1. LATEST NEWS
   

1. Prof. Coulombe will become Department Chair on Sept. 1st, 2012.
   

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

3. The PPL has an official logo! Congratulations to Felipe Aristizabal for his creation!
   

4. Mark McArthur received a NSERC-CGSD scholarship (2012-2015).
   

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

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

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

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

1. OPENINGS
   

1. Outstanding candidates interested in the plasma synthesis of nanomaterials and complex nanostructures or the development of novel plasma sources are welcome to apply.
   

1. UPCOMING CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONS
   

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

2. MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston (MA, USA), 25-30 November 2012
   

1. What we do
   

Our current 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 APGD jet device for plasma medicine
   

4. Plasma-assisted combustion
   

5. Passivation and corrosion resistance enhancement of metal alloys
   

6. 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) and streamer discharges
   

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, Chem. Eng., McGill
   

            Nanomaterials synthesis and plasma processing

1. Prof. Pierre-Luc Girard-Lauriault, Chem. Eng., McGill
   

            Plasma processing

1. Prof. Richard Munz, Chem. Eng., McGill
   

            AC arc processing

1. Prof. Sasha Omanovic, Chem. Eng., McGill
   

            Nanomaterials and coatings for energy and biomedical            

            applications

1. Prof. Jeff Bergthorson, Mech. Eng., McGill
   

            Plasma-assisted combustion

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

            Plasma medicine

1. Prof. Phillip Servio, Chem. Eng., McGill
   

            Nanofluids as gas hydrate promoters

1. Prof. Robert Taylor, Mech. Eng., University of New South Wales, Australia
   

            High-temperature solar thermal nanofluids