Ch. Leys

TL;DR: In this article, the application of the Stark broadening method to determine the electron density in low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma jets is discussed and the difficulty in the evaluation of the fine structure splitting of lines, which is important at low electron density, is analysed and recommendations on the applicability of the method for low ionization degree plasmas are given.

TL;DR: In this article, PDMS films are treated with a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) operating in air at medium pressure (5.0 kPa) and contact angle and XPS measurements reveal that plasma treatment increases the hydrophilicity of the PDMS film due to the incorporation of silanol groups at the expense of methyl groups.

TL;DR: In this article, an atmospheric pressure direct current (DC) plasma jet is investigated in N2 and dry air in terms of plasma properties and generation of active species in the active zone and the afterglow.

TL;DR: In this paper, a polyethylene (PE) is treated with a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) operating in air at medium pressure (5.0 kPa) and the surface properties of the treated PE films are characterized using contact angle measurements, surface free energy calculations and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy.

TL;DR: In this paper, a polyester nonwoven is plasma treated with a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in air at medium pressure (5.0 kPa) and at different discharge powers.