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Formation and behaviour of plasma spots on the surface of titanium film

Journal

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 54, Issue 8, Pages -

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abc37e

Keywords

atmospheric pressure plasma jet; titanium surface modifications; plasma surface interaction; plasma spot

Funding

  1. German Research Foundation (DFG) within the transregional collaborative research center TR87 (SFB-TR 87)
  2. German Research Foundation (DFG) within the collaborative research center CRC1316 'Transient atmospheric plasmas: from plasmas to liquids to solids'
  3. BMBF

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The authors of this study found that the formation rate and characteristics of eroded traces on a titanium surface can be controlled by process design and material combination. Effective erosion of the titanium substrate was shown when using krypton as the working gas, while no traces were detected when using argon. Plasma spots with dense cores are believed to be produced by an interaction of micro-vortices within the plasma channel and by the formation of an extremely high axial magnetic field.
Numerous studies have shown that dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) and DBD-like plasma jets interact with a treated surface in a complex manner. Eroded traces after treatment cannot be explained by conventional plasma-surface interaction theory. The mechanisms of a controlled formation of these plasma objects is still unclear. In this work, the authors show that the formation rate and characteristics of eroded traces, treating a titanium surface, can be controlled by process design and the combination of materials used. A thin (0.45 mu m) layer of titanium film is deposited onto a glass substrate and is then treated in the effluent of a non-equilibrium atmospheric pressure plasma jet (N-APPJ) operated with argon or krypton flow. Plasma spots with diameters ranging from 100-700 mu m are observed using an intensified digital camera on the titanium film surface. These plasma objects are strongly inhomogeneous, forming a core with a very high current density and leave erosion holes with diameters of about 1 mu m. By using krypton as a working gas, effective erosion of the titanium substrate can be shown, whereas by using argon no traces are detected. For the latter case, traces can be provoked by deposition of a thin aluminum layer on top of the titanium substrate, by creation of artificial scratches or by an additional swirling flow around the discharge. Based on the experimental results presented in this and previous papers, it is assumed that plasma spots with dense cores are produced by an interaction of micro-vortices within the plasma channel and by the formation of an extremely high axial magnetic field. This assumption is confirmed by destruction of the treated surface material, extraction of paramagnetic atoms and toroidal substrate heating, which is most likely caused by a helical current of the plasma spot.

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