Effect of water vapor on the structure and stability of self-organized patterns in atmospheric-pressure pulsed radio-frequency dielectric barrier discharges

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/adf181

Abstract The effect of water vapor on the self-organized pattern characteristics of atmospheric-pressure radio-frequency argon dielectric barrier discharges was experimentally investigated. Under high relative humidity (RH) conditions, no side discharges were generated between the two surface discharges of the patterns. As the RH gradually decreases, side discharges begin to emerge and evolve through three distinct modes: uniform glow discharge, non-uniform glow discharge, and filamentary discharge. These structural variations are primarily attributed to changes in breakdown (or maintenance) voltage induced by varying RH. At lower RH levels, the strongest single pattern exhibited spontaneous motion, which in turn triggered the collective motion of patterns. The self-organized pattern motion is explained as the shift of re-ignition position induced by electric interaction between asymmetrical side discharge filaments and the central filament.

Keywords: atmospheric-pressure pulsed radio-frequency (RF) discharges dielectric barrier discharges self-organized pattern water vapor

Received: 29 May 2025
Revised: 04 July 2025
Accepted manuscript online: 18 July 2025

PACS:	52.25.Mq	(Dielectric properties)
	52.30.q
	52.65.Yy	(Molecular dynamics methods)
	52.65.Kj	(Magnetohydrodynamic and fluid equation)

Fund: This study was partially supported by the Foundation for Innovative Fundamental Research Group Project of Gansu Province (Grant No. 25JRRA805) and the Joint Innovation Fund project of Lanzhou Jiaotong University and Southwest Jiaotong University (Grant No. LH2024023).

Corresponding Authors: Bin Sun
E-mail: sunbin83@dlut.edu.cn

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Man-Qiang Du(杜满强), Wen-Fu Wei(魏文赋), Zhen-Feng Ding(丁振峰), Liang-Wen Qi(漆亮文), Xiao-Dong Wen(温晓东), and Bin Sun(孙斌) Effect of water vapor on the structure and stability of self-organized patterns in atmospheric-pressure pulsed radio-frequency dielectric barrier discharges 2026 Chin. Phys. B 35 035201

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