Dr. Ihor Korolov

Senior Researcher and Head of the Labs

Address
Ruhr-Uni­ver­si­tät Bo­chum
Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
Angewandte Elektrodynamik und Plasmatechnik
Uni­ver­si­täts­stra­ße 150
D-44801 Bo­chum, Germany

Room
ID 1/118

Phone
+49 234 32 23122

Email
korolov(at)aept.rub.de


Publication Record
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hu/citations?user=eHMWC5AAAAAJ


Publications

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
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
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
Liu, Y.-X., Donkó, Z., Korolov, I., Schüngel, E., Wang, Y.-N., & Schulze, J. (2019). Striations in dual-frequency capacitively coupled CF 4 plasmas: the role of the high-frequency voltage amplitude. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 28(7), 075005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab27aa Cite
Hartmann, P., Reyes, J. C., Kostadinova, E. G., Matthews, L. S., Hyde, T. W., Masheyeva, R. U., Dzhumagulova, K. N., Ramazanov, T. S., Ott, T., Kählert, H., Bonitz, M., Korolov, I., & Donkó, Z. (2019). Self-diffusion in two-dimensional quasimagnetized rotating dusty plasmas. Physical Review E, 99(1), 013203. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.013203 Cite
Gibson, A. R., Donkó, Z., Alelyani, L., Bischoff, L., Hübner, G., Bredin, J., Doyle, S., Korolov, I., Niemi, K., Mussenbrock, T., Hartmann, P., Dedrick, J. P., Schulze, J., Gans, T., & O’Connell, D. (2019). Disrupting the spatio-temporal symmetry of the electron dynamics in atmospheric pressure plasmas by voltage waveform tailoring. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 28(1), 01LT01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aaf535 Cite
Bischoff, L., Hübner, G., Korolov, I., Donkó, Z., Hartmann, P., Gans, T., Held, J., Schulz-von der Gathen, V., Liu, Y., Mussenbrock, T., & Schulze, J. (2018). Experimental and computational investigations of electron dynamics in micro atmospheric pressure radio-frequency plasma jets operated in He/N 2 mixtures. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 27(12), 125009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aaf35d Cite
Donkó, Z., Derzsi, A., Korolov, I., Hartmann, P., Brandt, S., Schulze, J., Berger, B., Koepke, M., Bruneau, B., Johnson, E., Lafleur, T., Booth, J.-P., Gibson, A. R., O’Connell, D., & Gans, T. (2018). Experimental benchmark of kinetic simulations of capacitively coupled plasmas in molecular gases. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 60(1), 014010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa8378 Cite
Horváth, B., Daksha, M., Korolov, I., Derzsi, A., & Schulze, J. (2017). The role of electron induced secondary electron emission from SiO2surfaces in capacitively coupled radio frequency plasmas operated at low pressures. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26(12), 124001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa963d Cite
Liu, Y.-X., Korolov, I., Schüngel, E., Wang, Y.-N., Donkó, Z., & Schulze, J. (2017). Striations in electronegative capacitively coupled radio-frequency plasmas: Effects of the pressure, voltage, and electrode gap. Physics of Plasmas, 24(7), 073512. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4993603 Cite
Vass, M., Korolov, I., Loffhagen, D., Pinhão, N., & Donkó, Z. (2017). Electron transport parameters in CO 2 : scanning drift tube measurements and kinetic computations. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26(6), 065007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa6789 Cite
Liu, Y.-X., Korolov, I., Schüngel, E., Wang, Y.-N., Donkó, Z., & Schulze, J. (2017). Striations in electronegative capacitively coupled radio-frequency plasmas: analysis of the pattern formation and the effect of the driving frequency. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26(5), 055024. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa66b9 Cite
Korolov, I., Vass, M., & Donkó, Z. (2016). Scanning drift tube measurements of electron transport parameters in different gases: argon, synthetic air, methane and deuterium. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 49(41), 415203. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/49/41/415203 Cite