RESEARCH
Monthly Research Highlights
Date |
Project Titles |
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April 2019 |
a) Advancing Diagnostics to Interrogate Dynamic and Structured Plasma |
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March 2019 |
a) Excited Metastable Species and Electric Field Measurements in ns Pulse Plasmas |
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January 2019 |
a) Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet with Co-axial Shielding Gas: Effectiveness of Isolation of Jet |
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December 2018 |
a) Atmospheric Plasma Treatment of Polymers by Long-Lived Reactive Neutrals |
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September 2018 |
a) Interaction between Plasma and Water Micro-Droplets |
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August 2018 |
a) Boltzmann-Fokker-Planck Kinetic Solvers with Adaptive Mesh in Phase Space |
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July 2018 |
a) Nitrogen Fixation Using a Propeller Arc in Air |
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June 2018 |
a) Application of Diagnostics to Challenging Discharge Environments |
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April 2018 |
a) New Diagnostic for Electric Field
in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas |
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March 2018 |
a) New FTIR-Based Characterization Facility for Study of Plasma-Surface Interactions |
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February 2018 |
a) Suppressing Nonlinearly-Driven Inhomogeneities in High Frequency CCP’s |
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January 2018 |
a) Plasma Diagnostics in Air Plasmas Containing Water Droplets |
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November 2017 |
a) Kinetics Mechanisms of High Electron Density Argon-Water Plasma Discharges |
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October 2017 |
a) Quantifying Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Evolution Utilizing Ultrafast Lasers |
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August 2017 |
a) Sub-Ns Electric Field Measurements in Ns Pulse Discharges in Atmospheric Air and Over Liquid Water Surface |
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July 2017 |
a) Identifying the Dominant Ions In Argon Plasmas: DEI, DAI, and Ar2 |
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June 2017 |
a) RF Jet Treatment of Polymers as a Case Study of Plasma-Surface Interactions at
Atmospheric Pressure |
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May 2017 |
a) Optical Emission Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Interacting with Thin Liquid Surface Film |
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April 2017 |
a) Inductively Coupled Plasma Sources at Low Driving Frequencies |
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March 2017 |
a) Near-Surface Plasma-Water Interactions |
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February 2017 |
a) Self-organization and Electrolyte Ion Mass Transport Processes in DC Glows |
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January 2017 |
a) Diagnostics of Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas Utilizing Ultrafast Lasers |
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November 2016 |
a) Electric Field Measurements in a Ns Pulse Discharge in Atmospheric Air |
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October 2016 |
a) Model Polymer Etching Mechanisms and Surface Modification by a Time-Modulated RF Plasma Jet |
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September 2016 |
a) Striations in PIC Simulations of Atmospheric Pressure Narrow Gap He/H2O rf Capacitive Discharges |
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August 2016 |
a) Insights into the Mechanism of In-Plasma Photo-Assisted Etching |
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July 2016 |
a) Simulations of High-Pressure Cathodic Arcs with Adaptive Cartesian Mesh |
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June 2016 |
a) OH Kinetics in a Shielded Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet |
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May 2016 |
a) A Kelvin-Helmholtz-Like Instability at the Plasma-Liquid Interface |
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April 2016 |
a) Time-Resolved Emission from the VUV to near IR of Atmospheric Pressure He Discharges into Open Air |
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March 2016 |
a) Laser-Collision Induced Fluorescence in Highly Collisional Helium Discharges |
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February 2016 |
a) Electron Densities and Electric Fields in High Pressure ns Pulsed Discharges |
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January 2016 |
a) Effect of Local Gas Chemistry and Type of Cold Atmospheric Plasma Source on VUV Exposure |
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December 2015 |
a) Bandwidth Structure of Growth Rate of Two-Stream Instability of an Electron Beam Propagating in a Bounded Plasma |
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November 2015 |
a) Atmospheric Pressure rf Glow Discharge for Nanocrystal Synthesis |
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October 2015 |
a) Particle in Cell Solver with Adaptive Cartesian Mesh:
Simulations of Gas Breakdown and Streamer Formation |
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September 2015 |
a) Solvated Electrons at the Atmospheric Pressure Plasma-Water Anodic Interface |
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August 2015 |
a) Observation of Real Time Transport of ROS/RNS from the Liquid Interface in 2-D Plasma Bubble Apparatus |
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July 2015 |
a) Low-Frequency Ionization Oscillations in Hall Thruster Discharge Plasma |
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May 2015 |
a) Two Dimensional Laser-Collision Induced Fluorescence in Low-Pressure Argon Discharges |
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April 2015 |
a) Electric Field Vector Measurements in Nsec Pulse Ionization Wave Discharges |
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March 2015 |
a) Particle-in-cell Simulations of Atmospheric Pressure He/H2O Discharges |
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February 2015 |
a) Structure of Velocity Distribution of Sheath-Accelerated Secondary Electrons in an
Asymmetric RF-DC Discharge |
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January 2015 |
a) Advances of Hybrid Kinetic-Fluid Solvers for Gas Discharge Plasmas |
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December 2014 |
a) Control of Plasma-Biointeractions by Tuning Plasma Chemistry |
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November 2014 |
a) How To Control Fluxes of Nanoparticles to a Substrate |
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October 2014 |
a) Investigating the Plasma-liquid Interface Using a 2-D bubble in a Modified Hele-Shaw Cell: First Results |
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September 2014 |
a) Manipulation and Interrogation of Dynamic Plasma Discharges |
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June 2014 |
a) Laser Light Scattering and Electron Energy Distribution Function Measurements in
a Nanodusty Plasma |
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April 2014 |
a) Self-Organization of Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Arc Discharges |
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March 2014 |
a) PIC Simulations of α to γ Transition in Atmospheric Pressure Capacitive Discharges |
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February 2014 |
a) Sheath-Induced Instabilities in Magnetized Plasmas |
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October 2013 |
a) Photo-Assisted Etching of Si in Cl- and Br-Containing Plasmas |
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September 2013 |
a) Why Does Fresh Nucleation Occur in a Dusty Plasma Void? |
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August 2013 |
a) Control of Electron Energy Distribution Functions Using Dual Tandem Pulsed/CW Plasma Sources |
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July 2013 |
a) Direct Kinetic Simulation of Hall Thruster Discharge Plasma |
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June 2013 |
a) Plasma Distribution and Transport in a Magnetized Plasma |
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May 2013 |
a) NO Formation in Nanosecond Pulse Afterglows Plasma |
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April 2013 |
a) Isotope Effects on Ion Flux Composition, ArM metastables, and Etching of Hydrocarbon films for Ar/H2 and Ar/D2 Plasmas |
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March 2013 |
a) CARS Measurements of Vibrational Distribution Function in Nanosecond Pulsed Plasmas |
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February 2013 |
a) Non-monotonic Distributions of Excited Atoms in the Positive Column of Pulsed Helium
Discharges: Dynamic Plasma Regime |
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January 2013 |
a) Controlling Sheath and Plasma Properties due to Effects of Electron-Induced Secondary Electron Emission |
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December 2012 |
a) Antimicrobial Plasma-Activated Water Aynergizes with UV A Photons |
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November 2012 |
Numerical Modeling of Silicon Particle Nucleation and Growth in Chemically Reacting Argon-Silane RF Plasma |
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October 2012 |
a) Generation of Novel EEDFs in a Tandem Plasma Reactor |
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September 2012 |
a) Control of Plasma Voltage Oscillations in a Short DC Discharge with an External Auxiliary Electrode |
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August 2012 |
a) Characterization of Fast Ionization Wave Propagation with Optical Diagnostics |
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.
DOE Plasma Science Center Fellows
Name and Affiliation |
Host Institution, Dates of Visit |
Project Report |
Yuchen Luo |
University of Michigan, |
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Benjamin Goldberg |
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, |
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Romain Le Picard |
University of Michigan, |
Numerical Simulation of 2D Capacitively-coupled RF Plasma for the Synthesis of Silicon Nanocrystals |
Patrick Boehm |
The Ohio State University, |
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James Franek and Samuel Nogami |
Sandia National Laboratories, |
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Adam Friss |
Sandia National Laboratories, |
Development of a Versatile Plasma Source for Laser Diagnostics |
Kentaro Hara |
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, |
Development of a Multi-dimensional Fully-kinetic Direct Vlasov Simulation |
Romain Le Picard, Carlos Larriba |
University of Michigan, |
Numerical Simulation of 2D Capacitively-coupled RF Plasma for the Synthesis of Silicon Nanocrystals |
Benjamin Pruvost |
University of Michigan, |
Modeling of Vibrational Kinetics in Cl2 Inductively-coupled Plasmas |
Michael Logue |
University of Houston, |
Control of Electron Energy Distribution Functions Using a Dual Tandem Plasma Source |
Elliot Bartis |
The Ohio State University, |
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James Franek, Samuel Nogami |
Sandia National Labs, |
Development of Line-ratio Technique for Metastable-atom Diagnostic |
Zakari Eckert |
University of Michigan, |
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Romain Le Picard |
University of Michigan, |
Numerical Simulation of 2D Capacitively-coupled RF Plasma for the Synthesis of Silicon Nanocrystals |
Kentaro Hara |
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, |
A Direct Kinetic Simulation for Secondary Electron Emission from an Emissive Surface |
Romain Le Picard |
University of Michigan, |
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Dr. Yukinori Sakiyama |
Ohio State University, |
Modeling of Surface Micro-Discharge in Humid Air with Vibrationally Excited States of Nitrogen |
J. P. Sheehan |
Sandia National Laboratories, |
Measurements of the Sheath Surrounding an Electron Emitting Surface |
Kentaro Hara |
CFDRC, |
Research Areas
Nanoparticle Synthesis and Nanophase Plasmas
Microplasmas
- Dr. Ed Barnat
- Prof. Peter Bruggeman
- Prof. Demetre Economou
- Prof. David Graves
- Prof. Mark Kushner
- Prof. John Verboncoeur
Multiphase, Dusty, and Liquid Plasmas
- Dr. Ed Barnat
- Prof. Peter Bruggeman
- Prof. Vladimir Demidov
- Prof. John Foster
- Prof. Steven Girshick
- Prof. Mark Koepke
- Prof. Uwe Kortshagen
- Prof. Mark Kushner
Aerospace Applications
- Prof. Igor Adamovich
- Prof. Iain Boyd
- Prof. Alec Gallimore
- Prof. Uwe Kortshagen
- Prof. Walter Lempert
- Dr. Yevgeny Raitses
Plasma Surface Interactions
- Prof. Igor Adamovich
- Prof. Eray Aydil
- Prof. Peter Bruggeman
- Prof. Vincent Donnelly
- Prof. John Foster
- Prof. David Graves
- Prof. Noah
Hershkowitz
- Prof. Mark Kushner
- Prof. Walter Lempert
- Prof. Gottlieb Oehrlein
- Dr. Yevgeny Raitses
- Prof. John Verboncoeur
Etching, Deposition, Materials Synthesis
- Prof. Eray Aydil
- Prof. Vincent Donnelly
- Prof. David Graves
- Prof. Noah
Hershkowitz
- Prof. Uwe Kortshagen
- Prof. Mark Kushner
- Prof. Mike Lieberman
- Prof. Gottlieb Oehrlein
Diagnostics
- Prof. Igor Adamovich
- Prof. Eray Aydil
- Dr. Ed Barnat
- Prof. Peter Bruggeman
- Prof. Vincent Donnelly
- Prof. Demetre Economou
- Prof. Alec Gallimore
- Prof. Steven Girshick
- Prof. David Graves
- Dr.Greg Hebner
- Prof. Noah Hershkowitz
- Prof. Uwe Kortshagen
- Prof. Walter Lempert
- Prof. Gottlieb Oehrlein
Modeling and Simulation
- Prof. Iain Boyd
- Prof. Demetre Economou
- Prof. Steven Girshick
- Prof. David Graves
- Prof. Igor Kaganovich
- Prof. Mark Koepke
- Prof. Mark Kushner
- Prof. Mike Lieberman
- Prof. John Verboncoeur
Electric Propulsion
Basic Plasma Phenomena
- Prof. Vladimir Demidov
- Prof. Noah Hershkowitz
- Prof. Igor Kaganovich
- Prof. Mark Koepke
- Prof. Mark Kushner
- Prof. Mike Lieberman
Biological Applications
- Prof. Peter Bruggeman
- Prof. John Foster
- Prof. David Graves
- Prof. Mark Kushner
- Prof. Gottlieb Oehrlein