Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

DOI

10.3389/fphy.2022.1040658

Publication Title

Frontiers in Physics

Volume

10

Pages

1040658 (1-12)

Abstract

Low temperature plasmas (LTPs) enable to create a highly reactive environment at near ambient temperatures due to the energetic electrons with typical kinetic energies in the range of 1 to 10 eV (1 eV = 11600K), which are being used in applications ranging from plasma etching of electronic chips and additive manufacturing to plasma-assisted combustion. LTPs are at the core of many advanced technologies. Without LTPs, many of the conveniences of modern society would simply not exist. New applications of LTPs are continuously being proposed. Researchers are facing many grand challenges before these new applications can be translated to practice. In this paper, we will discuss the challenges being faced in the field of LTPs, in particular for atmospheric pressure plasmas, with a focus on health, energy and sustainability.

Rights

© 2022 Lu, Bruggeman, Reuter, Naidis, Bogaerts, Laroussi, Keidar, Robert, Pouvesle, Liu and Ostrikov.

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original authors and the copyright owners are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Original Publication Citation

Lu, X., Bruggeman, P. J., Reuter, S., Naidis, G., Bogaerts, A., Laroussi, M., Keidar, M., Robert, E., Pouvesle, J.-M., Liu, D., & Ostrikov, K. (2022). Grand challenges in low temperature plasmas. Frontiers in Physics, 10, 1-12, Article 1040658. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.1040658

ORCID

0000-0001-6871-9001 (Laroussi)

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