Feasibility demonstration of a nanosecond radial plasma injector for in-flight powder functionalization

纳米材料具有独特的性质，使我们在日常生活、各种工业和先进技术中使用的现有材料具有新颖或增强的性能。尽管已经开发了几种“纳米复合材料”材料和器件，但到目前为止，仍有两个主要障碍限制了纳米复合材料产品的大规模应用：1.纳米材料的大规模生产，2.纳米材料与基质材料的整合/增容。Tekna Systèmes等离子体公司已经开发了几种工艺和设备来实现纳米材料的大规模合成，但还没有商业工艺和设备来对所生产的纳米材料进行原位修饰，以确保它们与宿主材料整合。等离子体处理实验室的研究人员已经对这一问题进行了多年的研究，随着最近内部高压纳秒电源的开发，他们现在能够建造和测试等离子体注射器，使其能够进行现场改造，同时符合Tekna的技术要求。这是一个独特的机会，对于大学和行业的合作，导致了纳米材料领域的飞跃创新，并将大量所需的技术部署到一个快速增长的领域。

Nanomaterials possess unique properties which confer novel or enhanced properties to existing materials weuse in our daily lives and in various industries and advanced technologies. Though several "nanocomposite"materials and devices have been developed, to this date, there are still two major hinderances limiting thelarge-scale deployment of nanocomposite products: 1. The large-scale production of the nanomaterials, and 2.the integration/compatibilization of the nanomaterials with the host material. Tekna Systèmes Plasma inc. hasdeveloped several processes and equipment to achieve the large-scale synthesis of nanomaterials, but nocommercial process and equipment exist for the in-situ modification of the as-produced nanomaterials toensure their integration into host materials. Researchers of the Plasma Processing Laboratory have studied suchproblem for several years and with the recent in-house development of a high-voltage nanosecond powersupply, they are now in a position to build and test a plasma injector which would allow such in-situmodification, while being compatible with Tekna's technical requirements. This is a unique opportunity for auniversity-industry collaboration to lead to a leap innovation in the field of nanomaterials, and to deploy amuch needed technology into a fast-growing sector.