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Generation of Multiple Jet Capillaries in Advanced Dielectric Barrier Discharge for Large-Scale Plasma Jets

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A multiple-capillary Ar plasma jet was successfully generated by an advanced dielectric barrier discharge reactor. The reactor consisted of four quartz capillaries arranged separately and covered by two ring-shaped electrodes, which were isolated by a liquid dielectric. The advantages of the reactor included less Ar consumption (ranging from 1 to 3 L/min to obtain a total cross-sectional area of four individual plasma flow components of 3.14 mm2 at the capillary orifices) and low gas temperatures (not exceeding 40 °C). The obtained temperature is suitable for implementing various biomedical applications such as wound healing, dental treatment, and cancer therapy. Furthermore, the plasma jet spread when it interreacted with dielectric materials or skin, resulting in an enlarged effective plasma treatment area of approximately 8 mm2. Analysis of optical emission spectra of the plasma jet indicated the existence of several reactive species, suggesting that the plasma device holds potential for biomedical applications and material surface treatments.

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This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (2021R1A2C2011441 & 2021R1A4A2000934).

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  1. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research, Duy Tan University, Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam

    Duc Ba Nguyen

  2. Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Danang, 550000, Vietnam

    Duc Ba Nguyen

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Republic of Korea

    Shirjana Saud & Young Sun Mok

  4. Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia

    Quang Thang Trinh, Hongjie An & Nam-Trung Nguyen

  5. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Le Quy Don Technical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Quang Hung Trinh

  6. International Centre of Physics, Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 10 Dao Tan, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Hoang Tung Do

  7. Division of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea

    Won Gyu Lee

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DBN: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Writing - Original Draft, Writing - Review & Editing; SS: Investigation, Writing - Original Draft, Writing - Review & Editing; QTT, HA, N-TN, QHT, HTD, and WGL: Participated in the interpretation of the results, Investigation, Writing - Review & Editing; YSM: Supervision, Writing - Review & Editing, Funding acquisition.

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Nguyen, D.B., Saud, S., Trinh, Q.T. et al. Generation of Multiple Jet Capillaries in Advanced Dielectric Barrier Discharge for Large-Scale Plasma Jets. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 43, 1475–1488 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-023-10404-0

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