1. LATEST NEWS
   

1. Mark McArthur received a NSERC-PGSD scholarship (2012-2015).
   

2. Nathan Hordy and Mark McArthur successfully defended their PhD proposal.
   

3. Husam Al-Rameeni (McGill) and Mathew Evans (Sherbrooke) were awared S.U.R.E. awards for summer internships (2012)
   

4. Prof. Coulombe joined the Board of Directors of the International Plasma Chemistry Society, 2012-2015.
   

5. Prof. Coulombe was elected as the Vice-Chair of the Division of Plasma Physics, Canadian Association of Physicists
   

6. One of our articles is the 2nd-most cited over the last 5 years in Plasma Sources Sci. & Technol.
   

1. OPENINGS
   

1. Ph.D. candidates for the synthesis and characterization of enhanced gas absorption/mass transfer nanofluids.
   

1. UPCOMING EVENTS
   

1. Photonics North, Montréal (Canada), 6-8 June 2012
   

2. Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) congress, Calgary (Canada), 11-15 June 2012 (Prof. Coulombe to Chair the Plasma Application session)
   

3. 4th Plasma Medicine conference, Orléans (France), 17-21 June 2012
   

4. Gordon Research Conference on Plasma Processing Science, Smithfield (RI, USA), 22-27 July 2012
   

1. What we do
   

Our main technology development themes:

1. Plasma-assisted synthesis of nanofluids for solar thermal energy harvesting, enhanced gas absorption/mass transfer and gas hydrate formation
   

2. Plasma-assisted synthesis of quantum dots-decorated CNTs for solar energy harvesting (solar thermal and photovoltaic)
   

3. Miniature high-pressure plasma jet synthesis of reactive radicals (plasma medicine and plasma-assisted combustion)
   

4. AC arc plasma treatment of TiO2-rich ore
   

Our tools:

1. Low-pressure RF (13.56 MHz, CW and pulsed) capacitively-coupled glow discharges
   

2. Atmospheric pressure glow discharge jets and diffuse sources
   

3. Dielectric Barrier Discharges (DBDs)
   

4. Pulsed laser ablation under controlled atmosphere
   

5. Pulsed DC arc and thermal evaporation sources
   

6. Twin electrodes AC arc furnace
   

7. Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition reactors
   

8. Dual sources combining two of the above
   

Our collaborators:

1. Prof. Jean-Luc Meunier, Chemical Engineering, McGill
   

            Nanomaterials synthesis and plasma processing

1. Prof. Richard Munz, McGill
   

            AC arc processing

1. Prof. Sasha Omanovic, Chemical Engineering, McGill
   

            Nanomaterials for electrochemistry

1. Prof. Jeff Bergthorson, Mechanical Engineering, McGill
   

            Plasma-assisted combustion

1. Prof. Martin Olivier, Microbiology and Immunology, McGill
   

            Plasma medicine

1. Prof. Phillip Servio, Chemical Engineering, McGill
   

            Nanofluids as gas hydrate promoters

1. Prof. Robert Taylor, Mechanical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia
   

            High-temperature solar thermal nanofluids