Conveners
6.4 Environmental, Industrial, and Display Applications II
- XinPei Lu (HuaZhong University of Science and Technology)
Ear infections affect more than 80% of all children in the United States, and the common treatment for an acute middle ear infection is to use antibiotics. However, antibiotic treatment has been shown to be ineffective in over 30% of the cases with acute middle ear infections [1]. Chronic ear infections have been associated with the development of a bacterial biofilm in the middle ear space,...
Ozone characteristics such as strong oxidation power and no-residual toxicity makes it highly expected as a next-generation oxidant. Ozone has been used mainly in clarification of drinking water and industrial wastewater treatments. In recent years, ozone generation by pulsed power technique has been studied. In our laboratory, nanosecond (ns) pulse generator which produces non-thermal plasma...
Controlling lightning is a long time dream of mankind. As a part of the Laser Lightning Rod (LLR) project, we investigate the feasibility of a new type of lightning protection based on the use of upward lightning discharge initiated through a high-repetition-rate multi-terawatt femtosecond laser [1].
When such high intensity laser pulse propagates in the atmosphere, a process called...
Plasma discharges generated by moderate frequency, low energy pulses in a flowing gas-liquid (argon-water) reactor produce hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$) at moderately high energy yields. The leading hypothesis is that the $H_2O_2$ is generated from the recombination of hydroxyl radicals ($·OH$) which are formed by the plasma electrons reacting with vaporized water. Experiments with carbon...
Radio frequency (RF) power delivery to plasma processing reactors for microelectronics fabrication use impedance matching networks to minimize reflected power. During pulsing, the plasma impedance can significantly change, thereby requiring real-time-adjustment of the components of the network to maintain efficient power transfer. The pulses are typically too short for these components to be...
The current display technology trends to be highly integrated with high resolution, the element size is gradually downsized, and the structure becomes complicated. Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) dry etcher of various types of etching equipment is a structure that places a large multi-divisional antenna source on the top lid, passes current to the antenna, and generates plasma using the...
