The manipulation of atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier plasma jets

Atmospheric pressure plasma jets offer a unique route to transport reactive chemical species generated under highly non-equilibrium conditions to a remote downstream sample; as such, they have become the device of choice in many biological and materials processing applications.
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While our understanding of the propagation mechanism behind the plasma plume is ever increasing,
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little is known of how, once launched, the properties of the ionisation front can be manipulated in such a way that a particular chemistry can be delivered to a particular spatial location downstream.