Recently, it was observed that under moderate pressure (p > 10Pa), nanoparticles can be created using sputtering magnetron discharges [1]. Although such plasma source has been widely studied at low gas pressure (p < 0.1Pa) in the context of industrial application such as thin film coating, there are only few plasma models at the fairly high-pressure range where collisions between sputtered...
End-Hall Ion Source (EHIS) is a gridless device that combines a magnetic field B with an electric field E, in a E x B configuration, to generate and sustain a high-density plasma and to extract and accelerate a broad ion beam. The source can operate in a wide range of discharge voltage, such as 50 – 500 V, for a discharge current in the 1 A magnitude order. In this work, we...
The aim of this work is to investigate the effectiveness of one of the novel disinfection methods that is based on cold plasma treatment. A particular plasma setup was adapted for the treatment of aqueous solutions and has been employed for the purification of water contaminated with bacterial strains. The treated samples were prepared by adding Staphylococcus aureus bacteria to distillated...
Electrical discharges in dielectric liquids are considered as an efficient technique for nanoparticle synthesis and machining via controlled erosion of the electrodes. Recently, magnetic field assisted method has shown great potential for enhancing the plasma-electrode interactions. Investigating the influence of the magnetic field, intensity and orientation, on the behavior of spark...
Plasma-liquid interaction is a field of increasing interest among the plasma research community. Liquids being ubiquitous in living organisms, plasma-liquid interaction is of high relevance for applications of plasma science such as water decontamination, agriculture and medicine [1]. A promising diagnostic tool for plasma-liquid interaction is the microfluidic device. Microfluidic devices,...
