Incorporation of realistic models of plasma-electrode interaction remains a bottleneck in the
development of predictive models of devices with high-pressure arcs. The most important …

Pattern formation in plasma–solid interaction represents a great research challenge in many
applications from plasma etching to surface treatment, whereby plasma attachments on …

The atmospheric pressure arcs have recently found application in the production of
nanoparticles. The distinguishing features of such arcs are small length and hot ablating …

Arc splitting is one of the most important processes in accomplishing a power interruption by
multiplying the number of voltage drops. During arc-plate interaction, the arc roots erode and …

The near-cathode region plays a crucial role in exploring the transport characteristics of the
transition from arc column to the hot cathode in atmospheric-pressure arc discharges …

Plasma–solid interaction represents a major concern in many applications such as power-
interruption and plasma–metal processing. Characterized by high-current density and …

Understanding of the plasma physics in ablating carbon arcs plays an important role in the
synthesis of carbon nanomaterials. In this paper, ablating carbon arc discharges in …

Since experiments cannot clarify the mechanism of current transfer to non-thermionic arc
cathodes, this can only be done by means of numerical modelling based on first principles …

This work presents a study of the region of nanoparticle growth in an atmospheric pressure
carbon arc. The nanoparticles are detected using the planar laser-induced incandescence …

Contemporary models of bounded plasmas assume that the target plasma electron
temperature far exceeds the temperature of the cold electrons emitted from the target, T emit …