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Title: Microplasmas for Advanced Materials and Devices

Abstract

Microplasmas are low-temperature plasmas that feature microscale dimensions and a unique high-energy-density and a nonequilibrium reactive environment, which makes them promising for the fabrication of advanced nanomaterials and devices for diverse applications. Here, recent microplasma applications are examined, spanning from high-throughput, printing-technology-compatible synthesis of nanocrystalline particles of common materials types, to water purification and optoelectronic devices. Microplasmas combined with gaseous and/or liquid media at low temperatures and atmospheric pressure open new ways to form advanced functional materials and devices. Specific examples include gas-phase, substrate-free, plasma-liquid, and surface-supported synthesis of metallic, semiconducting, metal oxide, and carbon-based nanomaterials. Representative applications of microplasmas of particular importance to materials science and technology include light sources for multipurpose, efficient VUV/UV light sources for photochemical materials processing and spectroscopic materials analysis, surface disinfection, water purification, active electromagnetic devices based on artificial microplasma optical materials, and other devices and systems including the plasma transistor. The current limitations and future opportunities for microplasma applications in materials related fields are highlighted.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. Department of Chemical Engineering National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taipei 10607 Taiwan
  2. Nanotechnology &, Integrated Bio‐Engineering Centre (NIBEC) Ulster University Shore Road Newtownabbey BT37 0QB UK
  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH 44106‐7217 USA
  4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Illinois Urbana IL 61801 USA
  5. (Ken) [School of Chemistry Physics and Mechanical Engineering Queensland University of Technology Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
OSTI Identifier:
1579981
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1579982; OSTI ID: 1803297
Grant/Contract Number:  
DE‐SC0018202; SC0018202
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Volume: 32 Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; nanoscale synthesis; nanomaterials; microplasmas; materials and devices

Citation Formats

Chiang, Wei‐Hung, Mariotti, Davide, Sankaran, R. Mohan, Eden, J. Gary, and Ostrikov, Kostya. Microplasmas for Advanced Materials and Devices. Germany: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201905508.
Chiang, Wei‐Hung, Mariotti, Davide, Sankaran, R. Mohan, Eden, J. Gary, & Ostrikov, Kostya. Microplasmas for Advanced Materials and Devices. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201905508
Chiang, Wei‐Hung, Mariotti, Davide, Sankaran, R. Mohan, Eden, J. Gary, and Ostrikov, Kostya. Wed . "Microplasmas for Advanced Materials and Devices". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201905508.
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title = {Microplasmas for Advanced Materials and Devices},
author = {Chiang, Wei‐Hung and Mariotti, Davide and Sankaran, R. Mohan and Eden, J. Gary and Ostrikov, Kostya},
abstractNote = {Microplasmas are low-temperature plasmas that feature microscale dimensions and a unique high-energy-density and a nonequilibrium reactive environment, which makes them promising for the fabrication of advanced nanomaterials and devices for diverse applications. Here, recent microplasma applications are examined, spanning from high-throughput, printing-technology-compatible synthesis of nanocrystalline particles of common materials types, to water purification and optoelectronic devices. Microplasmas combined with gaseous and/or liquid media at low temperatures and atmospheric pressure open new ways to form advanced functional materials and devices. Specific examples include gas-phase, substrate-free, plasma-liquid, and surface-supported synthesis of metallic, semiconducting, metal oxide, and carbon-based nanomaterials. Representative applications of microplasmas of particular importance to materials science and technology include light sources for multipurpose, efficient VUV/UV light sources for photochemical materials processing and spectroscopic materials analysis, surface disinfection, water purification, active electromagnetic devices based on artificial microplasma optical materials, and other devices and systems including the plasma transistor. The current limitations and future opportunities for microplasma applications in materials related fields are highlighted.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201905508},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 18,
volume = 32,
place = {Germany},
year = {2019},
month = {12}
}

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journal, October 2018

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Synthesis and Radioluminescence of PEGylated Eu3+-doped Nanophosphors as Bioimaging Probes
journal, May 2011

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Fabrication and Operation of a Microcavity Plasma Array Device for Microscale Surface Modification
journal, March 2012

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Nanoparticles with Raman Spectroscopic Fingerprints for DNA and RNA Detection
journal, August 2002


Plasma-Assisted Synthesis and Surface Modification of Electrode Materials for Renewable Energy
journal, February 2018


Nonthermal Plasma Synthesis of Nanocrystals: Fundamental Principles, Materials, and Applications
journal, August 2016


Facile synthesis of SnO 2 -graphene composites employing nonthermal plasma and SnO 2 nanoparticles-dispersed ethanol
journal, February 2019

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Photo-Fenton Reaction of Graphene Oxide: A New Strategy to Prepare Graphene Quantum Dots for DNA Cleavage
journal, July 2012

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  • ACS Nano, Vol. 6, Issue 8
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Experimental study of a planar atmospheric-pressure plasma operating in the microplasma regime
journal, December 2009


Microplasma-enhanced synthesis of colloidal graphene quantum dots at ambient conditions
journal, November 2019


Microplasma UV lamp as a new source for UV-induced water treatment: Protocols for characterization and kinetic study
journal, November 2019


Ligand free green plasma-in-liquid synthesis of Au/Ag alloy nanoparticles
journal, January 2018

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  • New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 42, Issue 8
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Microplasma synthesis of tunable photoluminescent silicon nanocrystals
journal, May 2007


Color‐Tunable Eu 3+ and Tb 3+ Co‐Doped Nanophosphors Synthesis by Plasma‐Assisted Method
journal, April 2019

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Silicon nanostructures for photonics and photovoltaics
journal, January 2014

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Oxygen reduction reaction properties of nitrogen-incorporated nanographenes synthesized using in-liquid plasma from mixture of ethanol and iron phthalocyanine
journal, February 2018

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Thermoresponsive nanocomposites incorporating microplasma synthesized magnetic nanoparticles-Synthesis and potential applications
journal, November 2018

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Plasma nanoscience: from nano-solids in plasmas to nano-plasmas in solids
journal, April 2013


Low-Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Processes for “Green” Third Generation Photovoltaics: Low-Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Processes…
journal, January 2016

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Formation of nanodiamonds at near-ambient conditions via microplasma dissociation of ethanol vapour
journal, October 2013

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Plasma-Assisted Dissociation of Organometallic Vapors for Continuous, Gas-Phase Preparation of Multimetallic Nanoparticles
journal, September 2011

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An atmospheric pressure microplasma process for continuous synthesis of titanium nitride nanoparticles
journal, August 2017


Nonthermal Plasma Synthesis of Titanium Nitride Nanocrystals with Plasmon Resonances at Near-Infrared Wavelengths Relevant to Photothermal Therapy
journal, May 2018

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The Interplay of Quantum Confinement and Hydrogenation in Amorphous Silicon Quantum Dots
journal, November 2015

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Modular and efficient ozone systems based on massively parallel chemical processing in microchannel plasma arrays: performance and commercialization
journal, August 2017

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Microplasma-assisted rapid, chemical oxidant-free and controllable polymerization of dopamine for surface modification
journal, January 2017

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Synergistic Effects in Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Low Temperature Carbon Nanotube Growth
journal, December 2008


Fast Microplasma Synthesis of Blue Luminescent Carbon Quantum Dots at Ambient Conditions: Fast Microplasma Synthesis of Blue Luminescent C-Dots
journal, December 2014

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Synthesis of Blue Luminescent Si Nanoparticles Using Atmospheric-Pressure Microdischarges
journal, March 2005

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Plasma Jet Printing and in Situ Reduction of Highly Acidic Graphene Oxide
journal, May 2018


In Situ Synthesis of Vertical Standing Nanosized NiO Encapsulated in Graphene as Electrodes for High-Performance Supercapacitors
journal, December 2017


Rapid growth of micron-sized graphene flakes using in-liquid plasma employing iron phthalocyanine-added ethanol
journal, December 2017

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Towards an integrated modeling of the plasma-solid interface
journal, June 2019

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Two-Dimensional Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries
journal, April 2017


Modifications of surface and bulk properties of magnetron-sputtered carbon films employing a post-treatment of atmospheric pressure plasma
journal, January 2019

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Perspectives on atmospheric-pressure plasmas for nanofabrication
journal, April 2011


Glowing Graphene Quantum Dots and Carbon Dots: Properties, Syntheses, and Biological Applications
journal, December 2014

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Metal Catalysts for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Single Atoms to Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles
journal, April 2018


Water-Plasma-Enabled Exfoliation of Ultrathin Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets with Multivacancies for Water Oxidation
journal, June 2017


Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of gold nanoparticles via plasma-liquid interaction technique
journal, January 2018

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Nanomaterial Synthesis Using Plasma Generation in Liquid
journal, January 2015


Microplasmas for direct, substrate-independent deposition of nanostructured metal oxides
journal, July 2016

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Ag + reduction and silver nanoparticle synthesis at the plasma–liquid interface by an RF driven atmospheric pressure plasma jet: Mechanisms and the effect of surfactant
journal, November 2017

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Highly Fluorescent, Photostable, and Ultrasmall Silicon Drug Nanocarriers for Long-Term Tumor Cell Tracking and In-Vivo Cancer Therapy
journal, November 2014


Graphene quantum dots: emergent nanolights for bioimaging, sensors, catalysis and photovoltaic devices
journal, January 2012

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Toward Biocompatible Semiconductor Quantum Dots: From Biosynthesis and Bioconjugation to Biomedical Application
journal, October 2015


Synthesis of Sn doped CdS nanoparticles by non-thermal plasma-liquid interactions
journal, October 2018


Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Ultrasmall Nanoparticles
journal, September 2013

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Ultra-small photoluminescent silicon-carbide nanocrystals by atmospheric-pressure plasmas
journal, January 2016

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