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20062025
most citedMolecular Dynamics for Low Temperature Plasma-Surface Interaction Studies

149 citations

26 papers

physics.chem-ph2025

Reactive molecular dynamics approach to PFAS plasma oxidation in water

Axel Richard, Pascal Brault, Nicolas Froloff +3

This work establishes a protocol to study via Molecular Dynamics simulation the degradation of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in water by hydroxyl radical. To achieve th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 2 cited

Probing trade-off between critical size and velocity in cold-spray: An atomistic simulation

Mahyar Ghasemi, Alireza Seifi, Movaffaq Kateb +3

The detailed mechanism of bonding in the cold spray process has remained elusive for both experimental and theoretical parties. Adiabatic shear instability and hydrodynamic plastic…

physics.comp-ph2024

The role of sputtered atom and ion energy distribution in films deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition: A molecular dynamics approach

Soumya Atmane, Maroussiak Alexandre, Amaël Caillard +4

We present a comparative study of copper film growth with a constant energy neutral beam, thermal evaporation, dc magnetron sputtering, high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiP…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Evaluating ion dynamics through Coulomb and Yukawa interaction potentials in one component strongly coupled plasmas

Swati Swagatika Mishra, Pascal Brault, Sudeep Bhattacharjee

Atmospheric pressure helium plasmas are investigated through molecular dynamics simulations at room temperature (300 K) for various ionization fractions ()…

physics.comp-ph2024

Influence of Defects on Barrier Energy Formation for OOH* Intermediate in ORR on Tetragonal-ZrO 2 with Adsorbed-Hydroxyl

Seyedehsara Fazeli, Pascal Brault, Amaël Caillard +4

Accelerating the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a main subject of electrocatalysis research.A critical step of ORR is the formation of the hydroperoxyl functional group (OOH*)…

physics.comp-ph2024★ 8 cited

Mechanism of O influence on the decomposition process of the eco-friendly gas insulating medium CFN/CO

Fanchao Ye, Yitian Chu, Pascal Brault +5

The CFN/CO/O gas mixture is the most promising eco-friendly gas insulation medium available. However, there are few studies on the mechanism of the influence of the…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Practical Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Low-Temperature Plasma Processing: A review

Pascal Brault

Molecular Dynamics simulations are becoming a powerful tool for examining and predicting atomic and molecular processes in various environment. The present review shows how, in the…

quant-ph2022★ 3 cited

Strong coupling of a Gd multilevel spin system to an on-chip superconducting resonator

Giovanni Franco-Rivera, Josiah Cochran, Seiji Miyashita +2

We report the realization of a strong coupling between a Gd spin ensemble hosted in a scheelite (CaWO) single crystal and the resonant mode of a coplanar stripline super…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 11 cited

On the role of ion potential energy in low energy HiPIMS deposition: An atomistic simulation

Movaffaq Kateb, Jon Tomas Gudmundsson, Pascal Brault +2

We study the effect of the so-called ion potential or non-kinetic energies of bombarding ions during ionized physical vapor deposition of Cu using molecular dynamics simulations. I…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 18 cited

Effect of limiting the cathode surface on direct current microhollow cathode discharge in helium

T. Dufour, R. Dussart, P. Lefaucheux +5

This paper describes how to light several microdischarges in parallel without having to individually ballast each one. The V-I curve of a microhollow cathode discharge is character…

physics.plasm-ph2017

Comment to: Electric field vector mapping of guided ionization waves at atmospheric pressure (arXiv :1709.03109v1)

Eric Robert, Jean Michel Pouvesle, Xavier Damany +2

Recently, Iseni (arXiv:1709.03109v1) reported measurements and analysis of electric field (EF) strengths adjacent to propagating ionization waves (IWs) in non-thermal atmospheric p…

physics.ins-det2016★ 26 cited

Integrated micro-plasmas in silicon operating in helium

Remi Dussart, Lawrence J. Overzet, P Lefaucheux +8

Microplasma arrays operating in helium in a DC regime have been produced in silicon microre-actors. Cathode boundary layer (CBL) type microdevices were elaborated using clean room…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 19 cited

Experimental study and simulation of a micro-discharge with limited cathode area

Thierry Dufour, Lawrence J. Overzet, Remi Dussart +5

We report in this paper simulation results and experimental measurements to characterize a micro-discharge generated in a single micro cavity device operating in helium. By spatial…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 10 cited

RF impedance measurements of DC atmospheric micro-discharges

Lawrence J. Overzet, D. Jung, Monali Mandra +4

The available diagnostics for atmospheric micro-plasmas remain limited and relatively complex to implement; so we present a radio-frequency technique for diagnosing a key parameter…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 7 cited

Ignition and extinction phenomena in helium micro hollow cathode discharges

M. K. Kulsreshath, N. Sadeghi, L. Schwaederle +4

Micro hollow cathode discharges (MHCD) were produced using 250 m thick dielectric layer of alumina sandwiched between two nickel electrodes of 8 m thickness. A through cavity at th…

physics.plasm-ph2016

Direct current parallel microdischarges in helium

Thierry Dufour, Remi Dussart, Lawrence J. Overzet +6

Parallel Micro Hollow Cathodes Discharges are characterised by electrical and spectroscopic studies and by using an ICCD camera. V-I curves present a hysteresis cycle between Towns…

physics.optics2010★ 1 cited

Calibration d'une lampe à ruban de tungstène

Charles De Izarra

The purpose of the work presented is the calibration of a lamp filament of tungsten was from electrical measurements that are simple and precise, and for determining the temperatur…

physics.plasm-ph2009★ 28 cited

Syngas Production from Propane Using Atmospheric Non-thermal Plasma

Fakhreddine Ouni, Ahmed Khacef, Jean Marie Cormier

Propane steam reforming using a sliding discharge reactor was investigated under atmospheric pressure and low temperature (420 K). Non-thermal plasma steam reforming proceeded effi…

physics.comp-ph2009★ 149 cited

Molecular Dynamics for Low Temperature Plasma-Surface Interaction Studies

David B. Graves, Pascal Brault

The mechanisms of physical and chemical interactions of low temperature plasmas with surfaces can be fruitfully explored using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. MD simulations f…

cond-mat.stat-mech2009★ 49 cited

Anomalous diffusion mediated by atom deposition into a porous substrate

Pascal Brault, Christophe Josserand, Jean-Marc Bauchire +3

Constant flux atom deposition into a porous medium is shown to generate a dense overlayer and a diffusion profile. Scaling analysis shows that the overlayer acts as a dynamic contr…

physics.plasm-ph2008★ 22 cited

Direct measurements of the energy flux due to chemical reactions at the surface of a silicon sample interacting with a SF6 plasma

Remi Dussart, Anne-Lise Thomann, Laurianne E. Pichon +5

Energy exchanges due to chemical reactions between a silicon surface and a SF6 plasma were directly measured using a heat flux microsensor (HFM). The energy flux evolution was comp…

physics.plasm-ph2008★ 3 cited

Degradation of organic compounds and production of activated species in Dielectric Barrier Discharges and Glidarc reactors

Jean Marie Cormier, Olivier Aubry, Ahmed Khacef

Major sterilization mechanisms are related to atoms and radicals, charged parti-cles, excited molecules, ozone, and UV radiation. The ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) are well known a…

physics.plasm-ph2008★ 1 cited

Removal of Pollutants by Atmospheric Non Thermal Plasmas

Ahmed Khacef, Jean Marie Cormier, Jean Michel Pouvesle +1

Results on the application of non thermal plasmas in two environmentally important fields: oxidative removal of VOC and NOx in excess of oxygen were presented. The synergetic appli…

physics.plasm-ph2007★ 10 cited

A summary of the beatwave experiments at Ecole Polytechnique

F. Amiranoff, D. Bernard, B. Cros +11

We present a summary of the beatwave particle acceleration program developed at Ecole Polytechnique. In dedicated experiments, plasma formation, plasma wave generation and saturati…