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

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

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

Yarragolla, S., Hemke, T., Trieschmann, J., & Mussenbrock, T. (2024). Non-zero crossing current–voltage characteristics of interface-type resistive switching devices. Applied Physics Letters, 124(12), 123504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0202230 Cite

Gronenberg, O., Adejube, B., Hemke, T., Drewes, J., Asnaz, O. H., Ziegler, F., Carstens, N., Strunskus, T., Schürmann, U., Benedikt, J., Mussenbrock, T., Faupel, F., Vahl, A., & Kienle, L. (2024). In Situ Imaging of Dynamic Current Paths in a Neuromorphic Nanoparticle Network with Critical Spiking Behavior. Advanced Functional Materials, 2312989. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202312989 Cite

Jüngling, E., Wilczek, S., Mussenbrock, T., Böke, M., & Von Keudell, A. (2024). Plasma sheath tailoring by a magnetic field for three-dimensional plasma etching. Applied Physics Letters, 124(7), 074101. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0187685 Cite

Shi, D.-H., Wang, X.-K., Liu, Y.-X., Donkó, Z., Schulze, J., & Wang, Y.-N. (2024). An experimental and computational study on the ignition process of a pulse modulated dual-RF capacitively coupled plasma operated at various low-frequency voltage amplitudes. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(2), 025012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad257f Cite

Dong, W., Zhang, Y.-F., Schulze, J., & Song, Y.-H. (2024). Hybrid simulation of instabilities in capacitively coupled RF CF ₄ /Ar plasmas driven by a dual frequency source. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(2), 025020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad270e Cite

Derzsi, A., Vass, M., Masheyeva, R., Horváth, B., Donkó, Z., & Hartmann, P. (2024). Frequency-dependent electron power absorption mode transitions in capacitively coupled argon-oxygen plasmas. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(2), 025005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad1fd5 Cite

Smith, G. J., Diomede, P., Gibson, A. R., Doyle, S. J., Guerra, V., Kushner, M. J., Gans, T., & Dedrick, J. P. (2024). Low-pressure inductively coupled plasmas in hydrogen: impact of gas heating on the spatial distribution of atomic hydrogen and vibrationally excited states. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(2), 025002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad1ece Cite