A9: Chemical kinetics model for plasma liquid interfaces

Principal Investigators: Lars Schücke, Thomas Mussenbrock

Team

Schücke, Lars (Principal Investigator)

Mussenbrock, Thomas (Principal Investigator)

He, Youfan (PhD)

Brinkmann, Ralf Peter (Senior Professor)

Description

This project is part of the consolidated simulation hub and aims to advance the mechanistic understanding and predictive modeling of plasma-liquid systems. It focuses on the coupled transport and reaction processes at the plasma-liquid interface and in the adjacent liquid bulk, driven by externally characterized plasma inputs such as species fluxes, electric fields, and energy densities. The project aims to provide a unified, open-source framework for simulating reactive transport in plasma-affected liquids, enabling coordinated, cross-scale modeling efforts across the consortium.

Publications

• Dynamics of reactive oxygen species produced by the COST microplasma jet
  S. Chur, R. Minke, Y. He, M. Vass, T. Mussenbrock, R. P. Brinkmann, E. Kemaneci, L. Schücke, V. Schulz von der Gathen, A. R. Gibson, M. Böke, J. Golda:
  arXiv (2025)
  
• Influence of gas flow rate on modes of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in a grid-type surface dielectric barrier discharge
  A. N. Torres Segura, K. Ikuse, S. Hamaguchi, A. R. Gibson, L. Schücke
  J. Appl. Phys. 137, 203306 (2025)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/1159
• Zero-dimensional simulations of DC ns-pulsed plasma jet in N₂ at near atmospheric pressure: validation of the vibrational kinetics
  Y. He, J. Kuhfeld, N. D. Lepikhin, U. Czarnetzki, V. Guerra, R. P. Brinkmann, A. R. Gibson, E. H. Kemaneci
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 33, 115011 (2024)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/1040
• Vibrational kinetics in repetitively pulsed atmospheric pressure nitrogen discharges: average-power-dependent switching behaviour
  H. L. Davies, V. Guerra, M. van der Woude, T. Gans, D. O'Connell, A. R. Gibson
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32, 014003 (2023)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/570
• State enhanced actinometry in the COST microplasma jet
  D. Steuer, H. van Impel, A. R. Gibson, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, M. Böke, J. Golda
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31, 10LT01 (2022)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/563
• Zero-dimensional and pseudo-one-dimensional models of atmospheric-pressure plasma jets in binary and ternary mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen with helium background
  Y. He, P. Preissing, D. Steuer, M. Klich, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, M. Böke, I. Korolov, J. Schulze, V. Guerra, R. P. Brinkmann, E. Kemaneci
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 105017 (2021)
  Repository: https://rdpcidat.rub.de/node/421
• A numerical analysis of a microwave induced coaxial surface wave discharge fed with a mixture of oxygen and hexamethyldisiloxane for the purpose of deposition
  E. Kemaneci, F. Mitschker, J. Benedikt, D. Eremin, P. Awakowicz, R. P. Brinkmann
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28, 115003 (2019)
  

Thesis

• Sebastian Wilczek, PhD thesis - 09/2018
  Nichtlokale und nichtlineare Elektronendynamik in kapazitiv gekoppelten Hochfrequenzplasmen
• Ryan Thomas Nguyen-Smith, Master thesis - 03/2018
  Comparison of spatially resolved ozone absorption spectroscopy with zero dimensional simulations
• Youfan He, PhD thesis - 12/2025
  A kinetic chemistry model for atmospheric pressure plasmas
• Youfan He, Master thesis - 05/2019
  Zero-dimensional numerical simulations of low-pressure inductive discharges and atmospheric-pressure plasma jets
• Ruyi Chen, Master thesis - 07/2022
  Simulation of dielectric barrier discharges for medical applications
• Guanxiang Ding, Bachelor thesis - 04/2023
  Charged particle kinetics in repetitively pulsed atmospheric pressure plasmas
• Carrie Tso, Master thesis - 07/2023
  Dissociation of carbon-containing molecules in atmospheric pressure plasma sources
• Fabian Verdaguer, Master thesis - 02/2024
  Inbetriebnahme eines plasmachemischen Reaktionssystems sowie Einbindung von Plasmadiagnostiken zur Prozessintensivierung

Further reading

• Global (volumeaveraged) model of inductively coupled chlorine plasma: Influence of Cl wall recombination and external heating on continuous plasmas
  E. Kemaneci, E. Carbone, J.-P. Booth, W. Graef, J. van Dijk, and G. Kroesen
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 23, 045002 (2014)
• A computational analysis of the vibrational levels of molecular oxygen in low-pressure stationary and transient radio-frequency oxygen plasma
  E. Kemaneci, J.-P. Booth, P. Chabert, J. van Dijk, T. Mussenbrock, R. P. Brinkmann
  Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 25, 025025 (2016)