Mass Spectrometry Analyses of Ions Generated by Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jets in Ambient Air

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-4) ◽  
pp. 283-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoko Ito ◽  
Kensaku Gotoh ◽  
Kanako Sekimoto ◽  
Satoshi Hamaguchi
Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2711
Author(s):  
Dariusz Korzec ◽  
Thomas Andres ◽  
Eva Brandes ◽  
Stefan Nettesheim

The treatment of a polymer surface using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) causes a local increase of the surface free energy (SFE). The plasma-treated zone can be visualized with the use of a test ink and quantitatively evaluated. However, the inked area is shrinking with time. The shrinkage characteristics are collected using activation image recording (AIR). The recording is conducted by a digital camera. The physical mechanisms of activation area shrinkage are discussed. The error sources are analyzed and methods of error reduction are proposed. The standard deviation of the activation area is less than 3%. Three polymers, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and polyoxymethylene (POM), are examined as a test substrate material. Due to a wide variation range of SFE and a small hydrophobic recovery, HDPE is chosen. Since the chemical mixtures tend to temporal changes of the stoichiometry, the pure formamide test ink with 58 mN/m is selected. The method is tested for the characterization of five different types of discharge: (i) pulsed arc APPJ with the power of about 700 W; (ii) piezoelectric direct discharge APPJ; (iii) piezoelectric driven needle corona in ambient air; (iv) piezoelectric driven plasma needle in argon; and (v) piezoelectric driven dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). For piezoelectrically driven discharges, the power was either 4.5 W or 8 W. It is shown how the AIR method can be used to solve different engineering problems.


2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (12) ◽  
pp. 123302 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Sousa ◽  
K. Niemi ◽  
L. J. Cox ◽  
Q. Th. Algwari ◽  
T. Gans ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1010-1017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seoul Hee Nam ◽  
Hyun Wook Lee ◽  
Jin Woo Hong ◽  
Hae June Lee ◽  
Gyoo Cheon Kim

Author(s):  
Henryka Danuta Stryczewska ◽  
Tomasz Jakubowski ◽  
Stanisław Kalisiak ◽  
Tomasz Giżewski ◽  
Joanna Pawłat

AbstractRecently, many different plasma sources are being investigated for exhaust gases treatment, odor abatement, VOC removal, soil conditioning, surface decontamination or tissue disinfection and sterilization. Among many different plasma reactors investigated in laboratories, gliding arc discharges (GAD), dielectric barrier discharges (DBD), pulsed discharges (PD), atmospheric pressure glow discharges (APGD) and atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJ) seem to be the most promising for high pressure low temperature applications. They can be designed as multi-electrodes’ high power system that can be used in environment protection processes, like decontamination of large surfaces and treatment of large volume of polluted gases, as well as small size and low power devices for biomedical applications, like plasma healing, disinfection and sterilization. Paper presents review of power supply systems for cold plasma reactors. Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD), Gliding Arc Discharge (GAD) and atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) reactors with their supply systems have been discussed from the point view of their characteristics, possibility to control power to the discharge and efficiency. Taking into account the plasma reactor characteristics and nature (nonlinear resistive and/or capacitive) different solutions of power suppliers have been presented: transformer type, AC/DC/AC inverter, RF-frequency system and frequency resonant inverter.


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