A Cold Atmospheric-Pressure Helium Plasma Generated in Flexible Tubing

Author

Johnson, Valencia S. ; Zhu, WeiDong ; Wang, Rachel ; Re, Justin Lo ; Sivaram, Shobika ; Mahoney, Jenny ; Lopez, Jose L.

Author_Institution

Center for Microplasma Sci. & Technol., St. Peter´´s Coll., Jersey City, NJ, USA

Volume

39

Issue

11

fYear

2011

Firstpage

2360

Lastpage

2361

Abstract

Cold atmospheric-pressure plasma jets (APPJs) have been the topic of much interest recently. An understanding for most of the plasma generation and jet mode operation has been developed using glass as the tubing material. We are showing the operation of APPJs in flexible Teflon tubings. This material is important not only because it allows the plasma device to be flexible but also because it is commonly used in the medical industry. Therefore, even if jet mode operation is not achieved, plasma with a low gas temperature and confined to the inner side of the tubing is highly desirable as a potential cleaning tool.

Keywords

glass; helium; plasma confinement; plasma devices; plasma jets; plasma temperature; He; cold atmospheric-pressure helium plasma; cold atmospheric-pressure plasma jets; flexible Teflon tubing; gas temperature; jet mode operation; plasma device; pressure 1 atm; Dielectrics; Discharges; Electrodes; Glass; Helium; Plasmas; Atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2011.2160737

Filename

5976459