| AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition | |
| Plasma Science and Technology Division | Monday Sessions |
| Session PS+BI-MoA |
| Session: | Multiphase (Liquid, Solid, Gas) and Biological Related Plasmas |
| Presenter: | Peter Bruggeman, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands |
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During the last decade water containing non-equilibrium atmospheric pressure plasmas have received a continuously increasing attention in view of their potential in biomedical, environmental, chemical synthesis and material processing applications. This evolution coincides with a strong need for improved diagnostics to enable us to unravel the complex physics and chemistry of water containing plasmas. Both discharges containing a liquid water phase and only water in the vapor phase will be addressed in this contribution.
We will give an overview of the physical and chemical properties of these discharges. The main plasma parameters such as the electron density, gas and electron temperature will be presented and the complications of the interpretation of the diagnostics to obtain these plasma parameters will be discussed. Water containing discharges produce high radical densities such as OH, which is a key radical in several applications. Due to the often high electron density of these discharges recombination reactions are very important not only for radical production but also to explain the optical emission of these discharges. Key differences between liquid water containing discharges and more conventional gas discharges will be discussed.
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