Project information
Atmospheric-pressure diffuse coplanar surface discharges for polymer surface treatments and plasma deposition

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Project Identification
GA202/03/0708
Project Period
1/2003 - 12/2004
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
Czech Science Foundation
MU Faculty or unit
Faculty of Science
Cooperating Organization
Institute of Plasma Physics of the ASCR, v. v. i.
Comenius University in Bratislava

The use of atmospheric-pressure nonequlibrium plasmas to replace low-pressure plasmas applied for surface treatments of polymer materials is a significant current trend in industrial plasma engineering. The crux is the availability of robust and cost-effective sources of atmospheric-pressure plasmas capable of meeting the basic on-line treatment requirements. Atmospheric-pressure glow discharges (APGDs) systems have been considered as the most promising solution. However, the discharge stabilityhas continued to be a vexing problem preventing APGDs from becoming commercial successes. The proposed project is aimed to study the physical mechanism and potential applications of the diffuse coplanar surface discharge (DCSD) and to develop new fabrication techniques for ceramics-coated DCSD electrodes with long operation lifetimes. DCSD is a newly invented plasma source capable of generating macroscopically uniform thin layers of diffuse plasmas in various reactive gases.

Publications

Total number of publications: 11


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