versatile Plasma Source for Laser Diagnostics
Kentaro Hara University of Michigan	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, February 2014	Development of a Multi-dimensional Fully-kinetic Direct Vlasov Simulation
Romain Le Picard, Carlos Larriba University of Minnesota	University of Michigan, November 2013	Numerical Simulation of 2D Capacitively-coupled RF Plasma for the Synthesis of Silicon Nanocrystals
Benjamin Pruvost LPP, Ecole Polytechnique, France	University of Michigan, October 2013	Modeling of Vibrational Kinetics in Cl₂ Inductively-coupled Plasmas
Michael Logue University of Michigan	University of Houston, September 2013	Control of Electron Energy Distribution Functions Using a Dual Tandem Plasma Source
Elliot Bartis University of Maryland	The Ohio State University, August 2013	Detection of O, N, and NO Produced by an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet by Laser Induced Fluorescence
James Franek, Samuel Nogami West Virginia University	Sandia National Labs, July-August 2013	Development of Line-ratio Technique for Metastable-atom Diagnostic
Zakari Eckert The Ohio State University	University of Michigan, June 2013	nonPDPSIM Training Visit
Romain Le Picard University of Minnesota	University of Michigan, May 2013	Numerical Simulation of 2D Capacitively-coupled RF Plasma for the Synthesis of Silicon Nanocrystals
Kentaro Hara University of Michigan	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, March 2013	A Direct Kinetic Simulation for Secondary Electron Emission from an Emissive Surface
Romain Le Picard University of Minnesota	University of Michigan, January 2013	Numerical Simulation of Dusty Plasmas
Dr. Yukinori Sakiyama University of California at Berkeley	Ohio State University, October 2012	Modeling of Surface Micro-Discharge in Humid Air with Vibrationally Excited States of Nitrogen
J. P. Sheehan University of Wisconsin – Madison	Sandia National Laboratories, August 2012	Measurements of the Sheath Surrounding an Electron Emitting Surface
Kentaro Hara University of Michigan	CFDRC, June 2012	Development of a Vlasov Solver for Nonequilibrium Plasma

RESEARCH

Monthly Research Highlights

Plasma Science Center Fellowships

DOE Plasma Science Center Fellows

Research Areas

Nanoparticle Synthesis and Nanophase Plasmas

Microplasmas

Multiphase, Dusty, and Liquid Plasmas

Aerospace Applications

Plasma Surface Interactions

Etching, Deposition, Materials Synthesis

Diagnostics

Modeling and Simulation

Electric Propulsion

Basic Plasma Phenomena

Biological Applications

Space Plasmas