Vasco Guerra - DF & IPFN

Journal papers

Y. He, J. Kuhfeld, N. D. Lepikhin, U. Czarnetzki, V. Guerra, R. P. Brinkmann, A. R. Gibson and E. Kemaneci, Zero-dimensional simulations of DC ns-pulsed plasma jet in N₂ at near atmospheric pressure: validation of the vibrational kinetics, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 33 (2024) 115011 [PDF (3.9 MB)]. 10.1088/1361-6595/ad8a86

T. Silva, S. Bera, C. D. Pintassilgo, A. Herrmann, S. Welzel, M. N. Tsampas, M. C. M. van de Sanden, L. L. Alves and V. Guerra, Unraveling NO Production in N₂−O₂ Plasmas with 0D Kinetic Modeling and Experimental Validation, J. Phys. Chem. A 128 (2024) 7235 [PDF (6.4 MB)]. 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c03323

P. Viegas, J. Silveira, T. C. Dias, O. Guaitella, A. S. Morillo Candás and V. Guerra, Surface recombination in Pyrex in oxygen DC glow discharges: mesoscopic modelling and comparison with experiments, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 33 (2024) 055003. 10.1088/1361-6595/ad4055

G. J. Smith, P. Diomede, A. R. Gibson, S. J. Doyle, V. Guerra, M. J. Kushner, T. Gans and J. P. Dedrick, Low-pressure inductively coupled plasmas in hydrogen: impact of gas heating on the spatial distribution of atomic hydrogen and vibrationally excited states, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 33 (2024) 025002. 10.1088/1361-6595/ad1ece

J. Afonso, L. Vialetto, V. Guerra and P. Viegas, Plasma-induced reversible surface modification and its impact on oxygen heterogeneous recombination, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 57 (2024) 04LT01. 10.1088/1361-6463/ad039b

P. Bílek, T. C. Dias, V. Prukner, V. Guerra and M. Šimek, Streamer-induced kinetics of excited states in pure N₂: II. Formation of N₂(B³Π_g, v = 0-21) through analysis of emission produced by the first positive system, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 33 (2024) 015011. 10.1088/1361-6595/ad1c09

C. A. Garcia-Soto, E. Baratte, T. Silva, V. Guerra, V. I. Parvulescu and O. Guaitella, CO₂/CH₄ Glow Discharge Plasma: Part II - Study of Plasma Catalysis Interaction Mechanisms on CeO₂, Plasma Chem. Plasma Process. (2023) 10.1007/s11090-023-10419-7

E. Baratte, C. A. Garcia-Soto, T. Silva, V. Guerra, V. I. Parvulescu and O. Guaitella, CO₂/CH₄ Glow Discharge Plasma: Part I - Experimental and Numerical Study of the Reaction Pathways, Plasma Chem. Plasma Process. (2023) 10.1007/s11090-023-10421-z

P. Bílek, T. C. Dias, V. Prukner, P. Hoffer, V. Guerra and M. Šimek, Streamer-induced kinetics of excited states in pure N₂: I. Propagation velocity, E/N and vibrational distributions of N₂(C³Π_u) and N⁺₂(B²Σ_u⁺) states, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 (2023) 105002. 10.1088/1361-6595/acf9c8

T. C. Dias, C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, Effect of the magnetic field on the electron kinetics under AC/DC electric fields: benchmark calculations and electron cyclotron resonance, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 (2023) 095003. 10.1088/1361-6595/acf343

T. C. Dias, C. Fromentin, L. L. Alves, A. Tejero-del-Caz, T. Silva and V. Guerra, A reaction mechanism for oxygen plasmas, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 (2023) 084003. 10.1088/1361-6595/aceaa4

C. Fromentin, T. Silva, T. C. Dias, E. Baratte, O. Guaitella and V. Guerra, Validation of non-equilibrium kinetics in CO₂-N₂ plasmas, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 (2023) 054004. 10.1088/1361-6595/acce64

M. Budde, T. C. Dias, L. Vialetto, N. Pinhão, V. Guerra and T. Silva, Electron-neutral collision cross sections for H₂O: II. Anisotropic scattering and assessment of the validity of the two-term approximation, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 56 (2023) 255201. 10.1088/1361-6463/accaf4

A. S. Morillo-Candas, B. L. M. Klarenaar, V. Guerra and O. Guaitella, Fast O Atom Exchange Diagnosed by Isotopic Tracing as a Probe of Excited States in Nonequilibrium CO₂–CO-O₂ Plasmas, J. Phys. Chem. C 107 (2023) 6135. 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08493

P. Viegas, T. C. Dias, C. Fromentin, A. Chukalovsky, Yu. Mankelevich, O. Proshina, T. Rakhimova, V. Guerra and D. Voloshin, Comparison between 1D radial and 0D global models for low-pressure oxygen DC glow discharges, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 (2023) 024002. 10.1088/1361-6595/acbb9c

H. L Davies, V. Guerra, M. van der Woude, T. Gans, D. O’Connell and A. R Gibson, Vibrational kinetics in repetitively pulsed atmospheric pressure nitrogen discharges: average-power-dependent switching behaviour, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 (2023) 014003. 10.1088/1361-6595/aca9f4

C. Fromentin, T. Silva, T. C. Dias, A. S. Morillo-Candas, O. Biondo, O. Guaitella and V. Guerra, Study of vibrational kinetics of CO₂ and CO in CO₂-O₂ plasmas under non-equilibrium conditions, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 32 (2023) 024001. 10.1088/1361-6595/acb665

T. C. Dias, A. Tejero-del-Caz, L. L. Alves and V. Guerra, The LisbOn KInetics Monte Carlo solver, Comput. Phys. Commun. 282 (2023) 108554. 10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108554

V. Guerra, T. Silva, N. Pinhão, O. Guaitella, C. Guerra-Garcia, F. J. J. Peeters, M. N. Tsampas and M. C. M. van de Sanden, Plasmas for in situ resource utilization on Mars: Fuels, life support, and agriculture, J. Appl. Phys. 132 (2022) 070902. DOI: 10.1063/5.0098011

M. Budde, T. C. Dias, L. Vialetto, N. Pinhão, V. Guerra and T. Silva, Electron-neutral collision cross sections for H₂O: I. Complete and consistent set, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55 (2022) 445205. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac8da3

J. P. Booth, A. Chatterjee, O. Guaitella, D. Lopaev, S. Zyryanov, A. Volynets, T. Rakhimova, D. Voloshin, A. Chukalovsky, Yu. Mankelevich and V. Guerra, Quenching of O₂(b¹Σ_g⁺) by O(³P) atoms. Effect of gas temperature, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 (2022) 065012. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ac7749

O. Biondo , C. Fromentin, T. Silva, V. Guerra, G. van Rooij and A. Bogaerts, Insights into the limitations to vibrational excitation of CO₂: validation of a kinetic model with pulsed glow discharge experiments, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 (2022) 074003. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ac8019

V. Laporta, L. Vialetto and V. Guerra, Vibrational excitation cross sections for non-equilibrium nitric oxide-containing plasma, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 (2022) 054001. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ac6a0f

Y. He, P. Preissing, D. Steuer, M. Klich, V. Schulz-von der Gathen, M. Boeke, I. Korolov, J. Schulze, V. Guerra and R. P. Brinkmann, Zero-dimensional and pseudo-one-dimensional models of atmospheric-pressure plasma jet in binary and ternary mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen with helium background, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30 (2021) 105017. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ac278d

T. Silva, A. S. Morillo-Candas, O. Guaitella and V. Guerra, Modeling the time evolution of the dissociation fraction in low-pressure CO₂ plasmas J. CO2 Util. 53 (2021) 101719. DOI: j.jcou.2021.101719

L. D. Pietanza, O. Guaitella, V. Aquilanti, I. Armenise, A. Bogaerts, M. Capitelli, G. Colonna, V. Guerra, R. Engeln, E. Kustova, A. Lombardi, F. Palazzetti and T. Silva, Advances in non-equilibrium CO₂ plasma kinetics: a theoretical and experimental review Eur. Phys. J. D 75 (2021) 237. DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00226-0

A. Tejero-del-Caz, V. Guerra, N. Pinhão, C. D. Pintassilgo and L. L. Alves, On the quasi-stationary approach to solve the electron Boltzmann equation in pulsed plasmas Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30 (2021) 065008. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/abf858

A. S. Morillo-Candas, B. L. M. Klarenaar, C. Amoedo, V. Guerra and O. Guaitella} Effect of oxygen atoms on the vibrational kinetics of CO₂ and CO revealed by the use of a large surface area material J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54 (2021) 095208. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abc992

L. Vialetto, A. B. Moussa, J. van Dijk, S. Longo, P. Diomede, V. Guerra and L. L. Alves, Effect of anisotropic scattering for rotational collisions on electron transport parameters in CO, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30 (2021) 075001. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ac0a4d

P. Ogloblina, A. S. Morillo-Candás, A. F. Silva, T. Silva, A. Tejero-del-Caz, L. L. Alves, O. Guaitella and V. Guerra, Mars in situ oxygen and propellant production by non-equilibrium plasmas, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30 (2021) 065005. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/abec28

A. F. Silva, A. S. Morillo-Candás, A. Tejero-del-Caz, L. L. Alves, O. Guaitella and V. Guerra, A reaction mechanism for vibrationally-cold low-pressure CO₂ plasmas, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 29 (2021) 125020. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/abc818

A. S. Morillo-Candas, V. Guerra and O. Guaitella, Time evolution of the dissociation fraction in rf CO₂ plasmas: impact and nature of back-reaction mechanisms, J. Phys. Chem. C 124 (2020) 17459. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03354

A. S. Morillo-Candas, B. L. M. Klarenaar, C. Amoedo, V. Guerra and O. Guaitella, Effect of oxygen atoms on the vibrational kinetics of CO₂ and CO revealed by the use of a large surface area material J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys 29 (2020) 115003. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abc992

T. C. Dias and V. Guerra, Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of plasma-chemistry, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol 29 (2020) 115003. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/abb7bf

L. Terraz, T. Silva, A. Tejero-del-Caz L. L. Alves and V. Guerra, Sensitivity Analysis in Plasma Chemistry: Application to Oxygen Cold Plasmas and the LoKI Simulation Tool, J. Phys. Chem. A 124 (2020) 4354. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01932

T. Silva, M. Grofulović, L. Terraz, C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, Dynamics of Gas Heating in the Afterglow of Pulsed CO₂ and CO₂-N₂ Glow Discharges at Low Pressure, Plasma Chem. Plasma Process 40 (2020) 713. DOI: 10.1007/s11090-020-10061-7

A. S. Morillo-Candas, T. P.Silva, B. L. M. Klarenaar, M. Grofulović, V. Guerra and O. Guaitella, Electron impact dissociation of CO₂, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol 29 (2020) 01LT01. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab6075

P. Ogloblina, A. Tejero-del-Caz, V. Guerra and L. L. Alves, Electron impact cross sections for carbon monoxide and their importance in the electron kinetics of CO₂-CO mixtures, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol 29 (2020) 015002. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab4e72

L. Terraz, T. Silva, A. Morillo-Candas, O. Guaitella, A. Tejero-del-Caz, L. L. Alves and V. Guerra, Influence of N₂ on the CO₂ vibrational distribution function and dissociation yield in non-equilibrium plasmas, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53 (2020) 094002. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ab55fb

A. S. Morillo-Candas, C. Drag, J. P. Booth, T. C. Dias, V. Guerra and O. Guaitella, Oxygen atom kinetics in CO₂ plasmas ignited in a DC glow discharge, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28 (2019) 075010. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab2b84

V. Guerra, A. Tejero del Caz, C. D. Pintassilgo and L. L. Alves, Topical Review: Modelling N₂-O₂ plasmas: volume and surface kinetics, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28 (2019) 073001. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab252c

J. P. Booth, O. Guaitella, A .Chatterjee, C. Drag, V. Guerra, D. Lopaev, S. Zyryanov, T. Rakhimova, D. Voloshin and Yu. Mankelevich, Oxygen (³P) atom recombination on a Pyrex surface in an O₂ plasma, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28 (2019) 055005. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab13e8

M. Grofulović, B. L. M. Klarenaar, O. Guaitella, V. Guerra and R. Engeln, A rotational Raman study under non-thermal conditions in pulsed CO₂-N₂ and CO₂-O₂ glow discharges, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28 (2019) 045014. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab1240

A. Tejero-del-Caz, V. Guerra , D. Gonçalves, M. Lino da Silva, L. Marques, N. Pinhão, C. D. Pintassilgo and L. L. Alves, The LisbOn KInetics Boltzmann solver, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 28 (2019) 043001 [PDF (2.6 MB)]. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ab0537

C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, Kinetic mechanisms in air plasmas, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61 (2019) 014026. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/aad96f

M. Grofulović, T. Silva, B. L. M. Klarenaar, A. S. Morillo-Candas, O. Guaitella, R. Engeln, C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, ‘Kinetic study of low-temperature CO₂ plasmas under non-equilibrium conditions. II. Input of vibrational energy’ , Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27 (2018) 115009. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aadb60

T. Silva, M. Grofulović, L. Terraz, C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, Modelling the input and relaxation of vibrational energy in CO₂ plasmas , J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51 (2018) 464001. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aadbd7

V. Guerra, T. Silva and O. Guaitella, ‘Living on Mars: how to produce oxygen and fuel to get home’ , Feature Article in Europhysics News 49(3) (2018) 15-18. DOI: 10.1051/epn/2018302

A. Annušová, D. Marinov, J. P. Booth, N. Sirse, M. Lino da Silva, B. Lopez and V. Guerra, ‘Kinetics of highly vibrationally excited O₂(X) molecules in inductively-coupled oxygen plasmas’ , Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27 (2018) 045006. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aab47d

T. Silva, M. Grofulović, B. L. M. Klarenaar, A. S. Morillo-Candas, O. Guaitella, R. Engeln, C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, ‘Kinetic study of low-temperature CO₂ plasmas under non-equilibrium conditions. I. Relaxation of vibrational energy’ , Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27 (2018) 015019. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aaa56a

L. L. Alves, A. Bogaerts, V. Guerra and M. Turner, Topical Review: ‘Foundations of modelling of nonequilibrium low-temperature plasmas’ , Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27 (2018) 023002. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aaa86d

V. Guerra, T. Silva, P. Ogloblina, M. Grofulović, L. Terraz, M. Lino da Silva, C. D. Pintassilgo, L. L. Alves and O. Guaitella, Reply to Comment on ‘The case for in situ resource utilisation for oxygen production on Mars by non-equilibrium plasmas', Plasma Sources Sci. Tech. 27 (2018) 028002. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aaa570

M. A. Ridenti, J. Amorim, A. Dal Pino, V. Guerra and J. Petrov, Causes of plasma column contraction in surface-wave-driven discharges in argon at atmospheric pressure, Phys. Rev. E 97 (2018) 013201. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.97.013201

V. Guerra, T. Silva, P. Ogloblina, M. Grofulović, L. Terraz, M. Lino da Silva, C. D. Pintassilgo, L. L. Alves and O. Guaitella, The case for in situ resource utilisation for oxygen production on Mars by nonequilibrium plasmas, Plasma Sources Sci. Tech. 26 (2017) 11LT01. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aa8dcc

C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, Relaxation of heavy species and gas temperature in the afterglow of a N₂ microwave discharge, Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 80 (2017) 10803. DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2017170216

C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, Modelling of the temporal evolution of the gas temperature in N₂ discharges, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 26 (2017) 055001. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aa5db2

L.C. Pitchford et al., LXCat: An Open-Access, Web-Based Platform for Data Needed for Modeling Low Temperature Plasmas, Plasma Process. Polym. 14 (2017) 1600098. DOI: 10.1002/ppap.201600098

D. Marinov, C. Teixeira and V. Guerra, Deterministic and Monte Carlo methods for simulation of plasma-surface interactions, Plasma Process. Polym. 14 (2017) 1600175. DOI: 10.1002/ppap.201600175

K. Kutasi, C. Noël, T. Belmonte and V. Guerra, Tuning the afterglow plasma composition in Ar/N₂/O₂ mixtures: Characteristics of a flowing surface-wave microwave discharge system, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 25 (2016) 055014. DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/25/5/055014

C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, Power transfer to gas heating in pure N₂ and in N₂−O₂ Plasmas, J. Phys. Chem. C 120 (2016) 21184.

G. Stancu, O. Leroy, P. Coche, K. Gadonna, V. Guerra, T. Minea and L. L. Alves, Microwave air plasmas in capillaries at low pressure II. Experimental investigation, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 (2016) 395207.

M. Grofulović, L. L. Alves and V. Guerra, Electron-neutral scattering cross sections for CO₂: a complete and consistent set and an assessment of dissociation, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 (2016) 395207.

L. L. Alves, P. Coche, M. A. Ridenti and V. Guerra, Electron scattering cross sections for the modelling of oxygen-containing plasmas, Eur. Phys. J. D 70 (2016) 124.

A. Bogaerts, W. Wang, A. Berthelot and V. Guerra, Modeling plasma-based CO₂ conversion: crucial role of the dissociation cross section, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 25 (2016) 055016.

V. Guerra and D. Marinov, Dynamical Monte Carlo methods for plasma-surface reactions, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 25 (2016) 045001.

P. Coche, V. Guerra and L. L. Alves, Microwave air plasmas in capillaries at low pressure I. Self-consistent modeling, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 (2016) 235207.

A. Janeco, N. R. Pinhão and V. Guerra, Electron kinetics in He/CH₄/CO₂ mixtures used for methane conversion, J. Phys. Chem. C 119 (2015) 109.

C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, On the different regimes of gas heating in air plasmas, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 24 (2015) 055009.

J. Amorim, M. A. Ridenti and V. Guerra, Experimental and theoretical study of atmospheric-pressure argon microplasma jets, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 57 (2015) 074001.

R. de Abreu and V. Guerra, Speakable and unspeakable in special relativity: time readings and clock rhythms, Elect. J. Theor. Phys. 12 (2015) 183 [PDF (228K)]

M. A. Ridenti, L. L. Alves, V. Guerra and J. Amorim, The role of rotational mechanisms in electron swarm parameters at low reduced electric field in N₂, O₂ and H₂, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 24 (2015) 035002.

C. D. Pintassilgo, V. Guerra, O. Guaitella and A. Rousseau, Study of gas heating mechanisms in millisecond pulsed discharges and afterglows in air at low pressures, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 23 (2014) 25006.

V. Guerra, D. Marinov, O. Guaitella and A. Rousseau, NO oxidation on plasma pretreated Pyrex: the case for a distribution of reactivity of adsorbed O atoms, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46 (2014) 224012.
Invited paper for a “Special issue on fundamentals of plasma-surface interactions.”

L. Isola, M. López, B. J. Gómez and V. Guerra, On the inﬂuence of metastable states and the behavior of the EEDF in the characterization of the negative glow of a N2-Ar discharge by OES, J. Phys. D: Conf. Series 511 (2014) 012013.

F. Krcma, V. Mazánková, I. Soural and V. Guerra, Power dependence of the pink afterglow in flowing postdischarge in pure nitrogen, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 42 (2014) 2384.

D. Marinov, V. Guerra, O. Guaitella, J. P. Booth and A. Rousseau, Ozone kinetics in low-pressure discharges: vibrationally excited ozone and molecule formation on surfaces, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 22 (2013) 055018.

A. Ricard, S.g. Oh and V. Guerra, Line-ratio determination of atomic oxygen and N2(A ³Σ_u⁺) metastable absolute densities in an RD nitrogen late afterglow, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 22 (2013) 035009. [PDF (436 kB)].

V. Guerra and R. de Abreu, Comment on ‘Symmetry of the adiabatic condition in the piston problem’, Eur. J. Phys. 34 (2013) L35-36. [PDF (72 kB)].

H. Terças, J. T. Mendonça and V. Guerra, Classical rotons in cold atomic traps, Phys. Rev. A 86 (2012) 053630. [PDF (292 kB)].

R. de Abreu and V. Guerra, Introducing thermodynamics through energy and entropy, Am. J. Phys . 80 (2012) 627-637. [PDF (828 kB)].

K. Kutasi, P. A. Sá and V. Guerra, O₂ dissociation in Ar–O₂ surface-wave microwave discharges, J.Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 45 (2012) 195205. [PDF (624 kB)].

M. Lino da Silva, J. Loureiro and V. Guerra, Rotational nonequilibrium in state-resolved models for shock-heated flows, Chem. Phys. 398 (2012) 96-103.

M. Lino da Silva, J. Loureiro and V. Guerra, A multiquantum data set for vibrational excitation and dissociation in high-temperature O₂–O₂ collisions, Chem. Phys. Lett. 531 (2012) 28-33. [PDF (608 kB)].

V. Guerra. K. Kutasi, P. A. Sá and M. Lino da Silva, Influence of nitrogen impurities on the formation of active species in Ar–O₂ plasmas, Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 56 (2011) 24004. [PDF (404 kB)].

K. Kutasi, V. Guerra and P. A. Sá, Active species downstream of an Ar–O₂ surface-wave microwave discharge for biomedicine, surface treatment and nanostructuring, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 20 (2011) 035006. [PDF (1.6 MB)].

J. Loureiro, V. Guerra, P. A. Sá, C. D. Pintassilgo and M. Lino da Silva, Non-equilibrium kinetics in N₂ discharges and post-discharges: a full picture by modelling and impact on the applications, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 20 (2011) 024007.

R. de Abreu and V. Guerra, Comment on 'A close examination of the motion of an adiabatic piston’ by E. Gislason, Am. J. Phys. 78 (2010) 995, Am J. Phys. 79 (2011) 684. [PDF (60 kB)].

O. Guaitella, M. Hübner, D. Marinov, V. Guerra, C. D. Pintassilgo, S. Welzel, J. Röpcke and A. Rousseau, Oxidation of NO into NO₂ by surface adsorbed O atoms, Contr. Plasma Phys. 51 (2011) 176. [PDF (172 kB)].

C. D. Pintassilgo, V. Guerra, O. Guaitella and A. Rousseau, Modelling of an afterglow plasma in air produced by a pulsed discharge, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 19 (2010) 055001. [PDF (888 kB)].

K. Kutasi, V. Guerra and P. A. Sá, Theoretical insight into Ar-O₂ surface-wave microwave discharges, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43 (2010) 175201. [PDF (552 kB)].

V. Guerra, K. Kutasi and P. A. Sá, O₂(a¹Δ_g) production in flowing Ar-O₂ surface-wave microwave discharges: possible use for oxygen-iodine laser excitation, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96 (2010) 071503. [PDF (204 kB)].

V. Guerra, K. Kutasi, M. Lino da Silva, P. A. Sá and J. Loureiro, Kinetic simulation of discharges and afterglows in molecular gases, High Temp. Mat. Proc. 14 (2010) 141.

L. M. Isola, B. J. Gómez and V. Guerra, Determination of the electron temperature and density in the negative glow of a nitrogen pulsed discharge using optical emission spectroscopy, J. Phys D: Appl. Phys. 43 (2010) 015202. [PDF (568 kB)].

R. de Abreu and V. Guerra, Special relativity as a simple geometry problem, Eur. J. Phys. 30 (2009) 229. [PDF (124 kB)].

M. Mrázková, P. Vašina, V. Kudrle, A. Tálský, C. D. Pintassilgo and V. Guerra, On the nitrogen addition into nitrogen post-discharges, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 (2009) 075202. [PDF (152 kB)].

M. Lino da Silva, J. Loureiro and V. Guerra, Nonequilibrium dissociation and recombination rates in nitrogen: From shock waves to discharge conditions, Chem. Phys. 358 (2009) 123.

G. Spavieri, V. Guerra, R. de Abreu and G. T. Gillies, Ether drift experiments and electromagnetic momentum, Eur. Phys. J. D 47 (2008) 457. [PDF (224 kB)].

M. Lino da Silva, V. Guerra, J. Loureiro and P. A. Sá, Vibrational distributions in N2 with an improved calculation of energy levels using the RKR method, Chem. Phys. 348 (2008) 187.

R. de Abreu and V. Guerra, The principle of relativity and the indeterminacy of special relativity, Eur. J. Phys. 29 (2008) 33 [PDF (236 kB)].

V. Guerra, Analytical model of heterogeneous atomic recombination on silicalike surfaces, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 35 (2007) 1397 [PDF (932 kB)].

E. Tatarova, V. Guerra, J. Henriques and C. M. Ferreira, Nitrogen dissociation in low-pressure microwave plasmas, J. Phys: Conf. Series 71 (2007) 012010 [PDF (760 kB)].

V. Guerra, P. A. Sá and J. Loureiro, Nitrogen pink afterglow: the mystery continues, J. Phys: Conf. Series 63 (2007) 012007 [PDF (2.1 MB)].

V. Guerra and R. de Abreu, Comment on: "From classical to modern ether-drift experiments: the narrow window for a preferred frame" [Phys. Lett. A 333 (2004) 355], Phys. Lett. A 361 (2007) 579 [PDF (148 kB)].

M. Lino da Silva, V. Guerra and J. Loureiro, Two-temperature models for nitrogen dissociation, Chem. Phys. 342 (2007) 275. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.10.010

M. Lino da Silva, V. Guerra and J. Loureiro, Nonequilibrium dissociation processes in hyperbolic atmospheric entries, J. Thermophys. Heat Transfer 21 (2007) 303. DOI: 10.2514/1.26776

M. Lino da Silva, V. Guerra and J. Loureiro, State-resolved dissociation rates for extremely nonequilibrium atmospheric entries, J. Thermophys. Heat Transfer 21 (2007) 40. DOI: 10.2514/1.24114

V. Guerra and R. de Abreu, On the consistency between the assumption of a special system of reference and special relativity, Found. Phys. 36 (2006) 1826 [PDF (164 kB)].

V. Guerra, Theoretical investigation of the influence of the wall temperature on the probability for surface atomic recombination of a single species, Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 45 (2006) 8200 [PDF (304 kB)].

J. Loureiro, P. A. Sá and V. Guerra, On the difficulty of N(⁴S) atom recombination o explain the appearance of the pink afterglow in a N2 flowing discharge, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39 (2006) 122.

C.D. Pintassilgo, J. Loureiro and V. Guerra, Modelling of a N₂-O₂ flowing afterglow for plasma sterilization, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 38 (2005) 417.

V. Guerra and R. de Abreu, The conceptualization of time and the constancy of the speed of light, Eur. J. Phys. 26 (2005) S117. [PDF (132 kB) or here]

V. Guerra, P. A. Sá and J. Loureiro, Kinetic modeling of nitrogen discharges and post-discharges, Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 28 (2004) 125. [PDF (978 kB)]

P. A. Sá, V. Guerra, J. Loureiro and N. Sadeghi, Self-consistent kinetic model of the short-lived afterglow in flowing nitrogen, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 37 (2004) 221. [PDF (1.78 MB)]

V. Guerra and J. Loureiro, Dynamical Monte Carlo simulation of surface atomic recombination, Plasma Sources Sci. and Technol. 13 (2004) 85. [PDF (344 kB)]

V. Guerra, P. A. Sá and J. Loureiro, Electron and metastale kinetics in the nitrogen afterglow, Plasma Sources Sci. and Technol. 12 (2003) S8. [PDF (238 kB)]

C. M. Ferreira, E. Tatarova, V. Guerra, B. Gordiets, J. Henriques, F. M. Dias and M. Pinheiro, Modeling of wave driven molecular (H₂, N₂, N₂-Ar), IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 31 (2003) 645. [PDF (696 kB)]

V. Guerra, F. M. Dias, J. Loureiro, P. A. Sá, P. Supiot, C. Dupret e T. Popov, Time-dependence of the electron energy distribution function in the nitrogen afterglow, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 31 (2003) 542. [PDF (1.23 MB)]

V. Guerra, E. Galiaskarov and J. Loureiro, Dissociation mechanisms in nitrogen discharges, Chem. Phys. Lett. 371 (2003) 576-581. [PDF(168 kB)]

C. M. Ferreira, E. Tatarova, F. M. Dias, V. Guerra, J. Henriques and M. Pinheiro, Wave driven molecular discharges as sources of active species, Vacuum 69 (2003) 183.

J. Henriques, E. Tatarova, V. Guerra and C. M. Ferreira, Nitrogen dissociation in N₂–Ar microwave plasmas, Vacuum 69 (2003) 177.

V. Guerra, E. Tatarova and C. M. Ferreira, Kinetics of metastable atoms and molecules in N₂ microwave discharges, Vacuum 69 (2003) 171. [PDF(156 kB) ]

J. Henriques, E. Tatarova, V. Guerra and C. M. Ferreira, Wave driven N₂-Ar discharge. I. Self-consistent theoretical model, J. Appl. Phys. 91 (2002) 5622.

V. Guerra, E. Tatarova, F. M. Dias and C. M. Ferreira, On the self-consistent modeling of a traveling wave sustained nitrogen discharge, J. Appl. Phys. 91 (2002) 2648. [PDF (1024 kB)]

J. Loureiro, P. A. Sá e V. Guerra,Role of long-lived N₂(X ¹S_g⁺,v) molecules and N₂(A ³S_u⁺) and N₂(a’ ¹S_u^-) states in the light emissions of an N₂ afterglow, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 34 (2001) 1769. [PDF (208 kB)]

V. Guerra, P. A. Sá and J. Loureiro, Role played by the N₂(A ³S_u⁺) metastable in stationary N₂ and N₂-O₂ discharges, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 34 (2001) 1745. [PDF (218 kB)]

V. Guerra, P. A. Sá and J. Loureiro, Relaxation of the electron energy distribution function in the afterglow of a N₂ microwave discharge including space-charge field effects, Phys. Rev. E 63 (2001) 46404. [PDF (201 kB)]

G. M. Petrov, J. P. Matte, I. Pérès, J. Margot, T. Sadi, J. Hubert, K. C. Tran, L. L. Alves, J. Loureiro, C. M. Ferreira, V. Guerra and G. Gousset, Numerical modeling of a He-N₂ capillary surface wave discharge at atmospheric pressure, Plasma Chem. and Plasma Proces. 20 (2000) 183.

V. Guerra e J. Loureiro, Kinetic model of a low-pressure microwave discharge in O₂-N₂ including the effects of ions O^- on the characteristics for the plasma maintenance, Plasma Sources Sci. and Technol. 8 (1999) 110.

E. Tatarova, F. M. Dias, C. M. Ferreira, V. Guerra, J. Loureiro, E. Stoykova, I. Ghanashev and I. Zhelyazkov, Self-consistent kinetic model of a surface-wave-sustained discharge in nitrogen, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 30 (1997) 2663. [PDF (457 kB)]

V. Guerra and J. Loureiro, Self-consistent electron and heavy-particle kinetics in a low pressure N₂-O₂ glow discharge, Plasma Sources Sci. and Technol. 6 (1997) 373.

V. Guerra and J. Loureiro, Electron and heavy-particle kinetics in a low pressure nitrogen glow discharge, Plasma Sources Sci. and Technol. 6 (1997) 361.

V. Guerra, M. Pinheiro, B. Gordiets, J. Loureiro and C. M. Ferreira, Calculated data on electron transport and excitation rate coefficients in N₂-O₂ and N₂-H₂ discharges, Plasma Sources Sci. and Technol. 6 (1997) 220.

V. Guerra and J. Loureiro, Non-equilibrium coupled kinetics in stationary N₂-O₂ discharges, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 28 (1995) 1903. [PDF (1,17 MB)]

B. Gordiets, C. M. Ferreira, V. Guerra, J. Loureiro, J. Nahorny, D. Pagnon, M. Touzeau and M. Vialle, Kinetic model of a low pressure N₂-O₂ flowing discharge, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 23 (1995) 750. [PDF (1.67 MB)]

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