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Self-organized pattern formation of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet in a dielectric barrier discharge configuration

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posted on 2009-08-20, 15:51 authored by Qiu-Yue Nie, Chun-Sheng Ren, De Zhen Wang, Shou-Zhe Li, Jia-Liang Zhang, Michael G. Kong
This letter reports the observation of self-organized patterns formed in a 29 mm wide atmospheric pressure plasma jet. By altering the gas flow rate and/or the applied voltage, the plasma jet is seen to have at least three different modes, namely, a diffuse-looking discharge, a self-organized discharge, and an unstable discharge with randomly occurring plasma channels. The self-organized discharge mode is characterized by several bright plasma channels embedded in a diffuse and dim plasma background. These plasma channels are regularly spaced from each other and their self-organized patterns are shown to evolve abruptly.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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Nie, Q. ... et al, 2007. Self-organised pattern formation of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet in a dielectric barrier discharge configuration. Applied Physics Letters, 90 (22), article 221504, pp. 1-3.

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© American Institute of Physics

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2007

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Copyright 2007 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the authors and the American Institute of Physics. This article appeared in the journal, Applied Physics Letters, and may be found at: http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/90/221504/1

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0003-6951;1077-3118

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  • en

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