The suspension plasma spraying process is investigated by using shadow imaging techniques to appreciate the different trajectories of the liquid jet interacting with a DC highenergy plasma flow. Then, the modelling of different liquid injections (isolated droplet, train of droplets and continuous jet) helps to determine which injection type must be preferred. From that, coating depositions have...

Sweeping double probe measurements in an atmospheric pressure direct current vortex-stabilized plasma jet are reported (plasma conditions: 100 A discharge current, N2 gas flow rate of 25 Nl/min, thoriated tungsten rod-type cathode, copper anode with 5 mm inner diameter). The interpretation of the double probe characteristic was based on a generalization of the standard double floating probe for...

Experiments were designed to test the hypothesis that endothelin (ET) and/or reactive oxygen species contribute to the pressor response induced by acute air jet stress in normotensive Dahl salt-sensitive rats maintained on a normal salt diet (prehypertensive). Mean arterial pressure was chronically monitored by telemetry before and after 3-day treatment with the free radical scavenger 4-hydroxy...

There is a growing literature database that demonstrates the therapeutic potential of cold atmospheric plasma (herein referred to as plasma). Given the breadth of proposed applications (e.g. from teeth whitening to cancer therapy) and vast gamut of plasma devices being researched, it is timely to consider plasma interactions with specific components of the cell in more detail. Plasma can produc...

Abstract Laser fusion cutting commonly applies a high-pressurized nitrogen gas jet to blow the molten material out of cut kerf. However, theoretical considerations suggest that use plasma may offer some advantages over this conventional approach. In preliminary investigation, characteristics non-transferred for application as auxiliary in laser beam are analyzed using numerical CFD simulation. ...

The atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) has been widely investigated for sterilization of surfaces, but studies on surface chemical changes of model compounds in controlled environments have been lacking. We present measurements on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy after 1% O2 in Ar APPJ treatments in controlled ambients composed of N2/Ar mixtures. By varying th...