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International Online Plasma Seminar (IOPS)

Effective January 1, 2022, the IOPS website is hosted by the APS Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC). Current information and schedule of upcoming seminars may be found there. For past seminars, please see the archive below.

Archive of Past Seminars

2021

Date Speaker (Affiliation) Presentation
14 January 2021 Dr. Mujahid Zaka-ul-Islam Institute for Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Plasma Propagation in a Patterned Dielectric Barrier Discharge at Different Length Scales PDF (20 MB) Video recording
28 January 2021 Thomas Charoy École Polytechnique, France A Comparison between Kinetic Theory and PIC Simulations of Anomalous Electron Transport in E x B Plasma Discharges PDF (4 MB) Video recording
28 January 2021 Prof. Young-chul Ghim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea New Low Temperature Plasma Device with a Magnetic X-point and Its Properties PDF (153 MB) Video recording
11 February 2021 Prof. Jan Benedikt Kiel University, Germany Mass Spectrometry for Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas PDF (4 MB) Video recording
25 February 2021 Li Wang Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Electron Power Absorption Dynamics in Magnetized Capacitively Coupled Radio Frequency Oxygen Discharges PDF (2 MB) Video recording
11 March 2021 Prof. Selma Mededovic Thagard Clarkson University, USA The Effect of Bulk Liquid Mixing on the Performance of Gas-liquid Plasma Reactors PDF (17 MB) Video recording
25 March 2021 Prof. Richard Wirz University of California, Los Angeles, USA Persistent Sputtering Yield Reduction in Plasma-Infused Foams PDF (6 MB) Video recording
25 March 2021 Mikael Tacu École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, France Convenient Analytical Formula for Cluster Mean Diameter and Dispersion After Nucleation Burst Video recording
8 April 2021 Dr.-Ing. Jan Trieschmann Cottbus University, Germany Machine Learning in Low Temperature Plasma Science PDF (16 MB) Video recording
22 April 2021 Dr. Martin Rudolph Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering, Leipzig, Germany Optimizing the Deposition Rate and Ionized Flux Fraction by Tuning the Pulse Length in High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering PDF (2 MB) Video recording
22 April 2021 Prof. Ken Hara Stanford University, USA Cross-field Electron Diffusion Due to the Coupling of Drift-driven Microinstabilities PDF (9 MB) Video recording
6 May 2021 Dr. Dirk Hegemann Empa, St.Gallen, Switzerland Plasma Polymerization in Industrial Applications PDF (3 MB) Video recording
20 May 2021 Brayden Myers North Carolina State University Atomic Oxygen Determination in the COST Jet: From the Gas Phase with a Liquid Target to the Liquid PPTX (5 MB) Video recording
20 May 2021 Dr. Tat Loon Chng École Polytechnique, France Electric Field Measurements in Plasmas: How Focusing Strongly Distorts the E-FISH Signal Video recording
3 June 2021 Dr. Matthew Hopkins Sandia National Laboratories, USA 3D Unstructured PIC DSMC Simulation: Challenges and Examples PDF (3 MB) Video recording
17 June 2021 Dr. Alejandro Alvarez Laguna LPP, École Polytechnique, France Comparison of Multi-fluid Models with PIC Simulations (ICPs) PDF (33 MB) Video recording
8 July 2021 Prof. Quan-Zhi Zhang Dalian University of Technology, China PIC Simulations of Plasma Streamers in Atmospheric Pressure Volume and Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharges PDF (3 MB) Video recording
22 July 2021 Lui Habl École Polytechnique, France Expansion of Plasma Plumes Generated by Ion Sources Using RF Grid Biasing PDF (2 MB) Video recording
22 July 2021 Dr. Laurent Garrigues LAPLACE Laboratory, CNRS, France Electron Drift Instability in a Hall Thruster: Comparisons between Standard and Sparse Grid PIC Approaches PDF (3 MB) Video recording
5 August 2021 Dr. Bocong Zheng Fraunhofer USA Center Midwest, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA Electron Dynamics in Radio Frequency Magnetron Argon Discharges PDF (3 MB) Video recording
19 August 2021 Prof. Tanvir Farouk University of South Carolina, USA Negative Hydroxyl Ions for Breakdown in Liquid Water PDF (4 MB) Video recording
19 August 2021 Prof. Janie McClurkin Moore Texas A&M University, USA Atmospheric Cold Plasma (ACP) Treatment Impacts on Distillers Wet Grains PDF (7 MB) Video recording
2 September 2021 Prof. Daniel Lundin Linköping University, Sweden Optimizing Ionization and Deposition Rate in High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering PDF (8 MB) Video recording
16 September 2021 David Schulenberg Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Multi-diagnostic Experimental Verification of 1d3v PIC/MCC Simulations of Low Pressure RF CCPs in Argon PDF (7 MB) Video recording
16 September 2021 Dr. Dmitry Levko Esgee Technologies, USA New Insights into the Physics and Chemistry of ICP Discharge in CF4/O2 Mixture PPTX (2 MB) Video recording
30 September 2021 Dr. Loïc Schiesko CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, France Physics of Negative Hydrogen Ion Sources: A Review PDF (2 MB) PPTX (6 MB) Video recording
14 October 2021 Dr. Alexandros Gerakis Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin Scattering for VDF, Density and Temperature Measurement of Neutral Species in a Discharge PDF (8 MB) Video recording
28 October 2021 Prof. Jonathan Tennyson University College London, UK Electron Impact Collision Cross-sections and the Quantemol Database PDF (3 MB) Video recording
11 November 2021 Prof. Vasco Guerra University of Lisbon, Portugal Oxygen and Propellant Production on Mars PDF (8 MB) Video recording
25 November 2021 Dr. David Pai Ecole Polytechnique, France In-situ Raman Spectroscopy of Bulk Liquid vs. Interfaces of Water in Contact with Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas Video recording
9 December 2021 Prof. Jón Tómas Guðmundsson University of Iceland, Iceland Electron Power Absorption in Electronegative Capacitively Coupled Discharges of Complex Chemistry Video recording

2020

Date Speaker (Affiliation) Presentation
30 January 2020 Chenhui Qu University of Michigan, USA Computational Investigation of Plasma Enhanced ALD of SiO2 PPTX (15 MB)
20 February 2020 Benedek Horváth Wigner Research Centre for Physics and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Experimental and Kinetic Simulation Study of Electron Power Absorption Mode Transitions in Capacitive RF Discharges in Neon PDF (2 MB)
27 February 2020 Prof. Alexander Bataller North Carolina State University, USA Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Two-Component Plasma via Ultrafast Spectroscopy PPTX (96 MB)
23 April 2020 Brayden Myers North Carolina State University, USA Cost Jet: Liquid Chemistry and Impact on Biological Samples PPTX (7 MB)
4 June 2020 Dr. David Shaw York Plasma Institute, UK Indoor Air Chemistry PDF (3 MB)
02 July 2020 Prof. Mark Kushner University of Michigan, USA Interactions Between Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas and Complex Surfaces PDF (6 MB) PPTX (101 MB) Video recording
16 July 2020 Dr. Kai Zhao Dalian University of Technology, China Nonlinear Standing Wave Excitation in Very-high-frequency Capacitive Discharges PDF (6 MB) Video recording
13 August 2020 Dr. Friederike Kogelheide Institute for General Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany The Role of Humidity and UV-C Emission in the Inactivation of B. Subtilis Spores During Atmospheric-pressure DBD Treatment PDF (2 MB) Video recording
27 August 2020 Dr. Tagra Samir Institute for Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany An Algebraic RF Sheath Model for Complex Excitation Waveforms and a Broad Range of Pressure Video recording
10 September 2020 Joel Brandon North Carolina State University, USA Plasma Facing Surface Materials and Their Affects on LP Pulsed Plasma Characteristics PPTX (15 MB) Video recording
24 September 2020 Yong-Xin Liu Dalian University of Technology, China Temporal Evolution Behaviors During the Re-ignition Phase of Pulsed CCRF Discharges PDF (4 MB) Video recording
21 October 2020 Sebastian Dzikowski Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Electric Field Behaviour of a Micro Cavity Plasma Array (MCPA) Measured by Stark Shift of Helium PDF (2 MB) Video recording
5 November 2020 Yao Du North Carolina State University, USA Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Glancing-angle Scattering of Ar+ on SiO2 Surface Video recording
19 November 2020 Patrick Hermanns Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) at High Frequencies: Characterization and Control PDF (3 MB) PPTX (83 MB) Video recording
3 December 2020 Youfan He Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Zero–dimensional Simulations of He, He/O2, He/N2 and He/N2/O2 Microscale Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet PDF (3 MB) Video recording
17 December 2020 Sascha Thiemann-Monjé Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Azimuthal Ion Transport in HiPIMS Plasmas PDF (13 MB) Video recording