Nanosecond-Pulsed Uniform Dielectric-Barrier Discharge

• Published in: IEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 504 - 508
• Main Authors: Ayan, H., Fridman, G., Gutsol, A.F., Vasilets, V.N., Fridman, A., Friedman, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.04.2008; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Atmospheric pressure; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; Barometric pressure; Biomedical electrodes; Biomedical engineering; Dielectric properties; Dielectrics; Discharge; Electric discharges; Electrodes; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Glass; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanosecond discharge; Nanostructure; Other gas discharges; Physics; Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges; Physics of plasmas and electric discharges; Plasma applications; Plasma measurements; plasma medicine; Pulse circuits; Spark gaps; Sterilization; uniform dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD); Voltage; uniform dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD); plasma medicine; Nanosecond discharge; Dielectric barrier discharge; Atmospheric pressure; Sterilization; Air; Medical application; Capacitive discharge
• ISSN: 0093-3813; 1939-9375
• DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.917947

The authors report a new nanosecond-pulsed dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) for sterilization and other medical applications. In the literature, several discharges have been reported, with pulse durations on the order of hundreds of nanoseconds. In this paper, a novel pulsed DBD has been developed, with only few tens of nanosecond pulsewidths working uniformly over large range of electrode gap distance in air under atmospheric pressure.