Planning I/UCRC University of Michigan Ann Arbor: Center for High Pressure Plasma Energy, Agriculture, and Biomedical Technologies (PEAB)

低温非平衡等离子体（LTP）科学为微电子和材料制造等许多现代工业的建立提供了基础技术。等离子体是电离气体，可以用电场激活电子。通过电子与分子的碰撞，ltp能够有效地产生化学反应气体，从而通过产生新的化合物或从表面添加/去除材料来创造新的功能。最近在等离子体产生电子学方面的突破使得开发新的系统成为可能，以扩大在大气和更高压力下（甚至在液体中）利用这种化学反应性的LTP应用领域。这种新能力激发了食品加工、农业、燃料转换医疗、水处理和制药等行业应用ltp来提高加工效率或创建新工艺的兴趣。ltp在这些行业中用于先进技术的使用现在受到对应用程序基本基础的有限科学理解的限制。德雷塞尔大学和密歇根大学正计划建立一个国家科学基金会工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC），专注于利用LTPs的化学活化力来开发新技术。该中心的学术研究人员将研究LTPs在能源、环境修复、水处理、食品安全和加工以及医疗和生物工程领域应用的基础科学依据。通过与该中心工业成员的合作，这些基本原则将转化为改进和创造新技术，以解决食物-水-能源关系并改善人类健康。除了帮助行业解决关键的社会需求外，这些技术改进还将创造经济机会。

Low Temperature non-equilibrium Plasma (LTP) science provides a base technology on which many modern industries, such as microelectronics and materials fabrication, have been built. Plasmas are ionized gases which can be activated with electric fields which energize electrons. Through electron collisions with molecules, LTPs are able to efficiently generate chemically reactive gases, which in turn create new functionality through creating new compounds or adding/removing material from surfaces. Recent breakthroughs in plasma-generating electronics have made it possible to develop novel systems to widen the area of LTP applications at atmospheric and higher pressures (even in liquids) to utilize this chemical reactivity. This new ability has stimulated the interest of industries such as food processing, agriculture, fuel conversion medical, water treatment, and pharmaceutical industries to apply LTPs to improve the efficiency of processing or create new processes. The use of LTPs in these industries for advanced technologies is now restricted by limited scientific understanding of the fundamental underpinnings of the applications.Drexel University and the University of Michigan are planning to establish a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) that focuses on leveraging the chemical activation power of LTPs to new technologies. The academic researchers in the Center will investigate the fundamental scientific basis of LTPs as used in the energy, environmental remediation, water treatment, food safety and processing, and medical and bioengineering sectors. Through collaboration with industrial members of the Center, these fundamental principles will be translated into improving and creating new technologies to address the food-water-energy nexus and to improve human health. In addition to helping to enable industry to address critical societal needs, these improvements in technology will create economic opportunities.