Plasma pencil
Mounir Laroussi with plasma pencil in operation
Plasma pencil touching hand
Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) at atmospheric Pressure
Resistive Barrier Discharge (RBD) at atmospheric pressure
Diffuse discharge ignited by an external ionization wave
Air plasma with a water electrode
Mounir Laroussi holding the plasma pencil on the cover of Quest.
Source: Quest Magazine, Old Dominion University
IWPCT conference SEAS GWU © Eleanor Kaufman 2014.
Mounir Laroussi working in lab, circa 2010.
Mounir Laroussi pictured at APTL a few months after its establishment, circa 1999. Photo by Chuck Thomas.