Announcing a Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets and their Applications (Scheduled for November 2012)

Atmospheric pressure plasma jets, which generate plasmas in open space (surrounding air) rather than in confined discharge gaps, have recently received increased attention. Applications of these kinds of plasmas are many and continue to expand. Examples are plasma based decontamination/sterilization systems, plasma medicine, air plasma ramparts, surface modification/functionalization of polymers, the synthesis of nano materials, and so on. This rapidly evolving field is a point of focus in many international conferences such as IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), International Symposium on High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry (HAKONE), Gaseous Electronics Conference, International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG), International Congress on Plasma Physics (ICPP), International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications, International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry. International scientific journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, and IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science have seen increasing numbers of papers in this area as well. Therefore, we invite members of IEEE and other scientists and engineers working in this field to submit manuscripts to this Special Issue dedicated to atmospheric pressure plasma jets and their applications.

The intent of this Special Issue is to present new results and developments as well as novel methods and studies in this exciting and technologically important area that has tremendous industrial relevance. Contributions are solicited in, but not restricted to, the following topics:

• Physics of atmospheric pressure plasma jets
• Atmospheric pressure plasma jet sources
• Atmospheric pressure plasma jet diagnostics
• Atmospheric pressure plasma jet chemistry
• Plasma instrumentation such as plasma sources and power modulators
  

All contributions should reach the Guest Editors no later than March 15, 2012 at the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science IEEE Manuscript Central website at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tps-ieee. Questions regarding the Special Issue on Plasma-Based Surface Modification and Treatment Technologies can be addressed to the Guest Editors: