Overview on the research activities
of the department "low temperature plasma physics" of the Greifswald University

Here you can find first some pictures of our apparatus,
a short listing of current and future research projects
and following a list of key aspects of our research:
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Diagnostics of electrically generated gasdischarges:
Plasma-physical characterization of the gas discharges in the DC-mode as well as at different frequencies, at the various power interconnection, in the wide range of pressure : from the low pressure up to the normal pressure. 
Used types of discharges: Techniques of Diagnostics: Selected  Theses / Papers / Abstracts:
Radio Frequence discharge 
anomalous glow discharg
hollow-kathode 
positive column
dielectrically hindered discharge
 
electric probe (particularly in the case of the non-stationary and inhomogeneous plasma)
temporally resolved optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES): Cross- Correlation (CCS 0,3ns), intensified CCD (2 ns)
absorption spectroscopy
laser-based methods (LIF+TALIF) 
energy selective mass spectrometry extrahierter Ionen und Neutralteilchen
appearance potential and elektron attachment mass spectrometry
gas-chromatography
Spatio-temporally resolved spectroscopic
diagnostics of the barrier discharge in air
at atmospheric pressure, Cross- Correlation- Spectroscopy (2001).
Spatial density distribution of N2-triplets in low pressure rf discharges (LIF+OES), kalibration of the density (2001), axial profiles (2001), dissertation (2000, in german).
Emission spectroscopy in CF4/O2 low pressure plasmas, diploma thesis (2000).
Plasma chemistry:
Macro- and microscopic analysis of the plasma-chemical processes including irreversible Plasma-Solid State interactions. Development of the methods of the macroscopic kinetics and contributions to plasma-chemical similarity in non-thermal plasma-chemical reactors.
Topics: Methods: Selected  Theseses / Papers / Abstracts:
gas conversion
plasma etching
surface modification
film deposition
macroscopic kinetics
plasma-chemical similarity
modeling  of plasma-chemical processes (macro- and microscopic)
carbon dioxide conversion, IR diode laser absorption spectroscopy in low pressure glow discharges (2002).
Investigation of Low- Molecular Products of Hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) Conversion in RF-Discharge (ESCAMPIG 2000, Hungary)
 
Plasma-surface interaction:
Investigation of the elementary processes at the transition Plasma - Solid State
Selected  Topics: Deploied Analysing Methods: Selected  Theseses / Papers / Abstracts:
Characterization of  plasma sheathes
Characterization / analysis of  surfaces and thin films
Structure-property relationships of plasma modified polymers and thin organic films (particularly optical properties)
Special techniques of FTIR-spectroscopy (ATR, IRRAS)
in-situ ellipsometry, spectral ellipsometry, plasmon ellipsometry
in-situ microgravimetry
In situ characterisation of thin-film formation in molecular low-temperature plasmas, ellipsometry, FTIR and microgravimetry (2001).
IR spectroscopic characterisation of plasma modified polymer surfaces, Dissertation (1996).
modified 12.09.2007

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