Publications – Chair of Applied Electrodynamics and Plasma Technology at Ruhr University Bochum

Wirth, P., Bibinov, N., Bolles, T., Korolov, I., Mussenbrock, T., & Awakowicz, P. (2025). COST-jet characterization via optical emission spectroscopy and mass spectrometry in carbon dioxide conversion. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58(35), 355202. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/adef62 Cite

Adejube, B., Gronenberg, O., Steel, J., Mallinson, J., Gergs, T., Protsak, M., Tjardts, T., Hemke, T., Nikitin, D., Veziroglu, S., Schürmann, U., Strunskus, T., Choukourov, A., Mussenbrock, T., Trieschmann, J., Kienle, L., Faupel, F., Brown, S. A., & Vahl, A. (2025). Silver-Based Self-Organized Resistive Switching Nanoparticle Networks with Neural-Like Spiking Behavior: Implications for Neuromorphic Computing. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8(34), 16680–16693. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c02520 Cite

Gembus, J.-L., Bracht, V., Grimm, F., Bibinov, N., Schücke, L., Awakowicz, P., & Gibson, A. R. (2025). Characterisation of single microdischarges during plasma electrolytic oxidation of aluminium and titanium. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58(33), 335203. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/adf4f2 Cite

Oberste-Beulmann, C., Wirth, P., Mohsenimehr, S., Oppotsch, T., Keudell, A. V., Awakowicz, P., & Muhler, M. (2025). A SDBD Reactor for the Removal of Oxygen Traces in Hydrogen Operated above Atmospheric Pressure: Experiment and Simulation. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-025-10583-y Cite

Oppotsch, T., Oberste‐Beulmann, C., Böddecker, A., Hübner, G., Korolov, I., Awakowicz, P., & Muhler, M. (2025). Overcoming Discharge Inhibition in n‐Butane Oxidation: Two‐Component BaTiO₃ and Mn‐Cu Mixed Oxide Coatings. Plasma Processes and Polymers. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.70062 Cite

Wang, L., Hartmann, P., Donkó, Z., Song, Y.-H., & Schulze, J. (2025). Electron power absorption dynamics and uniformity control in capacitive RF plasmas driven by planar segmented electrodes. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ade73d Cite

Torres Segura, A. N., Ikuse, K., Hamaguchi, S., Gibson, A. R., & Schücke, L. (2025). Influence of gas flow rate on modes of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in a grid-type surface dielectric barrier discharge. Journal of Applied Physics, 137(20), 203306. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0265368 Cite

Forschner, L., Gembus, J.-L., Schücke, L., Awakowicz, P., Gibson, A. R., Jacob, T., & Engstfeld, A. K. (2025). Statistical analysis of the dynamic behavior of individual discharges during the ignition and continuous phases of contact glow discharge electrolysis. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58(21), 215204. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/adce16 Cite

Dong, W., Song, L., Zhang, Y., Wang, L., Song, Y., & Schulze, J. (2025). Multiscale Simulation of Capacitively Coupled Ar/CHF₃ Discharges Driven by Sawtooth‐Tailored Voltage Waveforms. Plasma Processes and Polymers, e70026. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.70026 Cite

Wang, L., Hartmann, P., Donkó, Z., Song, Y.-H., & Schulze, J. (2025). Plasma uniformity control in capacitive RF discharges by an individually RF driven sidewall electrode. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34(4), 045004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/adc504 Cite

Klich, M., Schulenberg, D., Wilczek, S., Vass, M., Bolles, T., Korolov, I., Schulze, J., Mussenbrock, T., & Brinkmann, R. P. (2025). Electron dynamics of three distinct discharge modes of a cross-field atmospheric pressure plasma jet. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34(4), 045012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/adc7d8 Cite

Masheyeva, R., Vass, M., Myrzaly, M., Tian, C.-B., Dzhumagulova, K., Schulze, J., Donkó, Z., & Hartmann, P. (2025). Experimental and numerical study of the ionization-attachment instability in an O₂ capacitively coupled radio frequency plasma. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34(4), 045017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/adcb6b Cite

Schücke, L., Natalia Torres Segura, A., Korolov, I., Bibinov, N., Awakowicz, P., & Gibson, A. R. (2025). NO densities and UV emission over the E–H mode transition in a low-pressure inductively coupled plasma device. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34(4), 045015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/adcbd3 Cite

Zhang, M.-J., Wang, X.-K., Sun, J.-Y., Zhao, K., & Liu, Y.-X. (2025). Experimental study on the ignition process of a pulsed capacitively coupled RF plasma with a trenched electrode. Physica Scripta, 100(4), 045607. https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/adbe17 Cite

Poggemann, H.-F., Schüttler, S., Schöne, A. L., Jeß, E., Schücke, L., Jacob, T., Gibson, A. R., Golda, J., & Jung, C. (2025). Transportation behaviour of OH and H₂ O₂ in plasma-treated water. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58(13), 135208. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/adafba Cite

Beckfeld, F., Masheyeva, R., Derzsi, A., Schulenberg, D. A., Korolov, I., Bock, C., Schulze, J., & Donkó, Z. (2025). Effective secondary electron yields for different surface materials in capacitively coupled plasmas. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34(3), 035009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/adb885 Cite

Beckfeld, F., Janssen, M., Neuroth, C., Korolov, I., & Schulze, J. (2025). Fiber PROES: Phase resolved optical emission spectroscopy via optical fibers for knowledge-based plasma process development and monitoring. Review of Scientific Instruments, 96(3), 033507. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0244243 Cite

Wen, H., Schulze, J., Fu, Y., Sun, J.-Y., & Zhang, Q.-Z. (2025). Similarity laws of low pressure inductively coupled discharges based on PIC/MCC simulations. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34(3), 03LT01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/adbb19 Cite

Ma, F.-F., Zhang, Q.-Z., Schulze, J., Cui, Y.-M., & Wang, Y.-N. (2025). Extensive adjustment of magnetic field on plasma density and ion incidence angle in radio frequency discharge. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34(2), 025006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/adb20d Cite

Dong, W., Gao, Z.-Y., Wang, L., Zhang, M.-J., Tian, C.-B., Liu, Y.-X., Song, Y.-H., & Schulze, J. (2025). Electron dynamics and particle transport in capacitively coupled Ar/O₂ discharges driven by sawtooth up voltage waveforms. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34(2), 025008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/adab91 Cite

Yu, S., Wang, Y., Chen, Z., Wang, Z., Wang, L., Jiang, W., Schulze, J., & Zhang, Y. (2025). Impedance matching assistance based on frequency modulation for capacitively coupled plasmas. Journal of Applied Physics, 137(3), 033301. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0226790 Cite

Nesterenko, I., Kalas, B., Dao, T. D., Schulze, J., & Andrianov, N. (2025). Mechanism of selective SiO2/photoresist reactive ion etching in an inductively coupled plasma operated in a C4F8/H2 gas mixture. Applied Physics Letters, 126(3), 031603. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0238676 Cite

Böddecker, A., Passmann, M., Segura, A. N. T., Bodnar, A., Awakowicz, F., Oppotsch, T., Muhler, M., Awakowicz, P., Gibson, A. R., Korolov, I., & Mussenbrock, T. (2025). The role of flow field dynamics in enhancing volatile organic compound conversion in a surface dielectric barrier discharge system. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58(2), 025208. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad8454 Cite

Luo, L.-Y., Donkó, Z., Masheyeva, R., Vass, M., Li, H.-P., & Hartmann, P. (2025). The quenching effect of oxygen addition on an argon capacitively coupled plasma: experimental and computational study of the argon metastable atom kinetics. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 34(1), 015009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ada8d8 Cite

Melzer, M., Meinel, K., Stoeckel, C., Hemke, T., Mussenbrock, T., & Zimmermann, S. (2025). Characterization of the ion angle distribution function in low-pressure plasmas using a micro-electromechanical system. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 43(1), 013002. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0004034 Cite

Ohtsu, Y., Tabaru, T., & Schulze, J. (2025). Impact of inductively coupled plasma injection on capacitively coupled plasma with a ring-shaped hollow cathode using methane and hydrogen mixture gases. Vacuum, 237, 114159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2025.114159 Cite

Böddeker, S., Göricke, J., Kogelheide, B., Bibinov, N., Purcel, M., Muhler, M., Mussenbrock, T., & Awakowicz, P. (2025). Characterization of a Gliding Arc Plasmatron for the Plasma Assisted Pyrolysis of Methane to Acetylene and Hydrogen. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 22(3), 2400250. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202400250 Cite

Hasan, A., Yaqoob Javed, M., Shahid, K., & Mussenbrock, T. (2025). Optimized Maximum Power Point Tracking for Hybrid PV-TEG Systems Using an Improved Water Cycle Algorithm. IEEE Access, 13, 149343–149360. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3601440 Cite

Porteanu, H.-E., Stefanović, I., Klute, M., Awakowicz, P., Brinkmann, R.-P., & Heinrich, W. (2025). Time-Resolved Investigations of the Capacitive to Inductive Transition in a Microwave-Driven Plasma Source. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2025.3547632 Cite

Yarragolla, S., Hemke, T., Jalled, F., Gergs, T., Trieschmann, J., Arul, T., & Mussenbrock, T. (2024). Identifying and understanding the nonlinear behavior of memristive devices. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 31633. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80568-y Cite

Mohsenimehr, S., Wilczek, S., Mussenbrock, T., & Keudell, A. V. (2024). Plasma and Flow Simulation of the Ion Wind in a Surface Barrier Discharge Used for Gas Conversion Benchmarked by Schlieren Imaging. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-024-10533-0 Cite

Berger, B., Mujahid, Z., Neuroth, C., Azhar, M., Wang, L., Zhang, Q.-Z., Mussenbrock, T., Korolov, I., & Schulze, J. (2024). The effects of different pellet shapes on streamer dynamics in patterned dielectric barrier discharges. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(12), 125011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad9b4b Cite

Mertin, J., Vogel, L., Beckfeld, F., Diele, J., Musch, T., & Baer, C. (2024). The Clochard Alert: A Student-Developed Alarm System for Those Who Are Homeless. 2024 IEEE International Humanitarian Technologies Conference (IHTC), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1109/IHTC61819.2024.10855019 Cite

Hübner, G., Wilczek, S., Schoeneweihs, N., Filla, D., Mussenbrock, T., & Korolov, I. (2024). Streamer propagation dynamics in a nanosecondpulsed surface dielectric barrier discharge in He/N2mixtures. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad8fb9 Cite

He, Y., Kuhfeld, J., Lepikhin, N. D., Czarnetzki, U., Guerra, V., Peter Brinkmann, R., Gibson, A. R., & Kemaneci, E. (2024). Zero-dimensional simulations of DC ns-pulsed plasma jet in N₂ at near atmospheric pressure: validation of the vibrational kinetics. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(11), 115011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad8a86 Cite

Vass, M., Schulenberg, D., Donkó, Z., Hartmann, P., Steuer, D., Böke, M., Schulz-von Der Gathen, V., Korolov, I., Mussenbrock, T., & Schulze, J. (2024). Energy efficiency of reactive species generation in radio frequency atmospheric pressure plasma jets driven by tailored voltage waveforms in a He/O₂ mixture. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(11), 11LT01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad8ae7 Cite

Osca Engelbrecht, M., Jenderny, J., Hylla, H., Filla, D., Awakowicz, P., Korolov, I., Ridgers, C. P., & Gibson, A. R. (2024). Numerical investigation of vacuum ultra-violet emission in Ar/O ₂ inductively coupled plasmas. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(9), 095008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad7059 Cite

Wang, X.-K., Masheyeva, R., Liu, Y.-X., Song, Y.-H., Hartmann, P., Donkó, Z., & Schulze, J. (2024). Energy efficient F atom generation and control in CF₄ capacitively coupled plasmas driven by tailored voltage waveforms. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(8), 085006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad69c0 Cite

Wang, X.-K., Korolov, I., Wilczek, S., Masheyeva, R., Liu, Y.-X., Song, Y.-H., Hartmann, P., Donkó, Z., & Schulze, J. (2024). Hysteresis in radio frequency capacitively coupled CF₄ plasmas. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(8), 085001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad5eb9 Cite

Wirth, P., Oberste‐Beulmann, C., Nitsche, T., Muhler, M., & Awakowicz, P. (2024). Application of a Scaled‐up Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor in the Trace Oxygen Removal in Hydrogen‐Rich Gas Mixtures at Ambient and Elevated Pressure. Chemie Ingenieur Technik, cite.202400011. https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202400011 Cite

Liu, J., Wang, X.-K., Wang, L., Zhao, K., Liu, Y., Song, Y., & Wang, Y. (2024). An experimental and computational investigation of discharge mode transitions in a partially magnetized radio frequency capacitively coupled oxygen discharge. Plasma Processes and Polymers, e2300219. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202300219 Cite

Tian, C.-B., Wang, L., Vass, M., Wang, X.-K., Dong, W., Song, Y.-H., Wang, Y.-N., & Schulze, J. (2024). The detachment-induced mode in electronegative capacitively coupled radio-frequency plasmas. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(7), 075008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad5df8 Cite

Yu, S., Wu, H., Yang, S., Wang, L., Chen, Z., Wang, Z., Jiang, W., Schulze, J., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Kinetic simulations of capacitively coupled plasmas driven by tailored voltage waveforms with multi-frequency matching. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(7), 075003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad5df7 Cite

Ohtsu, Y., Tabaru, T., & Schulze, J. (2024). Characteristics of a hybrid radio frequency capacitively and inductively coupled plasma using hydrogen gas. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 42(4), 044204. https://doi.org/10.1116/5.0213602 Cite

Böddeker, S., Gröger, S., Bibinov, N., & Awakowicz, P. (2024). Characterization of a filamentary discharge ignited in a gliding arc plasmatron operated in nitrogen flow. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(5), 055018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad473f Cite

Ohtsu, Y., Uchida, T., Kuno, R., & Schulze, J. (2024). Production of a high-density hydrogen plasma in a capacitively coupled RF discharge with a hollow cathode enclosed by magnets. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 42(3), 033011. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0003448 Cite

Masheyeva, R., Vass, M., Wang, X.-K., Liu, Y.-X., Derzsi, A., Hartmann, P., Schulze, J., & Donkó, Z. (2024). Electron power absorption in CF ₄ capacitively coupled RF plasmas operated in the striation mode. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(4), 045019. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad3c69 Cite

Chen, Z., Wang, H., Yu, S., Wang, Y., Chen, Z., Jiang, W., Schulze, J., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Electrical characteristics of the GEC reference cell at low pressure: a two-dimensional PIC/MCC modeling study. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(4), 045003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad3849 Cite

Tian, P., Kenney, J., Rauf, S., Korolov, I., & Schulze, J. (2024). Uniformity of low-pressure capacitively coupled plasmas: Experiments and two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. Physics of Plasmas, 31(4), 043507. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0178911 Cite