Plasma Sources Science & Technology

Papers
(The TQCC of Plasma Sources Science & Technology is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Modeling the hundreds-of-nanoseconds-long irradiation of tin droplets with a 2 µm-wavelength laser for future EUV lithography100
Conventional and non-conventional diagnostics of a stable atmospheric pressure DC normal glow microplasma discharge intended for in situ TEM studies89
Effects of humidity on the dynamics and electron recombination of a pin-to-pin discharge in He + H2O at atmospheric pressure84
On the justification of the Poisson–Boltzmann equation in the context of technological plasmas77
Homogeneous dielectric barrier discharge in CO268
Plasma acceleration in a magnetic arch59
Development of a flat cutoff probe covered with a dielectric layer for non-invasive plasma diagnostics58
Mechanism of electron power absorption in radio frequency plasmas with inverse sheaths45
A plasma loss to sidewall model for 1D PIC/MCC simulation for plasma transport estimation45
ThunderBoltz: an open-source direct simulation Monte Carlo Boltzmann solver for plasma transport, chemical kinetics, and 0D modeling43
Azimuthal plasma inhomogeneity in planar Hall thrusters: spatiotemporal evolution and its impacts on performance39
The effects of catalyst conductivity and loading of dielectric surface structures on plasma dynamics in patterned dielectric barrier discharges38
Effective secondary electron yields for different surface materials in capacitively coupled plasmas38
Stable filamentary structures in atmospheric pressure microwave plasma torch36
Plasma–liquid interactions: an experiment and simulation study on plasma dynamic behaviors near the gas–liquid interfacial layer36
Benchmarking and validation of a hybrid model for electropositive and electronegative capacitively coupled plasmas35
Barrier discharges in CO2 – optical emission spectra analysis and E/N determination from intensity ratio34
Power dissipation during the ignition of pulse-modulated dual RF capacitively coupled argon plasmas at different pressures32
Fluid-kinetic model of a propulsive magnetic nozzle31
Numerical optimization of dielectric properties to achieve process uniformity in capacitively coupled plasma reactors30
Insight into reactive oxygen plasma characteristics and reaction mechanism on SRF accelerator plasma cleaning29
An updated set of electron-impact cross sections for CO2: untangling dissociation and application to CO2 with Ar and N2 admixtures28
Energy-dependent implementation of secondary electron emission models in continuum kinetic sheath simulations28
Study of ion separation mechanism in the multi-component vacuum arc discharge27
Generation and delivery of free hydroxyl radicals using a remote plasma27
Generation of high-density plasma via transparent electrode in capacitively coupled plasma27
Electropositive core in electronegative magnetized capacitive radio frequency plasmas27
Dynamics of sputtered particles in multipulse HiPIMS discharge26
Control of spoke movement in DCMS plasmas26
On the determination of the vibrational temperature by optical emission spectroscopy26
Characterization of a radiofrequency linear plasma device in uniform and convergent magnetic fields25
Formation and consumption of HO2 radicals in ns pulse O2–He plasmas over a liquid water surface25
Decomposition product formation mechanism of C5F10O-CO2 mixture in corona discharge by a chemical kinetic model24
Analyzing atomic oxygen product evolution in micro cavity plasma arrays by a combination of a multi-PMT OES setup and a 0D chemical model24
Polarization properties of E-FISH signals and optimization of simultaneous measurement of electric field vectors24
Spatio-temporal dynamics of electrons and helium metastables in uniform dielectric barrier discharges formed in He/N223
Foundations of magnetized radio-frequency discharges23
Cavity ringdown studies of the E–H transition in an inductively coupled oxygen plasma: comparison of spectroscopic measurements and modelling23
Electron dynamics in planar radio frequency magnetron plasmas: III. Comparison of experimental investigations of power absorption dynamics to simulation results23
Plasma uniformity control in capacitive RF discharges by an individually RF driven sidewall electrode23
Plasma thermal-chemical instability of low-temperature dimethyl ether oxidation in a nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge22
Plasma flux and energy enhancement in BP-HiPIMS discharge via auxiliary anode and solenoidal coil22
Effects of the ground-electrode temperature on the plasma physicochemical processes and biological inactivation functions involved in surface dielectric barrier discharge22
Electron inertial effects in the rarefied regime of a direct-current (DC) breakdown22
Correlation between temperature distribution and changes in self-organized luminous pattern in an atmospheric pressure DC glow discharge with sheath gas flow22
Nonequilibrium plasma in water vapor21
Validation of the Townsend criterion for ignition of volume gas discharges21
Investigation on transient process of dense hydrogen microdischarge by dual-wavelength laser interferometry21
Probe temperature effect on the curling probe and its correction technique21
Simulation of nonlinear standing wave excitation in very-high-frequency asymmetric capacitive discharges: roles of radial plasma density profile and rf power20
Electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulation on self-induced magnetic field by hollow cathode discharge20
194 nm microplasma lamps driven by excitation transfer: optical sources for the 199Hg ion atomic clock and photochemistry20
Ion transit effects on sheath dynamics in the intermediate radio-frequency regime: excitations of ion-acoustic waves and solitons20
Evaporation behavior of liquid microdroplets in atmospheric-pressure nonequilibrium plasma20
On working gas rarefaction in high power impulse magnetron sputtering20
Quantitative and selective study of the effect of O radicals on polypropylene surface treatment20
Individual quantification of ozone and reactive nitrogen species in mixtures by broadband UV–visible absorption spectra deconvolution20
Plasma–liquid interactions on acoustically structured Faraday liquid interfaces20
Evidence of near-the-limit energy cost NO formation in atmospheric spark discharge19
Ion-induced secondary electron emission of oxidized nickel and copper studied in beam experiments19
New method of unipolar THz pulse generation in photo-ionised xenon plasma19
Analysis of a cusped helicon plasma thruster discharge19
Electric field development in positive and negative streamers on dielectric surface19
Dynamics of macro- and micro-bubbles induced by nanosecond discharge in liquid water19
Effect of ion collision on separation between light and heavy ions in multi-component vacuum arc18
Electric field and higher harmonics of RF plasma slit jet measured by antennas and VI probes18
Electric field reversals resulting from voltage waveform tailoring in Ar/O2 capacitively coupled plasmas sustained in asymmetric systems18
Numerical study of the magnetohydrodynamic properties of laser-produced tin plasma under external magnetic field18
94 GHz microplasma sustained by a photonic crystal18
Scanning drift tube measurements and kinetic studies of electron transport in CO17
Experimental analysis of hyper power impulse magnetron discharge with long pulse operation17
Interaction of atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet with non-planar substrates: path selectivity of surface ionization wave17
Time-resolved electron energy distribution functions at the substrate during a HiPIMS discharge with cathode voltage reversal17
Characterisation of CH4 nanosecond pulsed plasma across a wide pressure range (0.5–2.0 bar)17
Asymmetrical ignition of radio frequency discharge in atmospheric pressure cascade glow discharges17
Particle-in-cell simulation of a cylindrical plasma mass separator based on Penning discharge with thermionic cathodes17
High-speed plasma diagnostics based on the floating harmonic method in inductively coupled plasma and pulsed plasma17
Analysis of electron series resonance via plasma circuit model simulations with sheath resistance in hybrid plasma reactors17
Modeling the gas breakdown for helium in the planar magnetron discharge17
Stepwise development of atmospheric pressure plasma jet driven by bursts of high-voltage nanosecond pulses at multi-tens MHz17
Non-equilibrium plasma kinetics of CO2 in glow discharges: a comparison with existing modeling and experimental results17
Positive streamer discharge simulations in humid air: uncertainty in input data and sensitivity analysis17
Magnetic field deflection in a 100 W Hall thruster with permanent magnets17
CO2 conversion in a microwave plasma torch: 2D vs 1D approaches16
Modelling of dcMS and HiPIMS process with hydrocarbon gas admixture16
A new 2D fluid-MC hybrid approach for simulating nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasmas: density distribution of atomic oxygen in radio-frequency plasma jets in He/O2 mixtures16
Precision spectroscopy of non-thermal molecular plasmas using mid-infrared optical frequency comb Fourier transform spectroscopy16
Plasma parameters profiles from Langmuir probe measurements in low-density, low-temperature plasmas in an axial magnetic field16
Memory propagation in barrier discharge at water interface: suspected Markov states and spatiotemporal memory effects16
Ammonia synthesis by plasma catalysis in an atmospheric RF helium plasma16
Increasing the oxygen dissociation degree in the plasma of a pulse-periodic Ar/O2 low-pressure arc16
The spatial density distribution of H2O2 in the effluent of the COST-Jet and the kINPen-sci operated with a humidified helium feed gas15
Effect of the cation-to-anion mass ratio of ionic liquid on plume neutralization characteristics for novel electrospray thruster15
Adjustment of high-energy ion flux in BP-HiPIMS via pulsed coil magnetic field: plasma dynamics and film deposition15
Coalescence and counterflow of droplets on needle electrode with negative corona discharge15
Observation of currentless redox reactions on surface of water jet immersed in low-pressure plasma15
Axial and radial development of the hot electron distribution in a helicon plasma source, measured by a retarding field energy analyzer (RFEA)15
On the space-charge effects in the beam extraction process of ion thrusters: the roles of compensating electrons and changing beam radius15
High power impulse magnetron sputtering of tungsten: a comparison of experimental and modelling results15
On the Ar I 419.8 nm/751.5 nm (3p5/2p5) line intensity ratio for electric field measurement in dielectric barrier discharge in argon at atmospheric pressure15
Validation of non-equilibrium kinetics in CO2–N2plasmas15
The propagation of negative pulsed discharges facilitated by artificially injected gas bubble in water15
Foundations of plasma catalysis for environmental applications14
Tunable annular plasma photonic crystals in dielectric barrier discharge14
The kinetic theory of cathode plasma expansion in a spatially non-uniform geometric configuration of a vacuum diode14
Temporal evolution of plasma characteristics in synchronized dual-level RF pulsed capacitively coupled discharge14
On electric field measurements based on intensity ratio of 1 and 2 + systems of nitrogen in discharges with 14
On the interactions between three fireballs in low-temperature plasma*14
Modeling of very high frequency large-electrode capacitively coupled plasmas with a fully electromagnetic particle-in-cell code14
Numerical characterization of capacitively coupled plasmas modulated by ion beam injection14
Spatially resolved TALIF investigation of atomic oxygen in the effluent of a CO2 microwave discharge14
Oscillations in capacitively coupled plasmas induced by nonlinear coupling between the plasma and its external circuit14
Determining sheath edge electric field around cylindrical pins of a DC-biased hairpin resonator probe14
Changing pattern of N2 dissociation in N2–Ar RF plasma during E–H mode transition14
Verification methods for drift–diffusion reaction models for plasma simulations13
A transient site balance model for atomic layer etching13
μs and ns twin surface dielectric barrier discharges operated in air: from electrode erosion to plasma characteristics13
Synchronising optical emission spectroscopy to spokes in magnetron sputtering discharges13
Measurements of N2 + ions in an inductively coupled plasma using saturated cavity ringdown spectroscopy13
Assessment of multi-temperature relaxation models for carbon dioxide vibrational kinetics13
Properties and characteristics of the nanosecond discharge developing at the water–air interface: tracking evolution from a diffused streamer to a spark filament13
Investigation of small-fraction molecular impurities in high-pressure helium plasmas using optical plasma diagnostic methods13
Stark broadening and shift of hydrogenic and non-hydrogenic lines for the electron density determination in pulsing discharges in contact with liquids13
Assessing apparent secondary electron yield from current–voltage characteristics of abnormal DC glow discharges13
Three-body electron attachment in humid air13
Emissive cathode immersed in a plasma: plasma–cathode interactions, operation and stability13
Oblique streaming waves observed in multipactor-induced plasma discharge above a dielectric surface13
Foundations of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of functional coatings13
A sheath correction method for electron density measurements with the microwave resonant curling probe13
Numerical investigation of stability of low-current needle-to-plane negative corona discharges in air13
Azimuthal ion movement in HiPIMS plasmas—part I: velocity distribution function13
Three-dimensional analysis of RF-biased ion optics with misalignments of apertures13
Extended reaction kinetics model for non-thermal argon plasmas and its test against experimental data13
On pulse-to-pulse coupling in low-temperature filamentary plasma-assisted ignition in methane-air flows13
Numerical simulation of gas breakdown characteristics in porous dielectric and theoretical analysis based on the capillary network model13
Theoretical investigation of iodine plasma through detailed electron impact excitation cross-section calculations and collisional-radiative model analysis13
Insight in NO synthesis in a gliding arc plasma via gas temperature and density mapping by laser-induced fluorescence13
Terahertz absorption spectroscopy for measuring atomic oxygen densities in plasmas13
A comparative study of fibre Bragg grating for spatially and temporally resolved gas temperature measurements in cold atmospheric pressure plasma jets13
Metastable argon atom kinetics in a low-pressure capacitively coupled radio frequency discharge13
Foundations of machine learning for low-temperature plasmas: methods and case studies13
Effects of ‘step-like’ amplitude-modulation on a pulsed capacitively coupled RF discharge: an experimental investigation13
Investigation of plasma mode transition and hysteresis in electron cyclotron resonance ion thrusters12
Enhancing He 2 3S1 state production in the burst regime of a nanosecond discharge12
Electron collisions with ArH+ molecular ions: highly excited vibrational states and dissociative excitation12
Experimental characterization of TIAGO torch discharges: surface wave discharge behavior and (post-)discharge kinetics12
A coupled plasma-thermal model for hollow cathode power decomposition and parametric analysis12
I–V analysis for nuclear-excited low-temperature plasmas in porous metals12
The principle of minimal power12
A 3D kinetic Monte Carlo study of streamer discharges in CO212
Wave propagation and absorption in a helicon plasma thruster and its plume12
Insights into the copper HiPIMS discharge: deposition rate and ionised flux fraction12
Oil–water interface dynamics and electrical breakdown in pulsed electric field12
Erratum: N2 vibrational excitation in atmospheric pressure ns pulse and RF plasma jets (2022 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 034001)12
Atmospheric pressure plasma jet interacting with a droplet on dielectric surface12
Experimental investigation of high velocity neutral flow interaction with a magnetized plasma12
The role of recombination in constriction of a positive column of a glow discharge in inert gases12
Impact of overvoltage on the mode transition of the spark gap switch: from edge breakdown to stochastic breakdown12
Reduced-order particle-in-cell simulations of a high-power magnetically shielded Hall thruster12
On the use of ultra-high resolution PIC methods to unveil microscale effects of plasma kinetic instabilities: electron trapping and release by electrostatic tidal effect12
Study of atoms and multiply charged ions features in the nanosecond laser produced Mo plasma in vacuum using optical emission spectroscopy and time-of-flight electrostatic energy analyzer11
Effects of cavity resonance and antenna resonance on mode transitions in helicon plasma11
Ammonia generation in Ns pulse and Ns pulse/RF discharges over a catalytic surface11
Collective dynamics of a dense streamer front11
Floating potential method using a thermionic emissive probe including an ionizing and collisional presheath11
Relativistic calculation of electron impact excitation of tin: cross sections of importance in plasma modeling11
Depopulation mechanisms of atomic hydrogen in the n = 3 level following two-photon excitation by a picosecond laser11
Study on the plume self-neutralization of ionic liquid electrospray thruster based on median potential11
Ultra-fast development of Ar 2p 1−10 relative densities in nanosecond-pulsed barrier discharge in argon11
Quantitative measurements of singlet molecular oxygen in a low pressure ICP11
Inferring gas temperature from N2 emission via rotational distribution of the N2 B3Πg and C3Πu states11
Numerical investigation on the discharge formation in micrometer pores in structured catalyst irradiated by a helium atmospheric pressure plasma jet11
Theoretical mechanism behind the higher efficiency of O than OH radicals in polypropylene surface modification: a molecular dynamics study11
Foundations of plasmas as ion sources11
Characterisation of surface charge density and net electric field during parallel-plate dielectric barrier discharge generated in atmospheric-pressure air11
Determination of organic impurities by plasma electron spectroscopy in nonlocal plasma at intermediate and high pressures11
Plasma dynamics of individual HiPIMS pulses: imaging study using high-frame-rate camera11
Effect of the magnetic field on the electron kinetics under AC/DC electric fields: benchmark calculations and electron cyclotron resonance11
Investigation of ignition of positive corona discharge in air using a time dependent fluid model10
Effects of a radial variation of surface coefficients on plasma uniformity in capacitive RF discharges10
RF antenna helicity dependent particle heating in a helicon source10
Comparison of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy and fast ICCD imaging for spatial and time resolved measurements of atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet10
Experimental investigation into efficiency loss in rotating magnetic field thrusters10
Deterioration of ion beam neutralization caused by reflection of electrostatic solitary waves within pulsed ion beam10
Streamer-to-spark transitions in deionized water: unsymmetrical structure and two-stage model10
Oscillations of convective flow around a continuous optical discharge in high-pressure xenon10
Self-regulating electron temperature in high-power impulse magnetron sputtering discharges and its effect on the metal ion escape10
Effect of oxygen on the discharge characteristics of argon doped ethanol plasma jet and its application in surface modification of polyimide films10
Effect of the cathode surface temperature on the cathode fall layer parameters: experiment and simulation10
Vacuum ultraviolet radiation in and from an atmospheric pressure plasma source10
Electron impact excitation of allowed and forbidden transitions between fine-structure levels in Ti III10
Ion current density on the substrate during short-pulse HiPIMS10
The role of volume recombination and resonance radiation transport in constriction of a: DC discharge in argon10
Investigation of multi-periodic self-trigger plasma in an AC-driven atmospheric pressure plasma jet10
The transition from ion to electron sheath near a floating plate aligned parallel to magnetic field10
Numerical simulation and experimental diagnostics of fast electron kinetics and plasma parameters in a microhollow cathode discharges in helium10
Self-consistent treatment of gas heating in modeling of a coaxial DBD in atmospheric pressure CO210
Self-organized patterns at the plasma–liquid anode interface in a helium glow discharge: temporal development and mechanisms10
Energy selectivity in electron absorptive heating methods: does the angular momentum trap matter? An experimental investigation10
On CO2 conversion in discharges in CO2–N2 mixtures10
Effect of target material on electrical properties of a two-electrode dielectric barrier helium plasma jet10
Numerical and experimental study of ion energy distribution function in a dual-frequency capacitively coupled oxygen discharge10
Formations of anode double layer and ion beam in bipolar-pulse HiPIMS (BP-HiPIMS)10
Effects of magnetic nozzle strength and orientation on radio-frequency plasma expansion10
Vibrational deactivation in O(3P) + N2 collisions: from an old problem towards its solution9
Ion energy analysis of a bipolar HiPIMS discharge using a retarding field energy analyser9
Tomographic optical emission spectroscopy of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet and surface ionization waves on planar and structured surfaces9
Detection of solvated electrons below the interface between atmospheric-pressure plasma and water by laser-induced desolvation9
Control of photoresist etch rate via a gradient magnetic field in biased inductively coupled plasma9
Surface production of negative deuterium ions from plasma-exposed boron doped diamond and graphite: work function measurements using photoemission yield spectroscopy9
Plasma sputtering of biased electrodes in an oblique magnetic field9
Introduction and verification of FEDM, an open-source FEniCS-based discharge modelling code9
The electrical asymmetry effect in electronegative CF4 capacitive RF plasmas operated in the striation mode9
Standing wave instability in large area capacitive discharges operated within or near the gamma mode9
Magnetised and unmagnetized axisymmetric particle-in-cell simulations of ion energy distributions in cathodic vacuum arcs9
Physics of thermionic orificed hollow cathodes: II. Scaling laws and design rules9
Simulation of a pulsed CO2 plasma based on a six-temperature energy approach9
Electric field strengths within a micro cavity plasma array measured by Stark shift and splitting of a helium line pair9
Electron impact studies on the imidogen (NH+) molecular ion9
Critical assessment of the applicability of the Child-Langmuir law to plasma ion source extraction systems9
Influence of magnetic field gradient on the capacitive argon discharge at 8 MHz and 40 MHz9
A novel designed 3D multi-microhole plasma jet device driven by nanosecond pulse at atmospheric pressure9
Review of the gas breakdown physics and nanomaterial-based ionization gas sensors and their applications9
Characterization of OH species in kHz He/H2O atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharges9
Electron drag force in EUV induced pulsed hydrogen plasmas9
Transmission and multiple reflection mechanisms of guided streamers propagating through grounded annular electrode and interacting with grounded surface electrode9
Evidence of production of keV Sn+ ions in the H2 buffer gas surrounding an Sn-plasma EUV source9
Anticathode effect on electron kinetics in electron beam generated E × B plasma9
On constriction and striation of a diffuse DBD in large gap filled with moderate pressure helium diluted by the air and easily ionized impurity9
Quantification of plasma produced OH and electron fluxes at the liquid anode and their role in plasma driven solution electrochemistry9
The breakdown characteristic of porous dielectric discharge based on percolation structure9
Direct measurement of ion and electron flux ratio at their respective sheath-edges and absence of the electron Bohm criterion effects9
Effects of low-frequency voltage on nonlinear standing wave excitation, plasma uniformity, and ion dynamics in dual-frequency asymmetric capacitive discharges8
Measurement of electron energetics in the equatorial and polar planes of a compact dipole plasma driven at steady state8
Importance of nitrite generation route via N2O3 at plasma-liquid interface8
Ignition reliability analysis and optimization of a dual trigger electrode hollow cathode8
Physics of plasma jets and interaction with surfaces: review on modelling and experiments8
Experimental study of gas flow rate influence on a dielectric barrier discharge in helium8
Optimization of beam shaping and error quantification of calibration approach using E-FISHG based electric field measurements8
Accuracy of using metastable state measurements in laser-induced fluorescence diagnostics of xenon ion velocity in Hall thrusters8
Data-driven analysis of oscillations in Hall thruster simulations8
Electrical characterization and imaging of discharge morphology in a small-scale packed bed dielectric barrier discharge8
Investigation of N(4S) kinetics during the transients of a strongly emissive pulsed ECR plasma using ns-TALIF8
Simulation study on influence of oxygen concentrations on atmospheric-pressure streamer in oxygen-rich nitrogen–oxygen mixture8
Spatially resolved study of spokes in reactive HiPIMS discharge8
AC-augmented dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators: effects of operating conditions, phase shift, and electrode spacing8
Plasma-relevant fast electron impact study of trifluoromethane8
Controlling plasma produced fluxes to liquid surfaces by acoustic structuring: applications to plasma driven solution electrochemistry8
Transition mechanisms between selective O3 and NO x generation modes in atmospheric-pressure plasmas: decoupling specific discharge energy and g8
Comparison of a hybrid model and experimental measurements for a dielectric-coated coaxial ECR thruster8
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