B2: Self-organisation of sub-micrometer surface structures stimulated by microplasma generated reactive species and short-pulsed laser irradiation

Principal Investigators: M. Böke, J. Golda, V. Schulz-von der Gathen

Team

Schulz-von der Gathen, Volker (Principal Investigator)

Böke, Marc (Principal Investigator)

Steuer, David (PhD)

Chur, Sascha (PhD)

Labenski, Robin (Staff)

Golda, Judith (Principal Investigator)

Description

The efficiency of catalysts is strongly dependent on their surface structures and its chemical state. This project is aiming at the plasma-laser induced modification and creation of microstructured, reactive surfaces that can be used in catalysis. Based on plasma-generated reactive species and the knowledge of generation and destruction mechanisms in the effluent, we tailor density distributions and fluxes of reactive species to surfaces, that are simultaneously (self-organised) structured by laser irradiation. Active and passive optical methods are applied to investigate the plasma kinetics and fluence of reactive species to surfaces. Ex-situ diagnostics complete the picture by investigation the surface properties down to the level of chemical states, its struture and catalytic performance.

Publications

• State enhanced actinometry in the COST microplasma jet
  D. Steuer, H. van Impel, A. R. Gibson, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, M. Böke, J. Golda
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 (2022), 10LT01
• The effects of the driving frequencies on micro atmospheric pressure He/N₂ plasma jets driven by tailored voltage waveforms
  G. Hübner, L. Bischoff, I. Korolov, Z. Donkó, M. Leimkühler, Y. Liu, M. Böke, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, T. Mussenbrock, J. Schulze
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 095204 (2022)
• Dedicated setup to isolate plasma catalysis mechanisms
  C. Stewig, T. Urbanietz, L. Chauvet, M. Böke, A. von Keudell
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 134005 (2021)
• 2d spatially resolved O atom density profiles in an atmospheric pressure plasma jet: from the active plasma volume to the effluent
  D. Steuer, I. Korolov, S. Chur, J. Schulze, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, J. Golda, M. Böke
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 355204 (2021)
• A zero-dimensional model of atmospheric-pressure plasma jet in binary and ternary mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen with helium background
  Y. He, P. Preissing, D. Steuer, M. Klich, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, M. Böke, I. Korolov, J. Schulze, V. Guerra, R. P. Brinkmann, E. Kemaneci
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 105017 (2021)
• Atomic oxygen generation in atmospheric pressure RF plasma jets driven by tailored voltage waveforms in mixtures
  I. Korolov, D. Steuer, L. Bischoff, G. Hübner, Y. Liu, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, M. Böke, T. Mussenbrock, J. Schulze
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 125203 (2021)
• Micro atmospheric pressure plasma jets excited in He/O₂ by voltage waveform tailoring: A study based on a numerical hybrid model and experiments
  Y. Liu, I. Korolov, J. Trieschmann, D. Steuer, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, M. Böke, L. Bischoff, G. Hübner, J. Schulze, T. Mussenbrock
  Plasma Source. Sci. Technol. 30, 064001 (2021)
• Oxygen removal from a hydrocarbon containing gas stream by plasma catalysis
  T. Urbanietz, C. Stewig, M. Böke, A. von Keudell
  Plasma Chem Plasma Process 41, 619 (2021)
• Reproducibility of 'COST Reference Microplasma Jets'
  F. Riedel, J. Golda, J. Held, H. Davis, M. van der Woulde, J. Bredin, K. Niemi, T. Gans, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, D. O'Connell
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29 (2020) 095018
• 3-dimensional density distributions of NO in the effluent of the COST Reference MicroplasmaJet operated in He/N₂/O₂ admixture
  P. Preissing, I. Korolov, J. Schulze, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, M. Böke
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29, 125001 (2020)
• Treating Surfaces with a Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma using the COST-Jet
  J. Golda, K. Sgonina, J. Held, J. Benedikt, V. Schulz-von der Gathen
  J. Vis. Exp. (165), e61801
• Helium metastable species generation in atmospheric pressure RF plasma jets driven by tailored voltage waveforms in mixtures of He and N₂
  I. Korolov, M. Leimkühler, M. Böke, J. Schulze, Z. Donkó, T. Lafleur, S. Wilczek, R.P. Brinkmann V. Schulz-von der Gathen, L. Bischoff, G. Hübner, P. Hartmann, T. Gans, Y. Liu, T. Mussenbrock, J. Schulze
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53 (2020) 185201
• Comparison of electron heating and energy loss mechanisms in an RF plasma jet operated in argon and helium
  J. Golda, J. Held, V. Schulz-von der Gathen
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29 (2020) 025014
• Nitrosylation vs. oxidation – how to modulate cold physical plasmas for biological applications
  J. W. Lackmann, G. Bruno, H. Jablonowski, F. Kogelheide, B. Offerhaus, J. Held, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, K. Stapelmann, Th. von Woedtke, K. Wende
  PLOS ONE 14 (2019) e0216606
• Dissipated electrical power and electron density in an RF atmospheric pressure helium plasma jet
  J. Golda, F. Kogelheide, P. Awakowicz, V. Schulz-von der Gathen
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28 (2019) 095023
• Applications of the COST Plasma Jet: More than a Reference Standard
  Y. Gorbanev, J. Golda, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, A. Bogaerts
  Plasma 2019, 2(3), 316-327
• Experimental and computational investigations of electron dynamics in micro atmospheric pressure radio-frequency plasma jets operated in He/N₂ mixture
  L. Bischoff, G. Hübner, I. Korolov, Z. Donkó, P. Hartmann, T. Gans, J. Held, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, Y. Liu, T. Mussenbrock, J. Schulze
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27 (2018)125009

Thesis

• Patrick Preissing, PhD thesis - 12/2022
  Self-organisation of sub-micrometer surface structures stimulated by microplasma generated reactive species and short-pulsed laser irradiation
• David Steuer, Bachelor thesis - 09/2018
  Reproducibility of density and temperature profiles in the COST-Microplasmajet
• Alexander Knodel, Master thesis - 09/2018
  Studies on microplasmajet-discharges with N2/O2 admixtures in front of surfaces
• Alexander Böddecker, Master thesis - 09/2019
  Comparison of Atomic Oxygen Densities in a Coplanar Plasma Jet with ns or RF Excitation
• David Steuer, Master thesis - 09/2020
  Comparative Investigation of Two-Dimensional Oxygen Distributions in Microplasmas by Optical Methods
• Lennart Kulik, Bachelor thesis - 09/2022
  Influence of plasma treatment on laser-induced surface structures
• Robin Labenski, Bachelor thesis - 09/2021
  Konditionierung von metallischen Schichten durch Laser- und Plasmawechselwirkung

Further reading

• Spatial dynamics of helium metastables in sheath or bulk dominated rf micro-plasma jets,
  B. Niermann, T. Hemke, N.Y. Babaeva, M. B¨oke, M.J. Kushner, T. Mussenbrock, and J. Winter,
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 44 (2011) 485204
• Application of a mode-locked fiber laser for highly time resolved broadband absorption spectroscopy and laser assisted breakdown on micro-plasmas,
  B. Niermann, I.L. Budunoglu, K. Gurel, M. Böke, F.Ö. Ilday, and J.Winter
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 45, 245202 (2012)