PLASMATECHNOLOGIETAGUNG PT15
Prof. Achim von Keudell, Dr. Tim Baloniak and Marina Prenzel represented the Research Department "Plasmas with Complex Interactions" at the Plasma Technology Conference PT15 in Stuttgart from February 28 to March 2, 2011. The conference was organized by the Institute for Plasma Research at the University of Stuttgart under the sponsorship of the German Society for Plasma Technology (DGPT) in cooperation with the Swiss Vacuum Society (SVG).
Several posters on current projects in the Research Department were presented at the meeting. These include work on the deposition of high quality aluminum oxide at low temperatures and on the control of ion energy distribution in
Low pressure plasmas. The Plasma Technology Conference has been held every two years and is an important discussion platform for representatives of plasma technology from research and industry. The Research Department was therefore brought closer to a very broad audience in Stuttgart. At the same time, the main objectives of the Collaborative Research Center SFB-TR 87 "Pulsed High-Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Layers" were presented to the auditorium.
NATO ARW: PLASMA BIO-DECONTAMINATION
Jan Lackmann, PhD student with Jun.-Prof. Julia Bandow, participated in the NATO Advanced Research Workshop: "Plasma for bio-decontamination, medicine, and food security" (NATO ARW: Plasma bio-decontamination) in Demänovská dolina, Slovakia, March 14-18, 2011. He gave a presentation on "Characterization of damage to bacteria and biomacromolecules by (V)UV radiation and particles generated by a microscale atmospheric pressure plasma jet" (Lackmann, S. Schneider, F. Narberhaus, J. Benedikt, J. Bandow).
Ankara
30.03.2011 - BENEDIKT NIERMANN AN DER BILKENT UNIVERSITÄT IN ANKARA, TÜRKEI
Vom 26.03.2011 bis 31.03.2011 besucht Benedikt Niermann die Gruppe von Professor Ömer Ilday am Institut für Physik der Universität Ankara, um dort gemeinsame Messungen zur Laser-gestützten Zündung von Mikroplasmen zu unternehmen. Schwerpunkte sind dabei Messungen zur Beeinflussung der Zündcharakteristik von Mikroplasmen durch Variation von Pulsenergien, Pulslängen, und Peakintensitäten faserbasierter Laser im Nano- bis Femtosekunden-Bereich. Darüber hinaus wurden erste spektroskopische Messungen mithilfe von Laser-erzeugten Superkontinuum-Spektren an einem Mikroplasma-Jet durchgeführt.
6TH IWM IN PARIS VOM 3.-6. APRIL 2011
A large group of researchers from the research group participated in the 6th International Workshop on Microplasmas in Paris. In total they presented a number of 15 contributions. The intent of the workshop is to bring together researchers from around the world to report on recent progress in understanding and in controlling the properties of plasmas generated in confined geometries.
Benedikt Niermann, one of our PhD students owns one of the Best Poster Awards for his contribution entitled "Measurement and simulation of Ar and He metastable density profiles in radio-frequency micro-plasma jets" in cooperation with Torben Hemke, Marc Böke, Thomas Mussenbrock, Ralf Peter Brinkmann, and Jörg Winter. Congratulations!