A new PARADiSE paper
Tiago Dias just published a beautiful and insightful paper assessing the validity of common assumptions in the modelling of ns discharges. Thanks Tiago!
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A new collaboration is starting!
Yang Liu publishes his first paper within PARADiSE, the first of a new collaboration between N-PRiME and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Congratulations Yang!
A new paper was published
Vasco Guerra joined an international team to publish a new paper on nano-second pulsed discharges in nitrogen, including a detailed analysis of the vibrational kinetics.
Gerard van Rooij is visiting IPFN
Gerard van Rooij, with a joint appointment at the University of Maastricht and our partner institution DIFFER, is visiting IPFN, to discuss ongoing joint work on CO2 vibrational excitation and CO2-CH4 mixtures. He gave a seminar entitled "Plasma Chemistry for the Energy and Materials Transition of the Process Industry," organised jointly with Carlos Henriques from CQE.
Nikolay Britun is visiting IPFN
Our advisor Nikolay Britun, from the University of Nagoya, is staying with us for one week. He is helping us definind directions for the remainder of the project and in the assembly of the proof of concept reactor.
Xiangen Zhao is visiting IPFN
Xiangen Zhao, from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and co-supervisor of Yang Liu, is visiting IPFN, to promote further collaboration. He gave a seminar entitled "Visualizing the Invisible: High-Speed Schlieren Photography in Long Spark Research."
A new paper by Tiago Silva
A new paper on volume and surface kinetics focusing on NO production, in collaboration with our partner institution DIFFER, has just been published in J. Phys. Chem. A Congratulations to Tiago! Carlos, Luís and Vasco and advisor Richard van de Sanden were also involved.
Tarek Ben Slimane joins PARADiSE!
Tarek will mainly work on the defelopment of a reaction mechanism for the CO2/N2/Ar mixture and in the development of AI tools for plasma chemistry and sensitivity analysis. Welcome to the team!
A new paper by Pedro Viegas
A new paper on heterogeneous atomic recombination, in collaboration with our partner institution LPP, has just been published in Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. Congratulations to Pedro! Tiago Dias, Vasco and advisor Olivier Guaitella were also involved.
Blandine Berdugo is visiting IPFN
Blandine Berdugo, from our partner institution LPP, is visting IPFN for 5 months. She will be working on the modelling of plasma-surface interactions with Vasco Guerra and Pedro Viegas. Welcome Blandine!
Christian Busch is visiting IPFN
Christian Busch, from the Institute for Experimental Physics V at the Rur University Bochum, is visting IPFN for 6 weeks. He will be working on the modelling of nanosecond discharges with Vasco Guerra and Tiago Silva. We are thrilled to have you here!
Yang Liu joins PARADiSE!
Yang Liu joins PARADiSE as PhD student in an exchange programme funded by the Chinese Reseach Council, involving the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. We are delighted to welcome you here!
A new paper in collaboration with IPP Prague
A new paper on streamer induced kinetics in N2 has just been published in Plasma Sources Sci. Technol., in collaboration with the Institute of Plasma Physics from the Czech Academy of Sciences, on the aftermath of an internship of Tiago Dias at IPP with our advisor Milan Šimek.
A new paper by Chloé Fromentin
A new paper on model validation in CO2-N2 plasmas, in collaboration with our partner institution LPP, has just been published in Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. Congratulations to Chloé! Tiago Silva, Tiago Dias, Vasco and advisor Olivier Guaitella were also involved.
Olivier Guaitella and Dihya Sadi visit IPFN
PARADiSE advisor Olivier Guaitella and Diyha Sadi, from the partner laboratory LPP, visit IPFN in the first week of July, to discuss the recent experimental progress at LPP. Dihya will also start to get acquainted with our simulation tools, to further pursue collaboration between IST/IPFN and LPP.
A new PARADiSE paper
A paper on the "Fast O Atom Exchange Diagnosed by Isotopic Tracing as a Probe of Excited States in Nonequilibrium CO2–CO–O2 Plasmas" has just been published in J. Phys. Chem. C. It is the outcome of a collaboration with two of our partner institutions, TU/e and LPP.
A new paper by Pedro Viegas
A paper on the "Comparison between 1D radial and 0D global models for low-pressure oxygen DC glow discharges" has just been published in Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. Congratulation to Pedro! Tiago Dias, Chloé and Vasco were also involved, together with PARADiSE consultant Tatyana Rakhimova.
PARADiSE workshop
PARADiSE and Pedro Almeida organise a workshop at the University of Madeira, entitled "The plasma road to sustainable chemical conversion". It brings together renowned experts in plasma-assisted sustainable chemistry and energy applications of cold plasmas.
Tiago Silva gives an invited lecture at PlasmaTech 2023
Tiago Silva has an invited lecture at PlasmaTech, on "Validation of non-equilibrium kinetics in CO2-N2 plasmas.
Vasco Guerra at the Coffee Breakdown podcast
Vasco was invited to Luca Vialetto to his Coffee Breakdown podcast, to give an overview of the different plasma technologies for conversion of carbon dioxide and nitrogen into chemicals and fuels, and discuss the role of plasmas for a decarbonized economy.
A new paper on vibrational kinetics
A paper on the "Vibrational kinetics in repetitively pulsed atmospheric pressure nitrogen discharges has just been published" in Plasma Sources Sci. Technol.. Helen Davies led a collaboration involving the University of York, Instituto SUperior Técnico, Dublin City University, and Rhur-Universität Bochum.
Collaboration with the University of Antwerp and DIFFER
A paper led by Omar Biondo discussing the limitations to vibrational excitation of CO2 has just been published in Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. Chloé, Tiago Silva and Vasco contributed to this collaboration between the Universit of Antwerp, Instituto SUperior Técnico and PARADiSE partner DIFFER.
Edmond Barrate is visiting IPFN
Edmond Barrate, from LPP, is staying with us for a month, to collaborate in the investigation of CO2-CH4 plasmas.
Pedro Viegas joins PARADiSE
Pedro Viegas is joining the project with a post-doc grant. A great addition to the team!
Alex van de Steeg is visiting IPFN
Alex van de Steeg, from the Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), is visiting IPFN on 4 February 2022, to share the results of his PhD thesis, entitled "Insight into CO2 Dissociation Kinetics in Microwave Plasma using Laser Scattering,” and strengthen the collaboration between IPFN and DIFFER.
CREATOR recommended for funding
Project CREATOR (Plasma-assisted CO2 Recycling: from Earth to Mars) was recommended for funding, in the framework of the MIT-Portugal Programme! It explores additional aspects of CO2 plasma conversion. both on modelling and experimental characterisation. The project is lead by Vasco Guerra (IST) and Carmen Guerra-Garcia (MIT). PARADiSE researchers Tiago Silva and Tiago Dias are also involved.
Post-doc grant: call open
The call for a PARADiSE post-doc grant is open! Application deadline 21 December 2021.
PARADiSE recommended for funding
Project PARADiSE was recommended for funding by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). It was ranked in first place by the Physics evaluation panel! Tentative start date is January 2022.