Atmospheric plasma jet array for large scale surface treatment

Summary form only given. Atmospheric pressure plasma jets provide a convenient means to transport highly reactive chemical species, created under non-equilibrium conditions, to a downstream substrate. Consequently, such devices are considered the tool of choice in a wide variety of high-impact applications including biology, surface modification, surface coating and deposition^{1, 2, 3}. As the application scope of plasma jets expands there is a real need to scale such devices allowing them to treat larger areas. Unfortunately, as plasma jets are scaled beyond a few mm´s in diameter the stability of the plasma plume can become compromised with a detrimental impact on the downstream transport of species. One possible route to overcome this challenge is to construct an array structure consisting of multiple plasma jets in close proximity^{1, 2, 3}.