Plasma–Liquid Interactions at Atmospheric Pressure for Nanomaterials Synthesis and Surface Engineering

TLDR

Plasma‑induced non‑equilibrium liquid chemistry offers enhanced opportunities over solution chemistry for developing new nanomaterials and tailoring their functional properties, and recent advances in microplasma devices at atmospheric pressure provide simple and effective routes to non‑equilibrium chemistry for scientific study and future nanomanufacturing. This paper reviews recent work on atmospheric pressure plasma–liquid interactions for nanoparticle fabrication and functionalization, and discusses outstanding electron‑liquid reaction questions. The review focuses on atmospheric pressure plasma–liquid interactions as a means to fabricate and functionalize nanoparticles via non‑equilibrium chemistry. Magnified image.

Abstract

Abstract Plasma‐induced non‐equilibrium liquid chemistry (PiLC) offers enhanced opportunities over solution chemistry for developing new nanomaterials and tailoring their functional properties. Recent advances in the design and scientific understanding of microplasma devices operating at atmospheric pressure offer simple and effective routes to non‐equilibrium chemistry for both scientific study and future nanomanufacturing. This paper presents a short review of our recent work on atmospheric pressure plasma–liquid interactions used in the fabrication and functionalization of nanoparticles. A brief discussion of possible electron‐liquid reactions highlights outstanding scientific and engineering questions. magnified image