On Friday Dec 6th 2024, Princeton University and PCRF graduate student Nirbhav Singh Chopra successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Boundary-induced kinetic effects in low temperature ExB plasmas". We wish Nirbhav the best in his future endeavors!

The Princeton Collaborative Research Facility (PCRF) in low temperature plasma is seeking runtime proposals from the scientific community with an understanding that the operation of this facility is subject to the availability of DOE funds. The allocation of facility runtime will be based on the recommendation from the external review panel, feasibility, and availability of […]

Leaders of the LTP Community: Career Profile: Yevgeny Raitses The ILTPC is an informal organization with an international membership of researchers from the field of low temperature plasmas (LTPs). The ILTPC, established in April 2020, has the goal of being a forum for communication, collaboration, and conversation for the LTP community. The ILTPC distributes a […]

PCRF graduate student Nirbhav S. Chopra was awarded 1st place for the Student Poster Prize at the 77th Gaseous Electronics Conference, for his poster presentation titled "Boundary-induced effect on electron kinetics in electron beam generated ExB plasma". Congratulations to Nirbhav!

The 4th PCRF User Meeting 2024 is being held September 23-24. Please see the link below to see an overview of the meeting agenda! Links: Meeting Agenda

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 2024 from the PCRF team!

PCRF PI Yevgeny Raitses shares PCRF perspectives on the International Low Temperature Plasma Community newsletter. For more see the link below! Link: https://mipse.umich.edu/iltpc_newsletter37.php#perspectives

The Department of Energy Collaborative Research Facilities Webinar occurred on November 29, 2023 at 3:00pm EST. In case you missed it, the flyer and webinar presentation are now available through the links below. Webinar Flyer Webinar Presentation Webinar Recording

Download the event flyer here!Download the webinar presentation here. The DOE Collaborative Research Facilities Webinar is scheduled on November 29, 2023 at 3:00 PM EST. Interested in learning how to carry out research on some of these facilities? Please register in advance for this webinar: https://pppl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gL1q7nuCQa6KW1w8wvcB7g Sincerely,Troy Carter, Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF/LAPD), UCLACary Forest, […]

The Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility and the Sandia Plasma Research Facility (PRF) will soon be open for their fourth round of solicitations for collaborative research proposals from the scientific community. The schedule for this year's call is: Call for proposals opens: October 9th, 2023 Call for proposals closes: December 15th, 2023 External […]

On March 6th 2023, Governor Phil Murphy visited PPPL to learn about the laboratory facilities, capabilities, and overall mission. This included a visit to a PCRF facility for plasma based microelectronics processing. (Featured image: graduate student Nirbhav S. Chopra explains the electron beam generated plasma experiment for atomic layer processing to Gov. Phil Murphy. ) […]

Happy New Year 2023! This image, "Spidey Sense", won the APS-DPP 2022 Visual Science Communication contest, click here for the link.

Principal Research Physicist Dr. Igor Kaganovich recently received the Distinguished Research Fellow Award from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, "For advancing kinetic theory and simulations in low-temperature plasmas, plasma synthesis of nanomaterials, and leadership in industrial collaborations." Click on the following link for more information!: https://www.pppl.gov/news/2022/four-laboratory-researchers-receive-high-honors-their-contributions-development-fusion

Congratulations to Sophia! Please see the following link for more information: Link

PCRF-PPPL graduate student Nirbhav S. Chopra has just received a Graduate Support scholarship from the Program in Plasma Science and Technology (PPST)! This funding support will help him further pursue graduate research on low temperature plasmas conducted at PCRF facilities. Nirbhav is working with Dr. Yevgeny Raitses at the PPPL, investigating the plasma physics of […]

The 2nd PCRF User Meeting 2022 was recently held August 17-18. Please see the links below to see an overview of the collaborations that took place during FY2022! Links: A schedule for upcoming FY23 Call is outlined below Call for proposals opens: October 10th, 2022 Call for proposals closes: December 16th, 2022 External Review: ~1 […]

Click on the link to read more! https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/department-energy-announces-32-million-plasma-science-research Also, click below to view the awarded projects!

On June 29th, 2022, Yevgeny Raitses, Nirbhav Chopra, and the PCRF team presented a poster on PCRF's plasma diagnostic and modeling capabilities, as well as some of the plasma sources available at PCRF. This poster was presented at the New Jersey Research Cores Partnering conference at Rutgers University. Auspiciously, PCRF's poster was one of the […]

The ILTPC, supported by Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE), U.S. Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation, has recently released Newsletter 24. The newsletter features research in low temperature plasma physics from around the world. For this issue, the "Images to Excite and Inspire!" section showcases some work done at the […]

The ILTPC, supported by Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE), U.S. Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation, has recently released Newsletter 23. The newsletter features research in low temperature plasma physics from around the world. For this issue, the "Images to Excite and Inspire!" section showcases some work done at the […]

Useful links PCRF User Meeting Introduction PCRF User Meeting Report Call For Proposals The Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility (PCRF) http://pcrf.pppl.gov will soon be closed for its third round of solicitations for collaborative research proposals from the scientific community. The schedule for this year's call is: Call for proposals opens: October 12th, 2021 […]

PCRF researchers (Yevgeny Raitses , Shurik Yatom, & Michael Shneyder) were recently awarded with DOE FES funding to study the charging of particles in dusty plasmas ($330K per year for three years). The experimental part of the proposal is centered on the development of an in-situ technique for measuring particle charge in a low temperature […]

The 1st PCRF User Meeting 2021 was recently held August 26-27. Please see the links below to see an overview of the collaborations that took place during FY2021! Links: Meeting Intro Slides PCRF Report Slides

Useful links PCRF User Meeting Introduction PCRF User Meeting Report Call For Proposals The Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility (PCRF) http://pcrf.pppl.gov will soon be open for its third round of solicitations for collaborative research proposals from the scientific community. The schedule for this year's call is: Call for proposals opens: October 12th, 2021 […]

For a link to the slides and a recording of the talk, please visit https://mipse.umich.edu/ltp_seminars.php

PPPL's Sophia Gershman discusses her research at the March 6 Science on Saturday. For more information, please visit: https://research.princeton.edu/events/science-saturday-plasma-science-response-covid-19-pandemic-0

The 2021 Online Seminar Series will feature bi-weekly talks by outstanding members of the LTP field. It was founded by Professor Mounir Laroussi of Old Dominion University to maintain exchange of knowledge among the LTP community despite the cancellations of conferences and symposia caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. All talks are to be held on […]

On behalf of Dr. Yevgeny Raitses and all at the Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility, the PCRF would like to wish you and your families a happy New Year in 2021.

The Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility will soon be open for its second round of solicitations for collaborative research proposals from the scientific community. The schedule for this year's call is: Call for proposals opens: November 2nd, 2020 Call for proposals closes: December 11th, 2020 External Review: ~1 month Downselect: January 22nd, 2021 […]

The Board of Directors of the Optical Society (OSA), a professional organization for the promotion and delivering of "scientific and technical information on optics and photonics worldwide" elected Arthur Dogariu, a PCRF researcher, a 2021 Fellow of the Society during their September 2020 meeting. Congratulations, Dr. Dogariu! More information about the OSA can be found […]

The U.S. Department of Energy has recently announced $13.3 million in funding for plasma science research, which includes funds for collaborative research to be done at PCRF. The Department of Energy Office of Science press release for this exciting event has been copied below: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $13.3 million in funding for […]

PPPL visiting student Guus Reefman successfully defended his M Sci thesis in physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology this morning. More information about the area of his work can be found here. Congratulations, Guus!

The Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility is proud to welcome you to the new and redesigned PCRF website, featuring a more efficient publication storage and categorization system, a new research proposal submission form, and news items like this one. PCRF facility information is newly organized and edited to increase efficiency and convenience for […]