Abstract
Gas discharge plasmas, also known as low-temperature plasmas, have drawn much attention in past few decades because of their importance in many technological developments. In this chapter, recent development in producing cost effective plasmas at atmospheric pressure has been introduced along with a brief description of low pressure gas discharge. An overview of corona discharge, arc discharge, dielectric barrier discharge (DBD), surface discharge (SD), atmospheric pressure glow discharge (APGD) and atmospheric pressure plasmas jet has been presented. In particular, generation of atmospheric pressure DBD of different configuration, their characterization by optical and electrical methods and application of these DBD systems for surface treatment of different polymers have been reviewed. The chapter also includes atmospheric pressure plasma jet in argon and its application in biomedicine.
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