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Microplasmas for Advanced Materials and Devices.

Wei-Hung Chiang¹, Davide Mariotti², R Mohan Sankaran³

¹Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan.

Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

|December 20, 2019

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Microplasmas, low-temperature plasmas, enable advanced nanomaterial fabrication and diverse applications like water purification and optoelectronics. These microscale, high-energy-density systems offer novel pathways for creating functional materials and devices.

Area of Science:

Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Physics
Nanotechnology

Background:

Microplasmas are low-temperature plasmas with microscale dimensions.
They possess unique high-energy-density and nonequilibrium reactive environments.
These characteristics make them suitable for advanced nanomaterial fabrication and device development.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine recent applications of microplasmas.
To highlight their role in synthesizing advanced functional materials and devices.
To discuss limitations and future opportunities in materials science.

Main Methods:

Review of recent microplasma applications in materials synthesis.
Exploration of microplasmas combined with gaseous and/or liquid media.

Keywords:

materials and devices microplasmas nanomaterials nanoscale synthesis

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High-throughput, printing-compatible synthesis of nanocrystalline particles.
Formation of metallic, semiconducting, metal oxide, and carbon-based nanomaterials.
Applications in water purification, optoelectronics, VUV/UV light sources, and plasma transistors.

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Microplasmas offer versatile platforms for creating advanced functional materials.
Their applications span diverse fields from materials processing to environmental remediation.
Further research is needed to address current limitations and unlock future opportunities.