Solar thermal energy can be captured on absorbent surfaces, but coatings tend to deteriorate, due changes in hue, shocks, or detachment of all layers. There is a great challenge reducing the deterioration because environmental factors such as corrosion, impact, and dust control, among others. The interact with incident solar radiation transforming it heat energy, selectivity allows low emissivi...

This study explores the co-deposition of thin polymeric films loaded with nanoparticles for its possible future application as radiation detectors. Thin containing zinc oxide (ZnO) in plasma polymerized n-hexane (PPH) were deposited on silicon substrates using an atmospheric pressure jet (APPJ). Crystalline ZnO produced by wet chemistry, characterized, and injected through aerosol buffer. The p...

This paper investigated thin films deposition processes of silica-like based on the injection liquid droplets in Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet–APPJ operated open air. An aerosol hexamethyldisilane is produced by a syringe-pump and injected nitrogen post-discharge for different precursor carrier gas flow rates. For high flow, this process enables to form without addition oxygen plasma phase. F...

Abstract A nanosecond Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet (ns-APPJ) operated in pure nitrogen is studied by spatially and temporally resolved Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) complementing the companion paper Kuhfeld et al. PSST 2023 XXXX , where discharge investigated means of Particle-in-Cell/Monte Carlo Collisions (PIC/MCC) simulations fluid models. Two temporal phases evolution are identifie...

Plasma co-polymers (co-p) were deposited with an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) using a precursor mixture containing hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) and limonene. A coating fragments from both precursors siloxane, carbonyl nitrogen functional groups was deposited. The flow rate of limonene found to be important parameter for co-polymerization tune the formation structure groups. FTIR XPS a...

The analysis of the ion chemistry of atmospheric pressure plasmas is essential to evaluate ionic reaction pathways during plasma-surface or plasma-analyte interactions. In this contribution, the ion chemistry of a radio-frequency atmospheric pressure plasma jet (μ-APPJ) operated in helium is investigated by mass spectrometry (MS). It is found, that the ion composition is extremely sensitive to ...

Amorphous hydrogenated silicon carbonitride (a-SiCN:H) thin films are synthesized by atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced chemical vapor (AP-PECVD) deposition using the Surfx Atomflow 250D APPJ source with triethylsilane (HSiEt3, TES) and nitrogen as the precursor and the reactive gases, respectively. The effect of the substrate temperature (Ts) on the growth characteristics and the properties ...