Low-temperature Plasmas

Our low-temperature plasma research develops solutions for global challenges in high-tech manufacturing, environment, and medicine, through coupling advanced plasma sensing with simulations.

About the Research Area

Low-temperature plasmas (LTPs) have the ability to generate and deliver reactive atomic and molecular species, UV, charged particles, and electric fields to biological targets under ambient conditions. LTPs can stimulate specific biological responses by producing Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species (RONS), which mediate many physiological processes such as cell-to-cell signalling, immune response, wound healing, and cell death. These plasma-produced species are expected to mimic the functions of their native counterparts and offer unique synergies capable of stimulating specific biological responses. Our research focuses on understanding the plasma-driven mechanisms of action and engineering controllable plasma delivery strategies to enhance clinical therapies. We collaborate with many partners on this theme.

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The effect of intermediate frequency on sheath dynamics in collisionless current driven triple frequency capacitive plasmas. Sharma, S; Mishra, S.K; Kaw, P.K; Turner, M.M. Physics of Plasmas 2017

Aqua-Art: A Demonstration of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces Fabricated by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition. Flynn, S.P; McKenna, M; Monaghan, R; Kelleher, S.M; Daniels, S; MacCormac, A. Journal of Chemical Education 2017

Measurement of F-, O- and CF3- densities in 60 and 100 MHz asymmetric capacitively coupled plasma discharge produced in an Ar/O2/C4F8 gas mixture. Sirse, N; Tsutsumi, T; Sekine, M; Hori, M; Ellingboe, A.R. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2017

Experimental investigation of SF6-O2 plasma for advancement of the anisotropic Si etch process. Alshaltami, K.A; Morshed, M; Gaman, C; Conway, J; Daniels, S. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 2017

Triple and emissive probe measurements of plasma parameters in a magnetized capacitive coupled discharge. Binwal, S; Joshi, J.K; Karkari, S.K; Kaw, P.K; Nair, L; Leggate, H.J; Somers, A; Turner, M. 44th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2017 2017

Controlling wettability of PECVD-deposited dual organosilicon/carboxylic acid films to influence DNA hybridisation assay efficiency. Flynn, S.P; Monaghan, R; Bogan, J; McKenna, M; Cowley, A; Daniels, S; Hughes, G; Kelleher, S.M. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2017

Experimental study of a high-VHF multi-electrode capacitively coupled plasma for thin layer surface processing. Harvey, C; Sirse, N; Gaman, C; Ellingboe, A.R. 44th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2017 2017

QDB: A new database of plasma chemistries and reactions. Tennyson, J; Rahimi, S; Hill, C; Tse, L; Vibhakar, A; Akello-Egwel, D; Brown, D.B; Dzarasova, A; Hamilton, J.R; Jaksch, D; Mohr, S; Wren-Little, K; Bruckmeier, J; Agarwal, A; Bartschat, K; Bogaerts, A; Booth, J.-P; Goeckner, M.J; Hassouni, K; Itikawa, Y; Braams, B.J; Krishnakumar, E; Laricchiuta, A; Mason, N.J; Pandey, S; Petrovic, Z.L; Pu, Y.-K; Ranjan, A; Rauf, S; Schulze, J; Turner, M.M; Ventzek, P; Whitehead, J.C; Yoon, J.-S. Plasma Sources Science and Technology 2017

Concepts and characteristics of the ‘COST Reference Microplasma Jet’. Golda, J; Held, J; Redeker, B; Konkowski, M; Beijer, P; Sobota, A; Kroesen, G; Braithwaite, N.S.J; Reuter, S; Turner, M.M; Gans, T; O’Connell, D; Schulz-Von Der Gathen, V. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2016

Low temperature plasmas as emerging cancer therapeutics: the state of play and thoughts for the future. Hirst, A.M; Frame, F.M; Arya, M; Maitland, N.J; O’Connell, D. Tumor Biology 2016

Electron power absorption dynamics in capacitive radio frequency discharges driven by tailored voltage waveforms in CF4. Brandt, S; Berger, B; Schüngel, E; Korolov, I; Derzsi, A; Bruneau, B; Johnson, E; Lafleur, T; O’Connell, D; Koepke, M; Gans, T; Booth, J.-P; Donkó, Z; Schulze, J. Plasma Sources Science and Technology 2016

Demonstrating the potential of industrial scale in-package atmospheric cold plasma for decontamination of cherry tomatoes. Ziuzina, D; Misra, N.N; Cullen, P.J; Keener, K; Mosnier, J.P; Vilaró, I; Gaston, E; Bourke, P. Plasma Medicine 2016

Spatial Dependence of DNA Damage in Bacteria due to Lowerature Plasma Application as Assessed at the Single Cell Level. Privat-Maldonado, A; O’Connell, D; Welch, E; Vann, R; Van Der Woude, M.W. Scientific Reports 2016

Effect of driving frequency on the electron energy distribution function and electron-sheath interaction in a low pressure capacitively coupled plasma. Sharma, S; Sirse, N; Kaw, P.K; Turner, M.M; Ellingboe, A.R. Physics of Plasmas 2016

Tailored voltage waveform capacitively coupled plasmas in electronegative gases: Frequency dependence of asymmetry effects. Schüngel, E; Korolov, I; Bruneau, B; Derzsi, A; Johnson, E; O’Connell, D; Gans, T; Booth, J.-P; Donkó, Z; Schulze, J. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2016

Characteristics of silicon nitride deposited by VHF (162 MHz)-plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition using a multi-tile push-pull plasma source. Kim, K.S; Sirse, N; Kim, K.H; Ellingboe, A.R; Kim, K.N; Yeom, G.Y. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2016

Slope and amplitude asymmetry effects on low frequency capacitively coupled carbon tetrafluoride plasmas. Bruneau, B; Korolov, I; Lafleur, T; Gans, T; O’Connell, D; Greb, A; Derzsi, A; Donkó, Z; Brandt, S; Schüngel, E; Schulze, J; Johnson, E; Booth, J.-P. Journal of Applied Physics 2016

Physics of Cold Plasma. Turner, M. Cold Plasma in Food and Agriculture: Fundamentals and Applications 2016

Measurement of electronegativity at different laser wavelengths: Accuracy of Langmuir probe assisted laser photo-detachment. Sirse, N; Oudini, N; Bendib, A; Ellingboe, A.R. Plasma Sources Science and Technology 2016

Photo-detachment signal analysis to accurately determine electronegativity, electron temperature, and charged species density. Oudini, N; Sirse, N; Taccogna, F; Ellingboe, A.R; Bendib, A. Applied Physics Letters 2016

Capacitively coupled hydrogen plasmas sustained by tailored voltage waveforms: Excitation dynamics and ion flux asymmetry. Bruneau, B; Diomede, P; Economou, D.J; Longo, S; Gans, T; O’Connell, D; Greb, A; Johnson, E; Booth, J.-P. Plasma Sources Science and Technology 2016

Electron density modulation in a pulsed dual-frequency (2/13.56 MHz) dual-antenna inductively coupled plasma discharge. Sirse, N; Mishra, A; Yeom, G.Y; Ellingboe, A.R. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 2016