Inactivation of spores by nonthermal plasmas
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DOI: 10.1007/s11274-018-2527-3
Abstract: Bacterial and fungal spore contamination in different industries has a greater economic impact. Because of the remarkable resistance of spores to most physical and chemical microbicidal agents, their inactivation need special attention during sterilization processes. Heat… read more here.
Keywords: plasmas; nonthermal plasmas; microbiology; spores nonthermal ... See more keywords
On the super freak waves in multicomponent plasmas having two-negative ions: Xe+ − F− − SF6− and Ar+ − F− −SF6− plasmas
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DOI: 10.1007/s12648-017-0982-6
Abstract: AbstractRational solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) is considered to investigate the properties of the ion-acoustic freak (rogue) waves in multicomponent plasmas, whose constituents are electrons, warm positive ions, and two distinct groups of… read more here.
Keywords: plasmas; waves multicomponent; multicomponent plasmas; equation ... See more keywords
Magnetoacoustic solitons in Alkali-fullerene plasmas
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DOI: 10.1007/s12648-021-02119-9
Abstract: Nonlinear propagation of magnetoacoustic waves in magnetized, collisionless, warm bi-ion plasmas with positive and negative ions of different masses and charge states are investigated. The two-fluid model is used here. Using reductive perturbation technique, the… read more here.
Keywords: magnetoacoustic solitons; plasmas; solitons alkali; alkali fullerene ... See more keywords
Sustainable ammonia production by non-thermal plasmas: status, mechanisms, and opportunities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129544
Abstract: Abstract Ammonia is one of our most important industrial chemicals supporting the global food supply as the major crop fertilizer. Moreover, it is increasingly being promoted as a promising carbon-free fuel source, and an energy… read more here.
Keywords: plasma enabled; plasmas; sustainable ammonia; ammonia production ... See more keywords
Fluorine-based plasmas: Main features and application in micro-and nanotechnology and in surface treatment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2018.01.009
Abstract: Abstract Fluorine cold plasmas produced by an electrical discharge in SF6, CF4, CHF3 or C4F8 gases, principally, have two main fields of application. The first and historical application is etching of materials for microelectronics and… read more here.
Keywords: plasmas; surface treatment; surface; micro nanotechnology ... See more keywords
Ultra-intense laser pulses in near-critical underdense plasmas - radiation reaction and energy partitioning
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022377817000320
Abstract: Although, for current laser pulse energies, the weakly nonlinear regime of laser wakefield acceleration is known to be the optimal for reaching the highest possible electron energies, the capabilities of upcoming large laser systems will… read more here.
Keywords: plasmas; laser; energy; physics ... See more keywords
Analytical properties of linear electrostatic waves in two-component quantum and classical plasmas
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022377818000843
Abstract: We examine the properties of linear electrostatic waves in unmagnetised quantum and classical plasmas consisting of one or two populations of electrons with analytically tractable distribution functions in the presence of a stationary neutralising ion… read more here.
Keywords: plasmas; quantum; linear electrostatic; properties linear ... See more keywords
Local gyrokinetic stability theory of plasmas of arbitrary degree of neutrality
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DOI: 10.1017/s002237781900059x
Abstract: Dipole and stellarator geometries are capable of confining plasmas of arbitrary neutrality, ranging from pure electron plasmas through to quasineutral. The diocotron mode is known to be important in non-neutral plasmas and has been widely… read more here.
Keywords: plasmas arbitrary; plasmas; non neutral; arbitrary degree ... See more keywords
Lane formation in 3D driven pair-ion plasmas: I Parallel External Forcing
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022377823000375
Abstract: Lane formation dynamics of driven three-dimensional pair-ion plasmas (PIP) is investigated. Extensive Langevin dynamics simulation is performed to study the influence of an external electric field on the behaviour of the PIP system. In our… read more here.
Keywords: pair ion; lane formation; plasmas; formation ... See more keywords
Microphysically modified magnetosonic modes in collisionless, high-β plasmas
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022377823000429
Abstract: With the support of hybrid-kinetic simulations and analytic theory, we describe the nonlinear behaviour of long-wavelength non-propagating (NP) modes and fast magnetosonic waves in high-$\beta$ collisionless plasmas, with particular attention to their excitation of and… read more here.
Keywords: modified magnetosonic; magnetosonic modes; beta; pressure ... See more keywords
A prospective microwave plasma source for in situ spaceflight applications
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DOI: 10.1039/d0ja00198h
Abstract: Noble gas plasmas are commonly used as ion and excitation sources in inductively coupled plasma (ICP) optical emission and mass spectrometry for organic and inorganic chemical analysis. However, the high power (∼kW) and voluminous gas… read more here.
Keywords: plasmas; plasma source; source situ; power ... See more keywords