Publications

2020 Publications

  1. F. Doherty, H. Wang, M. Yang and B. R. Goldsmith, “Nanocluster and Single-atom Catalysts for Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO and CO2, Catal. Sci. Technol. 10, 5772 (2020). [Invited review] [doi:10.1039/D0CY01316A]
  2. S. Huang, S. Shim, S. K. Nam and M. J. Kushner, “Pattern Dependent Profile Distortion During Plasma Etching of High Aspect Ratio Features in SiO2, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 38, 023001 (2020). [doi:10.1116/1.5132800]
  3. J. Jiang and P. Bruggeman, “Spatially Resolved Absolute Densities of Reactive Species and Positive Ion Flux in He-O2 RF-driven Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet: Touching and Non-touching with Dielectric Substrate”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53, 28LT01 (2020). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ab813d]
  4. C. Li, V. Godyak, T. Hofmann, K. Edinger and G. S. Oehrlein, “Electron Beam Injection from a Hollow Cathode Plasma into a Downstream Reactive Environment: Characterization of Secondary Plasma Production and Si3N4 and Si Etching”, J. Vac. Sci. & Technol. A 38, 033001 (2020). [doi:10.1116/1.5143537]
  5. C. Li, T. Hofmann, K. Edinger, V. Godyak and G. S. Oehrlein, “Etching of Si3N4 Induced by Electron Beam Plasma from Hollow Cathode Plasma in a Downstream Reactive Environment”, J. Vac. Sci. & Technol. B 38, 032208 (2020). [doi:10.1116/1.5143538]
  6. A. M. Lietz, E. V. Barnat, J. E. Foster and M. J. Kushner, “Ionization Wave Propagation in a He Plasma Jet in a Controlled Gas Environment”, J. Appl. Phys. 128, 083301 (2020). [Selected for cover of Journal of Applied Physics vol. 128, Issue 8, Aug. 2020] [doi:10.1063/5.0020264]
  7. S. Mohades, A. M. Lietz and M. J. Kushner, “Generation of Reactive Species in Water Film Dielectric Barrier Discharges Sustained in Argon, Helium, Air, Oxygen and Nitrogen”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53, 435206 (2020). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/aba21a]
  8. G. Nayak, M. Simeni Simeni, J. Rosato, N. Sadeghi and P.J. Bruggeman, “Characterization of an RF-driven Argon Plasma at Atmospheric Pressure Using Broadband Absorption and Optical Emission Spectroscopy”, J. Appl. Phys. 128, 243302 (2020). [Editor`s pick] [doi:10.1063/5.0035488]
  9. K. Orr, X. Yang, I. Gulko, and I. V. Adamovich, “Formation and Propagation of Ionization Waves During Ns Pulse Breakdown in Plane-to-Plane Geometry”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29, 125022 (2020). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/aba989]
  10. D. J. Peterson, K. Ford, J. Brandon, S. C. Shannon, T. Koh, T. C. Chua, K. Bera, W. Tian, S. Rauf and P. A. Kraus, “Radiofrequency Phase Resolved Electron Density Measurements with the Hairpin Resonator Probe”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53, 145203 (2020). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ab6944]
  11. C. Qu, S. J. Lanham, S. C. Shannon, S. K. Nam and M. J. Kushner, “Power Matching to Pulsed Inductively Coupled Plasmas”, J. Appl. Phys. 127, 133302 (2020). [doi:10.1063/5.0002522]
  12. C. Qu, S. K. Nam and M. J. Kushner, “Transients Using Low-high Pulsed Power in Inductively Coupled Plasmas”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29, 085006 (2020). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/aba113]
  13. S. Zhang, Y. Li, A. Knoll and G. S. Oehrlein, “Mechanistic Aspects of Plasma-enhanced Catalytic Methane Decomposition by Time-resolved Operando Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53, 215201 (2020). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ab795b]
  14. Y. Zhu, S. M. Starikovskaia, N. Yu. Babaeva and M. J. Kushner, “Scaling of Pulsed Nanosecond Capillary Plasmas at Different Specific Energy Deposition”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29, 125006 (2020). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/abc413]

2021 Publications

  1. N. Bhatt, J. Brier-Jones, D. Trosan, C. Brinkley, J. Pecoraro, J. Smallwood, A. Crofton, S. Hudson, W. Kirsch, K. Stapelmann and S. Shannon, “Depyrogenation Using Plasmas: A Novel Approach for Endotoxin Deactivation Using a Dielectric Barrier Discharge at Atmospheric Pressure”, Plasma Processes and Polymers 18, 2100089 (2021). [doi:10.1002/ppap.202100089]
  2. P. J. Bruggeman, R. R. Frontiera, U. R. Kortshagen, M. J. Kushner, S. Linic, G. C. Schatz, H. Andaraarachchi, S. Exarhos, L. O. Jones, C. M. Mueller, C. Rich, C. Xu, Y. Yue and Y. Zhang, “Plasma-Driven Solution Electrochemistry”, J. Appl. Phys. 129, 200902 (2021). [doi:10.1063/5.0044261] [Featured article]
  3. F. Doherty and B. R. Goldsmith, “Rhodium Single-Atom Catalysts on Titania for Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction Explored by First Principles Mechanistic Analysis and Compared to Nanoclusters”, ChemCatChem 13, 3155 (2021). [doi:10.1002/cctc.202100292] [Invited]
  4. E. R. Jans, S. Raskar, X. Yang, and I. V. Adamovich, “Kinetics of Metastable N2(A3Σu+,v) Molecules in High-Pressure Nonequilibrium Plasmas”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 025003 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/abcc7c]
  5. J. Jiang and P. J. Bruggeman, “Absolute Ion Density Measurements in the Afterglow of a Radiofrequency Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 15LT01 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/abdc91]
  6. J. Jiang and P. J. Bruggeman, “Tuning Plasma Parameters to Control Reactive Species Fluxes to Substrates in the Context of Plasma Catalysis”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 214005 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/abe89a]
  7. F. Krüger, H. Lee, S. K. Nam and M. J. Kushner, “Electric Field Reversals Resulting from Voltage Waveform Tailoring in Ar/O2 Capacitively Coupled Plasmas Sustained in Asymmetric Systems”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 085002 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac14a7]
  8. J. Kruszelnicki, K. W. Engeling, J. E. Foster and M. J. Kushner, “Interactions between Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas and Metallic Catalyst Particles in Packed Bed Reactors”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 104001 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/abcc92]
  9. J. Kruszelnicki, R. Ma and M. J. Kushner, “Propagation of Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas Through Interconnected Pores in Dielectric Materials”, J. Appl. Phys. 129 143302 (2021). [doi:10.1063/5.0045706]
  10. S. J. Lanham, J. Polito, X. Shi, P. Elvati, A. Violi and M. J. Kushner, “Scaling of Silicon Nanoparticle Growth in Low Temperature Flowing Plasmas”, J. Appl. Phys. 130, 163302 (2021). [doi:10.1063/5.0062255] [Selected for cover of J. Appl. Phys. vol. 130, Issue 16, Oct. 2021.]
  11. G. Nayak, G. Oinuma, Y. Yue, J. Santos Sousa and P. J. Bruggeman, “Plasma-droplet Interaction Study to Assess Transport Limitations and the Role of ·OH, O·, H·, O2(a 1∆g), O3 He(2 3S) and Ar(1s5) in Formate Decomposition”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 115003 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac2676]
  12. W. Ning, J. Lai, J. Kruszelnicki, J. E. Foster, D. Dai and M. J. Kushner, “Propagation of Positive Discharges in an Air Bubble Having an Embedded Water Droplet”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 015005 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/abc830]
  13. G. Parsey, A. M. Lietz and M. J. Kushner, “Guided Plasma Jets Directed onto Wet Surfaces: Angular Dependence and Control”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 045206 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/abbf1a]
  14. D. Peterson, Y. Xiao, K. Ford, P. Kraus and S. Shannon, “Electron Temperature Measurements with a Hairpin Resonator Probe in a Pulsed Low Pressure Capacitively Coupled Plasma”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30 065018 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac02b2]
  15. M. Simeni Simeni, Y. Zheng, E. V. Barnat and P. J. Bruggeman, “Townsend to Glow Discharge Transition for a Nanosecond Pulse Plasma in Helium: Space Charge Formation and Resulting Electric Field Dynamics”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 055004 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/abf320]
  16. C. L. Smith, S. K. Nam, K. Bae, J.-Y. Lee and S. Shannon, “Modulating Power Delivery in a Pulsed ICP Discharge via the Incorporation of Negative Feedback Mechanisms”, J. Appl. Phys. 130, 163304 (2021). [doi:10.1063/5.0060240]
  17. X. Wang, H. Lee, S. K. Nam and M. J. Kushner, “Erosion of Focus Rings in Capacitively Coupled Plasma Etching Reactors”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 39, 063002 (2021). [doi:10.1116/6.0001225]
  18. X. Wang, M. Wang, P. Biolsi and M. J. Kushner, “Scaling of Atomic Layer Etching of SiO2 in Fluorocarbon Plasmas: Transient Etching and Surface Roughness”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 39, 033003 (2021). [doi:10.1116/6.0000941]
  19. Y. Xiao, Y. Du, C. Smith, S. K. Nam, H. Lee, J.-Y. Lee and S. Shannon, “Focus Ring Geometry Influence on Wafer Edge Voltage Distribution for Plasma Processes”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 39, 043006 (2021). [doi:10.1116/6.0000981]
  20. S. Zhang and G. S. Oehrlein, “From Thermal Catalysis to Plasma Catalysis: a Review of Surface Processes and Their Characterizations”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 213001 (2021). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/abe572] [Topical review]

2022 Publications

  1. I. Adamovich, S. Agarwal, E. Ahedo, L.L. Alves, S. Baalrud, N. Babaeva, A. Bogaerts, A. Bourdon, P. J. Bruggeman, C. Canal, E.-H. Choi, S. Coulombe, U. Czarnetzki, D. B. Graves, S. Hamaguchi, D. Hegemann, M. Hori, H.-H. Kim, G.M.W. Kroesen, M. J. Kushner, A. Laricchiuta, X. Li, T. Magin, S. Mededovic Thagard, V. Miller, A. B. Murphy, G. S. Oehrlein, N. Puac, R. M. Sankaran, S. Samukawa, M. Shiratani, M. Simek, N. Tarasenko, K. Terashima, E. Thomas Jr, J. Trieschmann, S. Tsikata, M. M. Turner, I. J. van der Walt, M. C. M. van de Sanden, T. von Woedtke, Z. Donko, “The 2022 Plasma Roadmap: Low Temperature Plasma Science and Technology”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 373001 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ac5e1c]
  2. A. D. Bonzanini, K. Shao, A. Stancampiano, D. B. Graves and A. Mesbah, “Perspectives on Machine Learning-assisted Plasma Medicine: Toward Automated Plasma Treatment”, IEEE Trans. Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 6, 16-32 (2022). [doi:10.1109/TRPMS.2021.3055727]
  3. J. Jiang, P. Bruggeman, “Investigation of the Mechanisms Underpinning Plasma-Catalyst Interaction for the Direct Conversion of Methane to Oxygenates”, Plasma Chem. Plasma Process. 42, 689–707 (2022). [doi:10.1007/s11090-022-10251-5]
  4. J. Jiang, C. Richards, I. Adamovich and P.J. Bruggeman, “Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry Measurements of Vibrationally Excited N2 in the Effluent of an Atmospheric Plasma Jet: A Comparison with a State-to-state Kinetic Model”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 10LT03 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac954c]
  5. K. Konina, J. Kruszelnicki, M. E. Meyer and M. J. Kushner, “Surface Ionization Waves Propagating over Non-planar Substrates: Wavy Surfaces, Cut-pores and Droplets”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 115001 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac9a6c]
  6. S. J. Lanham, J. Polito, Z. Xiong, U. R. Kortshagen and M. J. Kushner, “Pulsed Power to Control Growth of Silicon Nanoparticles in Low Temperature Flowing Plasmas”, J. Appl. Phys. 132, 073301 (2022). [Featured as cover image for J. Appl. Phys. Vol 132, Issue 7, Aug. 2022.] [doi:10.1063/5.0100380]
  7. Y. Li, M. Hinshelwood and G. S. Oehrlein, “Investigation of Ni Catalyst Activation During Plasma-Assisted Methane Oxidation”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 155202 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ac4724]
  8. Y. Li, J. Jiang, M. Hinshelwood, S. Zhang, P. J. Bruggeman, and G. S. Oehrlein, “Characterization of Plasma Catalytic Decomposition of Methane: Role of Atomic O and Reaction Mechanism”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 155204 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ac4728]
  9. X. P. Lu, P. J. Bruggeman, S. Reuter, G. Naidis, A. Bogaerts, M. Laroussi, M. Keidar, E. Robert, J.-M. Pouvesle, D.W. Liu, K. Ostrikov, “Grand Challenges in Low-temperature Plasma”, Frontiers Phys. 10, 1040658 (2022). [doi:10.3389/fphy.2022.1040658]
  10. M. Meyer, G. Nayak, P. Bruggeman, and M. Kushner, “Sheath Formation Around a Dielectric Droplet in a He Atmospheric Pressure Plasma”, J. Appl. Phys. 132, 083303 (2022). [doi:10.1063/5.0103446]
  11. C. Nau-Hix, T. M. Holsen and S. Mededovic Thagard, “Optimization of a Gas-liquid Plasma Reactor for Water Treatment Applications: Design Guidelines and Electrical Circuit Considerations”, Plasma Processes and Polymers, e2200036 (2022). [doi:10.1002/ppap.202200036] [Invited]
  12. N. Pillai, N. L. Sponsel, J. T. Mast, M. J. Kushner, I. A. Bolotnov and K. Stapelmann, “Plasma Breakdown in Bubbles Passing between Two Pin Electrodes”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 475203 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ac9538
  13. J. Polito, M. Denning, R. Stewart, D. Frost and M. J. Kushner, “Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Functionalization of Polystyrene”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 40, 043001 (2022). [doi:10.1116/6.0001850]
  14. A. L. Raisanen, C. M. Mueller, S. Chaudhuri, G. C. Schatz and M. J. Kushner, “A Reaction Mechanism for Plasma Electrolysis of AgNO3 Forming Silver Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles”, J. Appl. Phys. 132, 203302 (2022). [doi:10.1063/5.0127568]
  15. S. Raskar, K. Orr, I. V. Adamovich, T. L. Chng and S. M. Starikovskaia, “Spatially Enhanced Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic (SEEFISH) Generation for Measurements of Electric Field Distributions in High-Pressure Plasmas”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 085002 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac8072]
  16. S. Raskar, K. Orr, X. Yang, and I.V. Adamovich, “Electric Field Distribution in a Non-Self-Sustained RF Discharge with Ionization Generated by Ns Discharge Pulses”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 124001 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/aca431]
  17. C. Richards, E. Jans, I. Gulko, K. Orr, and I. V. Adamovich, “N2 Vibrational Excitation in Atmospheric Pressure Ns Pulse and RF Plasma Jets”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 034001 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac4de0]
  18. K. Shao, X. Pei, D. Graves and A. Mesbah, “Active Learning Guided Experiment Design for Maximizing Energy Efficiency of NOx Production Using a DC Pin-to-pin Glow Discharge”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 055018 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac6e04]
  19. T. Srivastava, M. Simeni Simeni, G. Nayak, and P. Bruggeman, “Self-Organized Patterns at the Plasma-Liquid Anode Interface in a Helium Glow Discharge: Temporal Development and Mechanisms”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 085010 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ac83ed]
  20. H. Telfah, E. Jans, S. Raskar and I. V. Adamovich, “Kinetics of HO2 Radical Formation and Decay in Ns Pulse O2-He Plasmas over a Liquid Water Surface”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 115019 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/aca260]
  21. M. Vasilev, P. Conlon, D. Bohl and S. Mededovic Thagard, “The Effect of Discharge Frequency of a Gas-liquid Plasma Reactor on Bulk Liquid Transport and Removal of Organic Contaminants”, Plasma Chem. and Plasma Process. 42, 759–783 (2022). [doi:10.1007/s11090-022-10246-2]
  22. Z. Xiong, S. Lanham, E. Husmann, G. Nelson, M. A. Eslamisaray, J. Polito, Y. Liu, J. Goree, E. Thimsen, M. J. Kushner and U. R. Kortshagen, “Particle Trapping, Size-filtering, and Focusing in the Nonthermal Plasma Synthesis of sub-10 Nanometer Particles”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 235202 (2022). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ac57de]

2023 Publications

  1. L. L. Alves, M. M. Becker, J. van Dijk, T. Gans, D. B. Go, K. Stapelmann, J. Tennyson, M. M. Turner and M. J. Kushner, “Foundations of Plasma Standards”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32, 023001 (2023). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/acb810]
  2. B. Bayer, P. Bruggeman, and A. Bhan, “Species, Pathways, and Timescales for NH3 formation by Low-Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Catalysis”, ACS Catal. 13, 4, 2619-2630 (2023). [doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c05492]
  3. A. D. Bonzanini, K. Shao, D. B. Graves, S. Hamaguchi and A. Mesbah, “Foundations of Machine Learning for Low-temperature Plasmas: Methods and Case Studies”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32, 024003 (2023). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/acb28c] [Invited]
  4. C. DeChant, C. Icenhour, S. Keniley, A. Lindsay, G. Gall, K. C. Hizon, D. Curreli, S. Shannon “Verification Methods for Drift-diffusion Reaction Models for Plasma Simulations”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32, 044006 (2023). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/acce65]
  5. F. Doherty and B. R. Goldsmith, “Modeling Plasma-Induced Surface Charge Effects on CO2 Activation by Single Atom Catalysts Supported on Reducible and Irreducible Metal Oxides”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32, 034004 (2023). [Special issue] [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/acc19f]
  6. E. Husmann, J. Polito, S. Lanham, M. J. Kushner, E. Thimsen, “Design Considerations for Controlling Silicon Nanoparticle Nucleation and Growth in a Nonthermal Plasma”, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing 43, 225–245 (2023). [doi:10.1007/s11090-022-10299-3]
  7. F. Krüger, H. Lee, S. K. Nam and M. J. Kushner, “Voltage Waveform Tailoring for High Aspect Ratio Plasma Etching of SiO2 Using Ar/CF4/O2 Mixtures: Consequences of Ion and Electron Distributions on Etch Profiles”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 41, 013006 (2023). [Selected as an Editor’s Choice.] [doi:10.1116/6.0002290]
  8. M. Meyer, G. Nayak, P. J. Bruggeman, M. J. Kushner, “HCOO-aq Degradation in Droplets by OHaq in an Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 56, 285202 (2023). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/acc958]
  9. J. K. Morsell, N. Bhatt, C. DeChant, S. Shannon, “Effect of Dielectric Target Properties on Plasma Surface Ionization Wave Propagation”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 56, 145201 (2023). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/acbfc9]
  10. G. Nayak, M. Meyer, G. Oinuma, M. J. Kushner and P. J Bruggeman, “The Transport Dynamics of Tens of Micrometer-sized Water Droplets in RF Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharges”, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32, 045005 (2023). [doi:10.1088/1361-6595/acc54a]
  11. G. Nayak, J. Wang, R. Li, D. Aranzales, S. Mededovic Thagard and P. J. Bruggeman, “Non-OH Driven Liquid Phase Chemistry in Water Micro-droplets”, Plasma Process Polym. e2200222 (2023). [doi:10.1002/ppap.202200222]
  12. C. Xu, H. P. Andaraarachchi, Z. Xiong, M. A. Eslamisaray, M. J. Kushner and U. R. Kortshagen, “Size-tunable Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis in Glycerol Driven by a Low-pressure Nonthermal Plasma”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 56, 015201 (2023). [doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ac9ce9]