Publications & Presentations

Recent Publications

L P Beving, M. M. Hopkins, and S D Baalrud, “Electron-Field Instability: Excitation of electron plasma waves by an ambipolar electric field,” Phys of Plasma. 30, 112105 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0156041)

M. Vorenkamp, S. Steinmetz, X. Mao, Z. Shi, A. Starikovskiy, Y. Ju, C. Kliewer, “Effect of Plasma Enhanced Low Temperature Chemistry on Deflagration to Detonation Transition in a Microchannel”, AIAA Journal 61 (11), 4821 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J062966)

A. Iqbal, B. Z. Bentz, Y. Zhou, K. Youngman, and P. Zhang, “Pulsed photoemission induced plasma breakdown,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.  56 505204, (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/acfa0d

Marien Simeni Simeni , Yashuang Zheng, Edward V Barnat, and Peter J Bruggeman, “Townsend to glow discharge transition for a nanosecond pulse plasma in helium: space charge formation and resulting electric field dynamics,” Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30 (2021) 055004. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abf320)

Katharina Stapelmann, Brayden Myers, Maria Herrera Quesada, Eleanor Lenker and Pietro J Ranieri, “Following O and OH in He/O2 and He/H2O gas mixtures—from the gas phase through the liquid phase to modifications on a biological sample,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 54, 434003. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac18ec)

Brayden Myers, Edward Barnat, Katharina Stapelmann, “Atomic oxygen density determination in the effluent of the COST Reference Source using in situ effective lifetime measurements in the presence of a liquid interface,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.  54, 455202. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac1cb5) 

L. Beving, S. Baalrud, M. M. Hopkins, “Simulations of ion heating due to ion-acoustic instabilities in presheaths”, Phys. Plasmas 28, 123516 (2021); (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0068179 ) Editor’s Pick.

J. Yang, D. Go, E. Barnat, A. Sim, “Spatiotemporally resolved measurements of electric field around a piezoelectric transformer using electric-field induced second harmonic (E-FISH) generation,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 225203. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac406a)

L P Beving, M. M. Hopkins, and S D Baalrud, “How sheath edge properties change with gas pressure: modeling and simulation,” Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 (2022) 84009. (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6595/ac85d7.)

Dirk van den Bekerom, Caleb Richards, Erxiong Huang, Igor Adamovich, and Jonathan Frank “2D imaging of absolute methyl concentrations in nanosecond pulsed plasma by photo-fragmentation laser-induced fluorescence,” Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 (2022) 095018. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac8f6c).

A.M. Lietz, R.E. Groenwald, P. Scherpelz, M.M. Hopkins, “Kinetic simulations of ignited mode cesium vapor thermionic converters”. J. Appl. Phys. 133 (2). (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0117599) –

Christopher M. Burger, Nils Hansen, Angie J. Zhang, Yiguang Ju, “Plasma-Assisted Chemical-Looping Combustion: Low-Temperature Methane and Ethylene Oxidation with Nickel Oxide,” J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 3, 789–798, (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c07184).

Dirk van den Bekerom, Malik M. Tahiyat, Erxiong Huang, Jonathan H. Frank, and Tanvir I. Farouk, “2D-imaging of absolute OH and H₂O2 profiles in a He-H₂O nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge by photo-fragmentation laser-induced fluorescence,” – Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 015006. (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acaa53)

Madeline Vorenkamp, Scott A. Steinmetz, Timothy Y. Chen, Yiguang Ju, and Christopher J. Kliewer, “Suppression of coherent interference to electric-field-induced second-harmonic (E-FISH) signals for the measurement of electric field in mesoscale confined geometries,” Opt. Lett. 48, 1930-1933 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.485007)

Haodong Chen, Ruzheng Zhang, Handong Liao, Jiuzhong Yang, Nils Hansen, Bin Yang, “Molecular beam mass spectrometry study on plasma assisted low-temperature oxidation of ethylene,” Proc. of the Combustion Institute, 39 (2023) 5477-5486. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2022.06.024).

Christopher M. Burger, Nils Hansen, Angie J. Zhang, Yiguang Ju, “Plasma-assisted chemical-looping combustion Mechanistic insights into low temperature methane oxidation with CuO,” Proc. of the Combustion Institute, 39 (2023) 5551-5560. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2022.07.156).

Madeline Vorenkamp, Scott A. Steinmetz, Timothy Y. Chen, Xingqian Mao, Andrey Starikovskiy, Christopher Kliewer, Yiguang Ju, “Plasma-assisted Deflagration to Detonation Transition in a Microchannel with Hybrid fs/ps Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Measurements”, Proc. of the Combustion Institute 39 (2023) 5561–5569. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2022.08.133).

A. Iqbal, B. Z. Bentz, Y. Zhou, K. Youngman, and P. Zhang, “Pulsed photoemission induced plasma breakdown,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.  56 505204, (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/acfa0d).

M. Vorenkamp, S. Steinmetz, X. Mao, Z. Shi, A. Starikovskiy, Y. Ju, C. Kliewer, “Effect of Plasma Enhanced Low Temperature Chemistry on Deflagration to Detonation Transition in a Microchannel”, AIAA Journal 61 (11), 4821 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J062966).

L P Beving, M. M. Hopkins, and S D Baalrud, “Electron-Field Instability: Excitation of electron plasma waves by an ambipolar electric field,” Phys of Plasma. 30, 112105 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0156041)

Recent Presentations

39^th International Symposium on Combustion:

• Haodong Chen, Ruzheng Zhang, Handong Liao, Jiuzhong Yang, Nils Hansen, Bin Yang, “Molecular beam mass spectrometry study on plasma assisted low-temperature oxidation of ethylene” 39^th Int. Symposium on Combustion 2022 (http://www.combustionsymposia.org/2022/)

• Christopher M. Burger, Nils Hansen, Angie J. Zhang, Yiguang Ju, “Plasma-assisted chemical-looping combustion Mechanistic insights into low temperature methane oxidation with CuO,” 39^th Int. Symposium on Combustion 2022 (http://www.combustionsymposia.org/2022/)
• Madeline Vorenkamp, Scott A. Steinmetz, Timothy Y. Chen, Xingqian Mao, Andrey Starikovskiy, Christopher Kliewer, Yiguang Ju, “Plasma-assisted Deflagration to Detonation Transition in a Microchannel with Hybrid fs/ps Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Measurements,” 39^th Int. Symposium on Combustion 2022. (http://www.combustionsymposia.org/2022/)

75^th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference, 1-7 October 2022, Sendai, Japan:

• C. J. Kliewer, M. Vorenkamp, S. Steinmetz, T. Chen, Y. Ju., P. Bruggeman, “Probing plasma-chemistry interactions through novel ultrafast nonlinear laser diagnostics,” GEC, session DF2. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/DF2.4)
• D van den Bekerom, C. Richards, M. M. Tahiyat, E. Huang, I. V. Adamovitch, T. I. Farouk, J. H. Frank, “Imaging of Hydrogen Peroxide and Methyl in Nanosecond Pulsed Plasmas by Photofragmentation Laser-Induced Fluorescence,” GEC Session DR5. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/DF5.7)
• B. Z. Bentz, K. Youngman, A. Iqbal, Y. Zhou, P. Zhang, “Photoemission induced plasma breakdown,” GEC Session DT1. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/DT1.1)
• L. P. Beving, M. M. Hopkins, S. D. Baalrud, “How sheath properties change with gas pressure: modeling and simulation,” GEC Session ET2. https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/ET2.4)
• M. Vorenkamp, S. Steinmetz, T. Chen, A. Starikovskiy, C. J. Kliewer, Y. Ju, “Plasma-assisted Deflagration to Detonation Transition of Dimethyl Ether in a Microchannel,” GEC Session FR4.( https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/FR4.5)
• A. M. Lietz, S. Rauf, P. Tian, J. Kenney, M. M. Hopkins, “Insights from Modeling Low-Pressure High-Voltage Dual-Frequency Capacitively Coupled Plasmas,” GEC Session FR5. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/FR5.3)
• B. Z. Bentz, K. Youngman, “Progress on development of optical tomography as a plasma diagnostic,” GEC Session HT4. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/HT4.17)
• M. M. Hopkins, C. H. Moore, A. Kyritsakis, “Simulations of Cathode Plasma Expansion in Vaccum,” GEC Session HT4. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/HT4.35)
• A. S. Fierro, M. M. Hopkins, T. Hardin, A. M. Lietz, A. Belianinov, B. Z. Bentz, “Analysis of a radiofrequency plasma reactor for etching,” GEC Session HT4 (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/HT4.38)
• S. M. Sickafoose, B. Z. Bentz, J. H. Frank, N. Hansen, M. M. Hopkins, C. J. Kliewer, A. M. Lietz, D. van den Bekerom, “Update on Sandia National Laboratories Plasma Research Facility,” GEC Session HW6. ( https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/HW6.5)
• N. Hansen, A. Zang, C. Burger, Y. Ju, J. Choe, W. Sun, “Probing the Detailed Chemistry of Plasma-Assisted Processes: Opportunities for Mass Spectrometry,” GEC Session IF1. (https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/GEC22/Session/IF1.2)