High-Speed and Schlieren Imaging of a Low Power Inductively Coupled Plasma Source for Potential Biomedical Applications

Author

Boselli, Marco ; Cavrini, Francesca ; Colombo, Vittorio ; Ghedini, Emanuele ; Gherardi, Matteo ; Laurita, Romolo ; Liguori, Anna ; Sanibondi, Paolo ; Stancampiano, Augusto

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Univ. di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Volume

42

Issue

10

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

2748

Lastpage

2749

Abstract

High-speed and Schlieren imaging have been used to visualize ignition transients, discharge behavior and flow fields of a plasma device integrating a low-power inductively coupled plasma torch, generating a high temperature thermal plasma, with a quenching device, able to cool the gaseous effluent down to biocompatible temperatures for effective use in biomedical applications.

Keywords

antibacterial activity; biomedical engineering; discharges (electric); plasma applications; plasma diagnostics; plasma flow; plasma sources; plasma temperature; plasma torches; schlieren systems; Schlieren imaging; biocompatible temperatures; biomedical applications; discharge behavior; flow fields; gaseous effluent; high temperature thermal plasma; high-speed imaging; ignition transients; low power inductively coupled plasma source; low-power inductively coupled plasma torch; plasma device; pressure 1 atm; quenching device; Biomedical imaging; Ignition; Iterative closest point algorithm; Plasmas; Silicon; Transient analysis; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; bacterial inactivation; plasma diagnostics; plasma medicine; plasma sources; plasma sources.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2014.2319856

Filename

6813682