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Publications with information about the LisbOn KInetics (LoKI) simulation tools

T C Dias, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves and V Guerra
The LisbOn KInetics Monte Carlo solver
Comput. Phys. Commun. 108554, 2022

A Tejero-del-Caz, V Guerra, N Pinhão, C D Pintassilgo and L L Alves
On the quasi-stationary approach to solve the electron Boltzmann equation in pulsed plasmas
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30: 065008, 2021

L Vialetto, A Ben Moussa, J van Dijk, S Longo, P Diomede, V Guerra and L L Alves
Effect of anisotropic scattering for rotational collisions on electron transport parameters in CO
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30: 075001, 2021

A Tejero-del-Caz, V Guerra, D Gonçalves, M Lino da Silva, L Marques, N Pinhão, C D Pintassilgo and L L Alves
The LisbOn KInetics Boltzmann solver
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28: 043001, 2019

P Coche, V Guerra and L L Alves
Microwave air plasmas in capillaries at low pressure I. Self-consistent modeling
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49: 235207 1-22, 2016

V Guerra and J Loureiro
Self-consistent electron and heavy-particle kinetics in a low pressure N2-O2 glow discharge
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 6: 373-385, 1997

S D Rockwood
Elastic and Inelastic Cross Sections for Electron-Hg Scattering from Hg Transport Data
Phys. Rev. A 8: 2348, 1973

Publications based on simulations using the LisbOn KInetics (LoKI) code

*** Journal papers ***

M Budde, T C Dias, L Vialetto, N Pinhão, V Guerra and T Silva
Electron-neutral collision cross sections for H2O: I. Complete and consistent set
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 55: 445205, 2022

O Biondo, C Fromentin, T Silva, V Guerra, G van Rooij and A Bogaerts
Insights into the limitations to vibrational excitation of CO2: validation of a kinetic model with pulsed glow discharge experiments
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31: 074003, 2022

V Laporta, L Vialetto and V Guerra
Vibrational excitation cross sections for non-equilibrium nitric oxide-containing plasma
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31: 054001, 2022

V Guerra, T Silva, N Pinhão, O Guaitella, C Guerra-Garcia, F J J Peeters, M N Tsampas and M C M van de Sanden
Plasmas for in situ resource utilization on Mars: Fuels, life support, and agriculture
J. App. Phys. 132: 070902, 2022

T Silva, A S Morillo-Candas, O Guaitella and V Guerra
Modeling the time evolution of the dissociation fraction in low-pressure CO2 plasmas
Journal of CO2 Utilization 53: 101719, 2021

Y He, P Preissing, D Steuer, M Klich, V Schulz-von der Gathen, M Boke, I Korolov, J Schulze, V Guerra, R P Brinkmann and E Kemaneci
Zero-dimensional and pseudo-one-dimensional models of atmospheric-pressure plasma jet in binary and ternary mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen with helium background
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30: 105017, 2021

L D Pietanza, O Guaitella, V Aquilanti, I Armenise, A Bogaerts, M Capitelli, G Colonna, V Guerra, R Engeln, E Kustova, A Lombardi, F Palazzetti and T Silva
Advances in non-equilibrium CO2 plasma kinetics: a theoretical and experimental review
Eur. Phys. J. D 75: 237 (55pp), 2021

G Colonna, C D Pintassilgo, F Pegoraro, A Cristofolini, A Popoli, G Neretti, A Gicquel, O Duigou, T Bieber, K Hassouni and L Laguardia
Theoretical and experimental aspects of non-equilibrium plasmas in different regimes: fundamentals and selected applications
Eur. Phys. J. D 75: 183 (35pp), 2021

P Ogloblina, A S Morillo-Candas, A F Silva, T Silva, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves, O Guaitella and V Guerra
Mars in situ oxygen and propellant production by non-equilibrium plasmas
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30: 065005, 2021

A F Silva A S Morillo-Candás, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves, O Guaitella and V Guerra
A reaction mechanism for vibrationally-cold low-pressure CO2 plasmas
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29: 125020, 2020

T C Dias and V Guerra
Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of plasma-chemistry
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29: 115003, 2020

A S Morillo-Candas, V Guerra and O Guaitella
Time Evolution of the Dissociation Fraction in rf CO2 Plasmas: Impact and Nature of Back-Reaction Mechanisms
J. Phys. Chem. C 124: 17459–17475, 2020

L Terraz, T Silva, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves and V Guerra
Sensitivity Analysis in Plasma Chemistry: Application to Oxygen Cold Plasmas and the LoKI Simulation Tool
J. Phys. Chem. A 124: 4354−4366, 2020

P Ogloblina, A Tejero-del-Caz, V Guerra and L L Alves
Electron impact cross sections for carbon monoxide and their importance in the electron kinetics of CO2–CO mixtures
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29: 015002 (16pp), 2020

L Terraz, T Silva, A Morillo-Candas, O Guaitella, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves and V Guerra
Influence of N2 on the CO2 vibrational distribution function and dissociation yield in non-equilibrium plasmas
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53: 094002 (22pp), 2020

V Guerra, A Tejero-del-Caz, C D Pintassilgo and L L Alves
Modelling N2–O2 plasmas: volume and surface kinetics
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28: 073001 (38pp), 2019

A Annušová, D Marinov, J-P Booth, N Sirse, M Lino da Silva, B Lopez and V Guerra
Kinetics of highly vibrationally excited O2(X) molecules in inductively-coupled oxygen plasmas
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27: 045006 (30pp), 2018

L L Alves, A Bogaerts, V Guerra and M M Turner
Foundations of modelling of nonequilibrium low-temperature plasmas
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27: 023002 (26pp), 2018

L L Alves, P Coche, M A Ridenti and V Guerra
Electron scattering cross sections for the modelling of oxygen-containing plasmas
Eur. Phys. J. D 70: 124 1-9, 2016

M Grofulović, L L Alves and V Guerra
Electron-neutral scattering cross sections for CO2: a complete and consistent set and an assessment of dissociation
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49: 395207 1-12, 2016

G D Stancu, O Leroy, P Coche, K Gadonna, V Guerra, T Minea and L L Alves
Microwave air plasmas in capillaries at low pressure II. Experimental investigation
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49: 435202 1-15, 2016

P Coche, V Guerra and L L Alves
Microwave air plasmas in capillaries at low pressure I. Self-consistent modeling
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 235207 1-22, 2016

M A Ridenti, L L Alves, V Guerra and J Amorim
The role of rotational mechanisms in electron swarm parameters at low reduced electric field in N2, O2 and H2
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 24 035002 1-16, 2015

*** Abstracts and posters ***

T C Dias, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves, C D Pintassilgo and V Guerra
The LisbOn KInetics Monte Carlo solver
Abstract to GEC 2022 (Sendai)

M Budde, T C Dias, L Vialetto, N Pinhão, V Guerra and T Silva
Water you waiting for? - A Complete and Consistent Set of Electron-H2O Collision Cross Sections for Plasma Modelling
Abstract to GEC 2022 (Sendai)

E Baratte, D Sahdi, T Silva, V Guerra and O Guaitella
Fundamental processes in CO2-CH4 plasmas: a comparison of experimental and numerical results
Abstract to GEC 2022 (Sendai)

J van Dijk and D J Boer
LXCat Next Generation: A novel data platform for low temperature plasma physics
Poster to ICAMDATA 2022 (Mola di Bari)

J van Dijk and D J Boer
LXCat TNG — A Status Report and Sneak Preview
Abstract to ICAMDATA 2022 (Mola di Bari)

A Tejero-del-Caz, T C Dias, V Guerra, M Lino da Silva, L Marques, N Pinhão, C D Pintassilgo and L L Alves
Updates on the LisbOn KInetics tool suite
Abstract to ESCAMPIG 2022 (Paris)

T C Dias, C D Pintassilgo, K Mrózek, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves and V Guerra
Electron swarm kinetics in electric and magnetic fields crossed at arbitrary angles
Abstract to ESCAMPIG 2022 (Paris)

T C Dias and V Guerra
Unified Monte Carlo formulation of plasma-chemistry in nanosecond-pulsed discharges
Abstract to ESCAMPIG 2022 (Paris)

C Fromentin, T Silva, T C Dias, V Guerra, E Baratte, O Guaitella, A S Morrillo-Candas and O Biondo
Kinetic mechanisms in vibrationally excited CO2 plasmas
Abstract to ESCAMPIG 2022 (Paris)

E Baratte, A S Morillo-Candas, T Silva, V Guerra and O Guaitella
Study of the conversion pathways in CO2–CH4 plasma in low pressure RF discharges
Abstract to ESCAMPIG 2022 (Paris)

C Fromentin, T Silva, T Dias, E Baratte, A.S. Morillo-Candas, O Guaitella, A F Silva, O Biondo and V Guerra
Kinetic mechanisms in CO2-N2 plasmas
Abstract to Int. Symposium Plasma Catalysis for CO2 Recycling 2022 (Krakow)

C Fromentin, T Silva, T C Dias, V Guerra, E Baratte, A S Morillo-Candas, O Guaitella and O Biondo
Kinetic mechanisms in CO2-N2 plasmas
Abstract to ISNTP-12 and ISEHD 2022 (Otaru)

C Fromentin, T Silva, T Dias, E Baratte, O Guaitella, O Biondo and V Guerra
Kinetic mechanisms in CO2-N2 plasmas
Abstract to PlasmaTech 2022 (Barcelona)

T C Dias, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves, V Guerra
A new electron transport Monte Carlo code
Abstract to 74th GEC 2021 (Huntsville)

C Fromentin, T Silva, T Dias, E Baratte, O Guaitella, O Biondo and V Guerra
Kinetic mechanisms in CO2-N2 plasmas
Abstract to 74th GEC 2021 (Huntsville)

C Fromentin, T Silva, T Dias, E Baratte, A S Morillo-Candas, O Guaitella, A F Silva, O Biondo and V Guerra
Kinetic mechanisms in CO2-N2 plasmas
Abstract to PLATHINIUM 2021 (online)

C Fromentin, V Guerra, T Silva, T Dias, A S Morillo-Candas, O Guaitella, A F Silva and O Biondo
Kinetic mechanisms in CO2-O2 plasmas: Development of a reaction mechanism
Abstract to 47th IOP Plasma Physics Conference 2020 (online)

C Fromentin, L L Alves, T Silva, V Guerra, J P Booth, A S Morillo-Candas, A F Silva, D Voloshin, Yu A Mankelevich, D Lopaev, S M Ziryanov and T Rakhimova
Kinetic mechanisms in CO2-O2 plasmas: Development of a reaction mechanism
Abstract to International Workshop on Plasma Science & Entrepreneurship 2020 (Bochum)

L Terraz, T Silva, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves and V Guerra1
Sensitivity analysis of an oxygen chemistry model in cold plasma
Abstract to ESCAMPIG 2020 (Paris)

C Fromentin, L L Alves, T Silva, V Guerra, J P Booth, O Guaitella, D G Voloshin, Yu A Mankelevich, D V Lopaev and S M Ziryanov and T V Rakhimova
Kinetic mechanisms in oxygen plasmas. II. Development of a reaction mechanism
Abstract to ESCAMPIG 2020 (Paris)

C Fromentin, L L Alves, T Silva, V Guerra, J P Booth, O Guaitella, D G Voloshin, Yu A Mankelevich, D V Lopaev and S M Ziryanov and T V Rakhimova
Kinetic mechanisms in oxygen plasmas. I. A comparative analysis of two reaction schemes
Abstract to ESCAMPIG 2020 (Paris)

T C Dias and V Guerra
Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of plasma chemistry
Abstract to ESCAMPIG 2020 (Paris)

L L Alves
On the influence of collisions in the properties of low-temperature plasmas
Abstract to GEC 2019 (College Station)

L L Alves, A Tejero-del-Caz, V Guerra, N Pinhão, C D Pintassilgo and T Silva
Electron kinetics in fast-pulsed discharges
Abstract to GEC 2019 (College Station)

U Czarnetzki
Collisionless electron heating in low pressure discharges
Abstract to AAPPS-DPP 2019 (Hefei)

T Silva, M Grofulovic, P Ogloblina, L Terraz, A S Morillo-Candas, O Guaitella and V Guerra
From renewable fuels to oxygen production on Mars by means of CO2 plasma-assisted decomposition
Abstract to VEIT 2019 (Sozopol)

T C Dias, A S Morillo-Candas, T Silva and V Guerra
Monte-Carlo chemical kinetics in low-temperature plasmas
Abstract to VEIT 2019 (Sozopol)

L L Alves
Numerical simulation tools for plasma chemistry
Abstract to ICPIG 2019 (Sapporo)

V Guerra, T Silva, M Grofulovic, L Terraz, P Ogloblina, C D Pintassilgo, R Engeln, A S Morillo-Candas and O Guaitella
Towards a reaction mechanism of non-equilibrium CO2 plasmas
Abstract to ICPIG 2019 (Sapporo)

A Tejero-del-Caz, V Guerra, M Lino da Silva, L Marques, N Pinhão, C D Pintassilgo and L L Alves
Electron kinetics in fast-pulsed discharges
Abstract to ICPIG 2019 (Sapporo)
Poster to ICPIG 2019 (Sapporo)

A Tejero-del-Caz, V Guerra, M Lino da Silva, L Marques, N Pinhão, C D Pintassilgo, T Silva and L L Alves
Critical assessment of reaction mechanisms using the LisbOn KInetics tool suit
Abstract to ICPIG 2019 (Sapporo)
Poster to ICPIG 2019 (Sapporo)

P Ogloblina, T Silva, M Grofulovic, L Terraz, V Guerra, A S Morillo-Candas and O Guaitella
CO2 plasmas: from solar fuels to oxygen production on Mars
Abstract to ISPC 2019 (Naples)

T Silva, M Grofulovic, A S Morillo-Candas, O Guaitella, V Guerra and L Terraz
N2 influence on the vibrational distribution of the asymmetric level of CO2 in non-thermal plasmas
Abstract to CESPC 2019 (Gozd Martuljek)

L L Alves and A Tejero-del-Caz
Boltzmann-Chemistry global models: status and future challenges
Abstract to FLTPS 2019 (Bad Honnef)

A Tejero-del-Caz, V Guerra, D Gonçalves, M Lino da Silva, L Marques, N Pinhão, C D Pintassilgo and L L Alves
Electron kinetics in fast-pulsed discharges
Abstract to FLTPS 2019 (Bad Honnef)
Poster to FLTPS 2019 (Bad Honnef)

Theses based on the LisbOn KInetics (LoKI) code

Polina Ogloblina
In situ resource utilization on Mars using non-equilibrium plasmas
PhD Thesis, PhD in Engineering Physics, November 2020

Loann Terraz
Kinetic mechanisms in non-equilibrium plasmas: influence of N2 on CO2 dissociation and sensitivity analysis of computational models
PhD Thesis, PhD in Engineering Physics, September 2020

Duarte Nuno Barreto Gonçalves
Update of LoKI-B simulation tool with electron density growth by electron-impact ionizations
MSc Thesis, Master in Engineering Physics, October 2017

Talks and seminars mentioning the LisbOn KInetics (LoKI) code

L L Alves
Electron scattering data classification and organization: contribution of LoKI
Plenary talk to ICAMDATA 2022 (Mola di Bari)

L L Alves and L. Vialetto
Anisotropic scattering in rotational collisions of electrons with CO molecules
Plenary talk to EMS 2021 (Notre Dame, IN)

L L Alves
Influence of the electron description on the modelling of plasma-based applications scenarios
Plenary talk to PLATHINIUM 2021 (online)

L L Alves
Electron kinetics in pulsed plasmas
Seminar Modern Problems of Plasma Physics (EP5 Bochum)

L L Alves and A Tejero-Del-Caz
Modeling Workshop
International Low Temperature Plasma School (Bad Honnef)

L L Alves
Hands-on a two term Boltzmann solver (LoKI-B code)
Modelling Workshop: all about the electron Boltzmann equation 2020 (Differ, Eindhoven)

L L Alves
Numerical simulation tools for plasma chemistry
Plenary talk to ICPIG 2019 (Sapporo)

L L Alves
Kinetics and Boltzmann models
Talk to ISPC 2019 Summer School (Naples)

Key-publications by the team members for the kinetic schemes

V Guerra and J Loureiro
Electron and heavy particle kinetics in a low-pressure nitrogen glow discharge
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 6 361–372, 1997

V Guerra, P A Sá, and J Loureiro
Kinetic modeling of low-pressure nitrogen discharges and post-discharges
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 28, 125–152, 2004

L L Alves, L Marques, C D Pintassilgo, G Wattieaux, Et Es-sebbar, J Berndt, E Kovacevic, N Carrasco, L Boufendi and G Cernogora
Capacitively coupled radio-frequency discharges in nitrogen at low pressures
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 21 045008 1-19, 2012

P Coche, V Guerra and L L Alves
Microwave air plasmas in capillaries at low pressure I. Self-consistent modeling
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 235207 1-22, 2016

C D Pintassilgo, J Loureiro and V Guerra
Modelling of a N₂–O₂ flowing afterglow for plasma sterilization
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 38 417–430, 2005

K Kutasi, V Guerra and P A Sá
Theoretical insight into Ar–O₂ surface-wave microwave discharges
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 175201 1-14, 2010

K Kutasi, V Guerra and P A Sá
Active species downstream of an Ar–O₂ surface-wave microwave discharge for biomedicine, surface treatment and nanostructuring
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 20 035006 1-17, 2011

V Guerra, K Kutasi, P A Sá and M Lino da Silva
Influence of nitrogen impurities on the formation of active species in Ar-O₂ plasmas
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 56, 24004, 2011

M Santos, C Nöel, T Belmonte and L L Alves
Microwave capillary plasmas in helium at atmospheric pressure
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47 265201 1-18, 2014

L L Alves, G Gousset and C M Ferreira
A collisional-radiative model for microwave discharges in helium at low and intermediate pressures
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 25 1713-1732, 1992

J Gregório, P Leprince, C Boisse-Laporte and L L Alves
Self-consistent modelling of atmospheric micro-plasmas produced by a microwave source
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 21 015013 1-16, 2012

C M Ferreira, J Loureiro, and A Ricard
Populations in the metastable and the resonance levels of argon and stepwise ionization effects in a low-pressure argon positive column
J. Appl. Phys. 57 82-90, 1985

C D Pintassilgo, V Guerra, O Guaitella and A Rousseau
Study of gas heating mechanisms in millisecond pulsed discharges and afterglows in air at low pressures
Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 23 025006 1-19, 2014

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