Dr. Ihor Korolov

Schroeder, M. C., Löscher, R., Bibinov, N., Korolov, I., Awakowicz, P., Mussenbrock, T., & Saraceno, C. J. (2025). Characterization of a laser filament-induced plasma in air at 10 kHz using optical emission spectroscopy. Optics Express, 33(23), 48634. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.564268 Cite

Vass, M., Wang, X., Korolov, I., Schulze, J., & Mussenbrock, T. (2025). Synergistic control of radical generation in a radio-frequency atmospheric-pressure plasma jet via voltage waveform tailoring and structured electrodes. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58(41), 415207. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ae08c7 Cite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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., 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

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

Vass, M., Schulenberg, D., Donkó, Z., Korolov, I., Hartmann, P., Schulze, J., & Mussenbrock, T. (2024). A new 2D fluid-MC hybrid approach for simulating nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasmas: density distribution of atomic oxygen in radio-frequency plasma jets in He/O ₂ mixtures. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(1), 015012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad1f37 Cite

Schleitzer, J., Schneider, V., Korolov, I., Hübner, G., Hartmann, P., Schulze, J., & Kersten, H. (2024). Langmuir Probe Measurements in a Dual-Frequency Capacitively Coupled rf Discharge. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2024.3375520 Cite

Nawrath, N., Korolov, I., Bibinov, N., Awakowicz, P., & Gibson, A. R. (2023). Spatio-temporal dynamics of electrons and helium metastables in uniform dielectric barrier discharges formed in He/N ₂. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(12), 125014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad1513 Cite

Luo, H., Kenney, J., Rauf, S., Korolov, I., & Schulze, J. (2023). Numerical and experimental study of ion energy distribution function in a dual-frequency capacitively coupled oxygen discharge. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(11), 115018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad0d06 Cite

Böddecker, A., Passmann, M., Wilczek, S., Schücke, L., Korolov, I., Skoda, R., Mussenbrock, T., Gibson, A. R., & Awakowicz, P. (2023). Interactions Between Flow Fields Induced by Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge Arrays. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-023-10406-y Cite

Neuroth, C., Mujahid, Z., Berger, B., Oberste-Beulmann, C., Oppotsch, T., Zhang, Q.-Z., Muhler, M., Mussenbrock, T., Korolov, I., & Schulze, J. (2023). The effects of catalyst conductivity and loading of dielectric surface structures on plasma dynamics in patterned dielectric barrier discharges. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(10), 105019. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad0323 Cite

Donkó, Z., Hartmann, P., Korolov, I., Schulenberg, D., Rohr, S., Rauf, S., & Schulze, J. (2023). Metastable argon atom kinetics in a low-pressure capacitively coupled radio frequency discharge. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(6), 065002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acd6b5 Cite

Rauf, S., Schroeder, M., Korolov, I., Kenney, J., & Schulze, J. (2023). Plasma dynamics in a capacitively coupled discharge driven by a combination of a single high frequency and a tailored low frequency rectangular voltage waveform. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(3), 034002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acc12d Cite

Hartmann, P., Korolov, I., Escandón-López, J., van Gennip, W., Buskes, K., & Schulze, J. (2023). Control of ion flux-energy distribution at dielectric wafer surfaces by low frequency tailored voltage waveforms in capacitively coupled plasmas. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 56(5), 055202. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/acacaa Cite

Dujko, S., Bošnjaković, D., Vass, M., Hartmann, P., Korolov, I., Pinhão, N. R., Loffhagen, D., & Donkó, Z. (2023). Scanning drift tube measurements and kinetic studies of electron transport in CO. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(2), 025014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acbc96 Cite

Liu, Y., Vass, M., Hübner, G., Schulenberg, D., Hemke, T., Bischoff, L., Chur, S., Steuer, D., Golda, J., Böke, M., Schulze, J., Korolov, I., & Mussenbrock, T. (2023). Local enhancement of electron heating and neutral species generation in radio-frequency micro-atmospheric pressure plasma jets: the effects of structured electrode topologies. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(2), 025012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acb9b8 Cite

Mujahid, Z.-I., Korolov, I., Liu, Y., Mussenbrock, T., & Schulze, J. (2022). Propagation dynamics and interaction of multiple streamers at and above adjacent dielectric pellets in a packed bed plasma reactor. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55(49), 495201. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac99ea Cite

Schücke, L., Bodnar, A., Friedrichs, N., Böddecker, A., Peters, N., Ollegott, K., Oberste-Beulmann, C., Wirth, P., Nguyen-Smith, R. T., Korolov, I., Gibson, A. R., Muhler, M., & Awakowicz, P. (2022). Optical absorption spectroscopy of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in a surface dielectric barrier discharge. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55(21), 215205. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac5661 Cite

Hartmann, P., Korolov, I., Escandón-López, J., van Gennip, W., Buskes, K., & Schulze, J. (2022). Control of ion flux-energy distributions by low frequency square-shaped tailored voltage waveforms in capacitively coupled plasmas. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 31(5), 055017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac6e05 Cite

Hübner, G., Bischoff, L., Korolov, I., Donkó, Z., Leimkühler, M., Liu, Y., Böke, M., Schulz-von der Gathen, V., Mussenbrock, T., & Schulze, J. (2022). The effects of the driving frequencies on micro atmospheric pressure He/N ₂ plasma jets driven by tailored voltage waveforms. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55(9), 095204. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac3791 Cite

Nguyen-Smith, R. T., Böddecker, A., Schücke, L., Bibinov, N., Korolov, I., Zhang, Q.-Z., Mussenbrock, T., Awakowicz, P., & Schulze, J. (2022). μs and ns twin surface dielectric barrier discharges operated in air: from electrode erosion to plasma characteristics. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 31(3), 035008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac5452 Cite

Derzsi, A., Hartmann, P., Vass, M., Horváth, B., Gyulai, M., Korolov, I., Schulze, J., & Donko, Z. (2022). Electron power absorption in capacitively coupled neon–oxygen plasmas: a comparison of experimental and computational results. Plasma Sources Sci. Technol., 22. Cite

Ries, S., Schroeder, M., Woestefeld, M., Corbella, C., Korolov, I., Awakowicz, P., & Schulze, J. (2021). Relative calibration of a retarding field energy analyzer sensor array for spatially resolved measurements of the ion flux and ion energy in low temperature plasmas. Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(10), 103503. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0059658 Cite

He, Y., Preissing, P., Steuer, D., Klich, M., Schulz-von der Gathen, V., Böke, M., Korolov, I., Schulze, J., Guerra, V., Brinkmann, R. P., & Kemaneci, E. (2021). Zero-dimensional and pseudo-one-dimensional models of atmospheric-pressure plasma jets in binary and ternary mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen with helium background. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 30(10), 105017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac278d Cite

Schulenberg, D. A., Korolov, I., Donkó, Z., Derzsi, A., & Schulze, J. (2021). Multi-diagnostic experimental validation of 1d3v PIC/MCC simulations of low pressure capacitive RF plasmas operated in argon. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 30(10), 105003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac2222 Cite

Korolov, I., Donkó, Z., Hübner, G., Liu, Y., Mussenbrock, T., & Schulze, J. (2021). Energy efficiency of voltage waveform tailoring for the generation of excited species in RF plasma jets operated in He/N ₂ mixtures. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 30(9), 095013. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac1c4d Cite

Wang, J.-C., Tian, P., Kenney, J., Rauf, S., Korolov, I., & Schulze, J. (2021). Ion energy distribution functions in a dual-frequency low-pressure capacitively-coupled plasma: experiments and particle-in-cell simulation. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 30(7), 075031. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac0da4 Cite

Liu, Y., Korolov, I., Trieschmann, J., Steuer, D., Schulz-von der Gathen, V., Böke, M., Bischoff, L., Hübner, G., Schulze, J., & Mussenbrock, T. (2021). Micro atmospheric pressure plasma jets excited in He/O ₂ by voltage waveform tailoring: a study based on a numerical hybrid model and experiments. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 30(6), 064001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abd0e0 Cite

Steuer, D., Korolov, I., Chur, S., Schulze, J., Gathen, V. S. der, Golda, J., & Böke, M. (2021). 2D spatially resolved O atom density profiles in an atmospheric pressure plasma jet: from the active plasma volume to the effluent. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54(35), 355204. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac09b9 Cite

Soni, K., Moser, L., Donkó, Z., Hartmann, P., Korolov, I., Antunes, R., Juhasz, Z., Steiner, R., Marot, L., & Meyer, E. (2021). Experimental and numerical characterization of a radio-frequency plasma source with a DC-grounded electrode configuration using a quarter-wavelength filter. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 63(4), 045005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/abdbd1 Cite

Liu, Y., Korolov, I., Hemke, T., Bischoff, L., Hübner, G., Schulze, J., & Mussenbrock, T. (2021). Electron heating mode transitions in radio-frequency driven micro atmospheric pressure plasma jets in He/O ₂ : A fluid dynamics approach. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abf370 Cite

Korolov, I., Steuer, D., Bischoff, L., Hübner, G., Liu, Y., Schulz-von der Gathen, V., Böke, M., Mussenbrock, T., & Schulze, J. (2021). Atomic oxygen generation in atmospheric pressure RF plasma jets driven by tailored voltage waveforms in mixtures of He and O ₂. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54(12), 125203. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abd20e Cite

Vass, M., Egüz, E., Chachereau, A., Hartmann, P., Korolov, I., Hösl, A., Bošnjaković, D., Dujko, S., Donkó, Z., & Franck, C. M. (2021). Electron transport parameters in CO ₂ : a comparison of two experimental systems and measured data. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54(3), 035202. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abbb07 Cite

Preissing, P., Korolov, I., Schulze, J., Schulz-von der Gathen, V., & Böke, M. (2020). Three-dimensional density distributions of NO in the effluent of the COST reference microplasma jet operated in He/N ₂ /O ₂. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 29(12), 125001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abbd86 Cite

Horváth, B., Derzsi, A., Schulze, J., Korolov, I., Hartmann, P., & Donkó, Z. (2020). Experimental and kinetic simulation study of electron power absorption mode transitions in capacitive radiofrequency discharges in neon. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 29(5), 055002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab8176 Cite

Korolov, I., Leimkühler, M., Böke, M., Donkó, Z., Schulz-von der Gathen, V., Bischoff, L., Hübner, G., Hartmann, P., Gans, T., Liu, Y., Mussenbrock, T., & Schulze, J. (2020). Helium metastable species generation in atmospheric pressure RF plasma jets driven by tailored voltage waveforms in mixtures of He and N ₂. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 53(18), 185201. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab6d97 Cite

Pinhão, N. R., Loffhagen, D., Vass, M., Hartmann, P., Korolov, I., Dujko, S., Bošnjaković, D., & Donkó, Z. (2020). Electron swarm parameters in C ₂ H ₂ , C ₂ H ₄ and C ₂ H ₆ : measurements and kinetic calculations. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 29(4), 045009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab7841 Cite

Korolov, I., Donkó, Z., Hübner, G., Bischoff, L., Hartmann, P., Gans, T., Liu, Y., Mussenbrock, T., & Schulze, J. (2019). Control of electron dynamics, radical and metastable species generation in atmospheric pressure RF plasma jets by Voltage Waveform Tailoring. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 28(9), 094001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab38ea Cite

Donkó, Z., Hartmann, P., Korolov, I., Jeges, V., Bošnjaković, D., & Dujko, S. (2019). Experimental observation and simulation of the equilibration of electron swarms in a scanning drift tube. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 28(9), 095007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab3a58 Cite

Derzsi, A., Horváth, B., Korolov, I., Donkó, Z., & Schulze, J. (2019). Heavy-particle induced secondary electrons in capacitive radio frequency discharges driven by tailored voltage waveforms. Journal of Applied Physics, 126(4), 043303. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5100508 Cite