Destroying greenhouse gases with plasma

dielectric barrier discharge reactor

Nonthermal plasma operated in dielectric barrier discharge decomposes the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide into its constituent elements: oxygen and nitrogen.

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Size Effects of Silver Nanoparticles

SEM and STEM images showing spherical-like silver nanoparticles with 50 nm diameter.

Size affects the deposition of silver nanoparticles onto polyamide fabrics, Portuguese researchers have found.

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Sputtering of PET

PET etch yields as a function of argon ion energy. The argon ion beam is produced by a plasma source which is also an inherent source of UV radiation.

Etching of PET in a plasma has been mimicked in a particle beam experiment by exposing spin-coated PET samples to quantified fluxes ions and atoms.

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Barrier Coating Reduces Plasticizer Leaching from PVC

SEM image of siloxane based coating on PVC

A new technology developed by FILK Freiberg and Fraunhofer IST allows production of films only 1 µm on PVC, which are effective barrier for plasticizers.

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Monitored gluthathion oxidation in argon plasma

Test arrangement

The action of plasma at the gas-solution interface in argon on reduced glutathione has been investigated through Raman spectroscopy.

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New Surfaces for Tissue Engineering

Modified Surfaces

Plasma polymerization technique is used to modify the surface of a biologically inert substrate for the purpose of enhancing cell adhesion.

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Understanding Plasma Medicine? A New Model Helps to Explain

Atomic oxygen (a) and SDO density (b) as a function of power density at different oxigen admixture

In plasma medicine reactive oxygen species are attracting increasing attention due to their wide potential applications.

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Plasma-Assisted Electrosurgery

Plasma knive

New research studies a combination of electrosurgery and plasma chemistry for tissue removal with less heat generation but maintaining fast dissection of tissue.

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Nanotexturing of transparent polymers with plasma etching

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New work in nanotechnology: nanotexturing of plastics improves anti-reflectivity.

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Improved Bonding of Acrylic Paints

The experimental setup used for the plasma deposition.

Environmentally friendly coatings for use as a primer between aluminium alloys and acrylic paints?

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