Jan Janča, Lenka Zajíčková, Miloš Klíma, Pavel Slavíček
Diagnostics and Application of the High Frequency Plasma Pencil
Plasma Chem. Plasma Process. 21 (2001) 565–579
The so called high frequency plasma pencil is a source of highly, active environment (electrons, ions, reactive radicals, excited atoms, and molecules) which can be generated at atmospheric, reduced or increased pressure, preserving a good control of the performance. The discharge can be either unipolar or bipolar. The properties of unipolar atmospheric pressure discharges are discussed on the basis of simple theoretical considerations and electric probe measurements, The plasma pencil discharge is studied by optical emission spectroscopy in the gas phase at atmospheric pressure as well as immersed in liquid using argon as a working gas. From the emission spectra the electron, vibrational and rotational temperatures are calculated for various distances from the plasma pencil electrode. Several technological applications like restoration of archaeological glass and metal artifacts, fragmentation of molecules for microelectrophoresis and plasma polymerization are summarized. An advantage of the plasma pencil is that it can be easily operated and controlled.
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