Recent Publications
Dirk van den Bekerom, Malik M. Tahiyat, Erxiong Huang, Jonathan H. Frank, and Tanvir I. Farouk, "2D-imaging of absolute OH and H2O2 profiles in a He-H2O nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge by photo-fragmentation laser-induced fluorescence," – Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 015006. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acaa53)
A.M. Lietz, R.E. Groenwald, P. Scherpelz, M.M. Hopkins, “Kinetic simulations of ignited mode cesium vapor thermionic converters”. J. Appl. Phys. 133 (2). (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0117599)
Dirk van den Bekerom, Caleb Richards, Erxiong Huang, Igor Adamovich, and Jonathan Frank "2D imaging of absolute methyl concentrations in nanosecond pulsed plasma by photo-fragmentation laser-induced fluorescence," Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 (2022) 095018. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac8f6c).
Christopher M. Burger, Nils Hansen, Angie J. Zhang, Yiguang Ju, "Plasma-assisted chemical-looping combustion Mechanistic insights into low temperature methane oxidation with CuO," Proc. of the Combustion Institute, accepted, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2022.07.156)
L P Beving, M M Hopkins, and S D Baalrud, "How sheath edge properties change with gas pressure: modeling and simulation," Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 (2022) 084009 (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6595/ac85d7.) (Special Issue – in memory of Noah Hershkowitz)
L. P. Beving, S. D. Baalrud, M. M. Hopkins, "Simulations of ion heating due to ion-acoustic instabilities in presheaths", Phys. Plasmas 28, 123516 (2021); (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0068179) Editor’s Pick
J. Yang, D. Go, E. Barnat, A. Sim, "Spatiotemporally resolved measurements of electric field around a piezoelectric transformer using electric-field induced second harmonic (E-FISH) generation," J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac406a)
K. Stapelmann, B. Myers, M. H. Quesada, E. Lenker and P. J. Ranieri, "Following O and OH in He/O2 and He/H2O gas mixtures—from the gas phase through the liquid phase to modifications on a biological sample," J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 54, 434003. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac18ec)
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 (2021) 055004. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abf320)
B. Myers, E. V. Barnat, K. Stapelmann, "Atomic oxygen density determination in the effluent of the COST Reference Source using in situ effective lifetime measurements in the presence of a liquid interface," J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 455202. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac1cb5)
Recent Presentations
39th International Symposium on Combustion:
- Haodong Chen, Ruzheng Zhang, Handong Liao, Jiuzhong Yang, Nils Hansen, Bin Yang, “Molecular beam mass spectrometry study on plasma assisted low-temperature oxidation of ethylene” 39th Int. Symposium on Combustion 2022 (http://www.combustionsymposia.org/2022/)
- Christopher M. Burger, Nils Hansen, Angie J. Zhang, Yiguang Ju, "Plasma-assisted chemical-looping combustion Mechanistic insights into low temperature methane oxidation with CuO," 39th Int. Symposium on Combustion 2022 (http://www.combustionsymposia.org/2022/)
- Madeline Vorenkamp, Scott A. Steinmetz, Timothy Y. Chen, Xingqian Mao, Andrey Starikovskiy, Christopher Kliewer, Yiguang Ju, “Plasma-assisted Deflagration to Detonation Transition in a Microchannel with Hybrid fs/ps Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Measurements,” 39th Int. Symposium on Combustion 2022. (http://www.combustionsymposia.org/2022/)
75th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference, 1-7 October 2022, Sendai, Japan:
- C. J. Kliewer, M. Vorenkamp, S. Steinmetz, T. Chen, Y. Ju., P. Bruggeman, “Probing plasma-chemistry interactions through novel ultrafast nonlinear laser diagnostics,” GEC, session DF2. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/DF2.4)
- D van den Bekerom, C. Richards, M. M. Tahiyat, E. Huang, I. V. Adamovitch, T. I. Farouk, J. H. Frank, “Imaging of Hydrogen Peroxide and Methyl in Nanosecond Pulsed Plasmas by Photofragmentation Laser-Induced Fluorescence,” GEC Session DR5. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/DF5.7)
- B. Z. Bentz, K. Youngman, A. Iqbal, Y. Zhou, P. Zhang, “Photoemission induced plasma breakdown,” GEC Session DT1. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/DT1.1)
- L. P. Beving, M. M. Hopkins, S. D. Baalrud, “How sheath properties change with gas pressure: modeling and simulation,” GEC Session ET2. https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/ET2.4)
- M. Vorenkamp, S. Steinmetz, T. Chen, A. Starikovskiy, C. J. Kliewer, Y. Ju, “Plasma-assisted Deflagration to Detonation Transition of Dimethyl Ether in a Microchannel,” GEC Session FR4.( https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/FR4.5)
- A. M. Lietz, S. Rauf, P. Tian, J. Kenney, M. M. Hopkins, “Insights from Modeling Low-Pressure High-Voltage Dual-Frequency Capacitively Coupled Plasmas,” GEC Session FR5. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/FR5.3)
- B. Z. Bentz, K. Youngman, “Progress on development of optical tomography as a plasma diagnostic,” GEC Session HT4. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/HT4.17)
- M. M. Hopkins, C. H. Moore, A. Kyritsakis, “Simulations of Cathode Plasma Expansion in Vaccum,” GEC Session HT4. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/HT4.35)
- A. S. Fierro, M. M. Hopkins, T. Hardin, A. M. Lietz, A. Belianinov, B. Z. Bentz, “Analysis of a radiofrequency plasma reactor for etching,” GEC Session HT4 (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/HT4.38)
- S. M. Sickafoose, B. Z. Bentz, J. H. Frank, N. Hansen, M. M. Hopkins, C. J. Kliewer, A. M. Lietz, D. van den Bekerom, “Update on Sandia National Laboratories Plasma Research Facility,” GEC Session HW6. ( https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/HW6.5)
- N. Hansen, A. Zang, C. Burger, Y. Ju, J. Choe, W. Sun, “Probing the Detailed Chemistry of Plasma-Assisted Processes: Opportunities for Mass Spectrometry,” GEC Session IF1. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/IF1.2)