Dielectric Barrier Discharges
A special issue of Plasma (ISSN 2571-6182).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 23059
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plasma diagnostics; plasma chemistry; plasma–liquid interaction; plasma–cell interaction; plasma for life science applications; plasma cancer treatment
Interests: numerical modeling; chemical kinetics; kinetic theory; hydrogen plasmas; electric discharges; astrochemistry
Interests: nonthermal plasma; plasma medicine; plasma agriculture; plasma-liquid interface; plasma chemistry; Raman spectroscopy; pulsed dielectric barrier discharge chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dielectric barrier discharges (DBD) have been investigated for more than a century and were mainly used for ozone production until applications like plasma medicine and plasma-assisted conversion and catalysis sparked new interest. The rise of nanosecond-pulse generators for the generation of plasma has made it possible to deliver voltage pulses on the same time scale as the streamer lifetime in a DBD. This Special Issue focusses on DBDs from nanosecond to microsecond pulses, with an emphasis on the following topics:
- Diagnostics
- Physics and diagnostics of nanosecond pulsed DBDs
- Self-organization in DBDs
- Applications of DBDs: plasma medicine, plasma-assisted conversion and catalysis, and plasma agriculture
- DBDs in contact with liquids: experiment and simulation
Dr. Katharina Stapelmann
Dr. Savino Longo
Dr. Pietro Ranieri
Guest Editors
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