Plasma–liquid interactions represent a growing interdisciplinary area of research involving
plasma science, fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, photolysis, multiphase chemistry …

As the fourth state of matter, plasma's unique properties and interactions with other states of
matter offer many promising opportunities for investigation and discovery. In particular, cold …

Considerable progress has been made over the last decades in thermal spray technologies,
practices and applications. However, like other technologies, they have to continuously …

Plasma spraying is often assumed to be a mature technology in which all the important
phenomena have been observed and described adequately. However, the intricate …

Environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) are needed to protect SiC structures exposed to high
temperatures in water vapor-rich environments. Recent studies of a tri-layer EBC system …

From the pioneering works of McPherson in 1973 who identified nanometre-sized features
in thermal spray conventional alumina coatings (using sprayed particles in the tens of …

Thermal barrier coatings used to protect the blades of aircraft and gas turbine engines are
primarily ceramic coatings with unique microstructures result of the deposition method used …

Pattern formation and self-organization are fascinating phenomena commonly observed in
diverse types of biological, chemical and physical systems, including plasmas. These …

A unified fluid flow and heat transfer model is developed by taking into account the coupled
transport mechanisms of the plasma arc, weld pool and keyhole in stationary plasma arc …

Thermal plasma devices have evolved over the years from an aerospace R&D tool for the
simulation of re-entry of space vehicles into powerful sources for a wide range of …