Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andrew R. Gibson

Head of the Research Group Biomedical Plasma Technology

Address
Ruhr-Uni­ver­si­tät Bo­chum
Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
Biomedizinisch Angewandte Plasmatechnik
Uni­ver­si­täts­stra­ße 150
D-44801 Bo­chum, Germany

Room
ID 1/517

Phone
+49 234 32 29445

Email
gibson(at)aept.rub.de


Other Websites
https://etit.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/faculty/professorships/prof-dr-andrew-gibson/

Publication Record
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=22SZ7RkAAAAJ


Publications

Böddecker, A., Passmann, M., Segura, A. N. T., Bodnar, A., Awakowicz, F., Oppotsch, T., Muhler, M., Awakowicz, P., Gibson, A. R., Korolov, I., & Mussenbrock, T. (2025). The role of flow field dynamics in enhancing volatile organic compound conversion in a surface dielectric barrier discharge system. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58(2), 025208. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad8454 Cite
Osca Engelbrecht, M., Jenderny, J., Hylla, H., Filla, D., Awakowicz, P., Korolov, I., Ridgers, C. P., & Gibson, A. R. (2024). Numerical investigation of vacuum ultra-violet emission in Ar/O 2 inductively coupled plasmas. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(9), 095008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad7059 Cite
Smith, G. J., Diomede, P., Gibson, A. R., Doyle, S. J., Guerra, V., Kushner, M. J., Gans, T., & Dedrick, J. P. (2024). Low-pressure inductively coupled plasmas in hydrogen: impact of gas heating on the spatial distribution of atomic hydrogen and vibrationally excited states. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 33(2), 025002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad1ece Cite
Schüttler, S., Schöne, A. L., Jeß, E., Gibson, A. R., & Golda, J. (2024). Production and transport of plasma-generated hydrogen peroxide from gas to liquid. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 10.1039.D3CP04290A. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP04290A Cite
Nawrath, N., Korolov, I., Bibinov, N., Awakowicz, P., & Gibson, A. R. (2023). Spatio-temporal dynamics of electrons and helium metastables in uniform dielectric barrier discharges formed in He/N 2. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(12), 125014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad1513 Cite
Böddecker, A., Passmann, M., Wilczek, S., Schücke, L., Korolov, I., Skoda, R., Mussenbrock, T., Gibson, A. R., & Awakowicz, P. (2023). Interactions Between Flow Fields Induced by Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge Arrays. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-023-10406-y Cite
Davies, H. L., Guerra, V., van der Woude, M., Gans, T., O’Connell, D., & Gibson, A. R. (2023). Vibrational kinetics in repetitively pulsed atmospheric pressure nitrogen discharges: average-power-dependent switching behaviour. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(1), 014003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aca9f4 Cite
Steuer, D., van Impel, H., Gibson, A. R., Schulz-von der Gathen, V., Böke, M., & Golda, J. (2022). State enhanced actinometry in the COST microplasma jet. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 31(10), 10LT01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac90e8 Cite
Tennyson, J., Mohr, S., Hanicinec, M., Dzarasova, A., Smith, C., Waddington, S., Liu, B., Alves, L. L., Bartschat, K., Bogaerts, A., Engelmann, S. U., Gans, T., Gibson, A. R., Hamaguchi, S., Hamilton, K. R., Hill, C., O’Connell, D., Rauf, S., van ’t Veer, K., & Zatsarinny, O. (2022). The 2021 release of the Quantemol database (QDB) of plasma chemistries and reactions. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 31(9), 095020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac907e Cite
Ďurian, J., Hartmann, P., Matejčík, Š., Gibson, A. R., & Donkó, Z. (2022). Experimental and simulation study of a capacitively coupled radiofrequency plasma with a structured electrode. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 31(9), 095001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac8449 Cite
Schücke, L., Bodnar, A., Friedrichs, N., Böddecker, A., Peters, N., Ollegott, K., Oberste-Beulmann, C., Wirth, P., Nguyen-Smith, R. T., Korolov, I., Gibson, A. R., Muhler, M., & Awakowicz, P. (2022). Optical absorption spectroscopy of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in a surface dielectric barrier discharge. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55(21), 215205. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac5661 Cite
Böddecker, A., Bodnar, A., Schücke, L., Giesekus, J., Wenselau, K., Nguyen-Smith, R. T., Oppotsch, T., Oberste-Beulmann, C., Muhler, M., Gibson, A. R., & Awakowicz, P. (2022). A scalable twin surface dielectric barrier discharge system for pollution remediation at high gas flow rates. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 10.1039.D2RE00167E. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RE00167E Cite
Brisset, A., Gibson, A. R., Schröter, S., Niemi, K., Booth, J.-P., Gans, T., O’Connell, D., & Wagenaars, E. (2021). Chemical kinetics and density measurements of OH in an atmospheric pressure He + O 2 + H 2 O radiofrequency plasma. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54(28), 285201. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abefec Cite
Hillebrand, B., Iglesias, E., Gibson, A. R., Bibinov, N., Neugebauer, A., Enderle, M., & Awakowicz, P. (2020). Determination of plasma parameters by spectral line broadening in an electrosurgical argon plasma. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 29(12), 125011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abc411 Cite
Doyle, S. J., Gibson, A. R., Boswell, R. W., Charles, C., & Dedrick, J. P. (2020). Decoupling ion energy and flux in intermediate pressure capacitively coupled plasmas via tailored voltage waveforms. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 29(12), 124002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abc82f Cite
Schücke, L., Gembus, J.-L., Peters, N., Kogelheide, F., Nguyen-Smith, R. T., Gibson, A. R., Schulze, J., Muhler, M., & Awakowicz, P. (2020). Conversion of volatile organic compounds in a twin surface dielectric barrier discharge. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 29(11), 114003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abae0b Cite
Schröter, S., Bredin, J., Gibson, A. R., West, A., Dedrick, J. P., Wagenaars, E., Niemi, K., Gans, T., & O’Connell, D. (2020). The formation of atomic oxygen and hydrogen in atmospheric pressure plasmas containing humidity: picosecond two-photon absorption laser induced fluorescence and numerical simulations. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 29(10), 105001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abab55 Cite
Kogelheide, F., Voigt, F., Hillebrand, B., Moeller, R., Fuchs, F., Gibson, A. R., Awakowicz, P., Stapelmann, K., & Fiebrandt, M. (2020). The role of humidity and UV-C emission in the inactivation of B. subtilis spores during atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharge treatment. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 53(29), 295201. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab77cc Cite
Doyle, S. J., Gibson, A. R., Boswell, R. W., Charles, C., & Dedrick, J. P. (2019). Control of electron, ion and neutral heating in a radio-frequency electrothermal microthruster via dual-frequency voltage waveforms. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 28(3), 035019. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab0984 Cite
Gibson, A. R., Donkó, Z., Alelyani, L., Bischoff, L., Hübner, G., Bredin, J., Doyle, S., Korolov, I., Niemi, K., Mussenbrock, T., Hartmann, P., Dedrick, J. P., Schulze, J., Gans, T., & O’Connell, D. (2019). Disrupting the spatio-temporal symmetry of the electron dynamics in atmospheric pressure plasmas by voltage waveform tailoring. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 28(1), 01LT01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aaf535 Cite
Doyle, S. J., Gibson, A. R., Boswell, R. W., Charles, C., & Dedrick, J. P. (2019). Inducing locally structured ion energy distributions in intermediate-pressure plasmas. Physics of Plasmas, 26(7), 073519. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5111401 Cite
Hamilton, J. R., Tennyson, J., Booth, J.-P., Gans, T., & Gibson, A. R. (2018). Calculated electron impact dissociation cross sections for molecular chlorine (Cl 2 ). Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 27(9), 095008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aada32 Cite
Doyle, S. J., Gibson, A. R., Flatt, J., Ho, T. S., Boswell, R. W., Charles, C., Tian, P., Kushner, M. J., & Dedrick, J. (2018). Spatio-temporal plasma heating mechanisms in a radio frequency electrothermal microthruster. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 27(8), 085011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aad79a Cite
Donkó, Z., Derzsi, A., Korolov, I., Hartmann, P., Brandt, S., Schulze, J., Berger, B., Koepke, M., Bruneau, B., Johnson, E., Lafleur, T., Booth, J.-P., Gibson, A. R., O’Connell, D., & Gans, T. (2018). Experimental benchmark of kinetic simulations of capacitively coupled plasmas in molecular gases. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 60(1), 014010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa8378 Cite
Schröter, S., Gibson, A. R., Kushner, M. J., Gans, T., & O’Connell, D. (2018). Numerical study of the influence of surface reaction probabilities on reactive species in an rf atmospheric pressure plasma containing humidity. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 60(1), 014035. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa8fe9 Cite
Schröter, S., Wijaikhum, A., Gibson, A. R., West, A., Davies, H. L., Minesi, N., Dedrick, J., Wagenaars, E., de Oliveira, N., Nahon, L., Kushner, M. J., Booth, J.-P., Niemi, K., Gans, T., & O’Connell, D. (2018). Chemical kinetics in an atmospheric pressure helium plasma containing humidity. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(37), 24263–24286. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP02473A Cite
Doyle, S. J., Lafleur, T., Gibson, A. R., Tian, P., Kushner, M. J., & Dedrick, J. (2017). Enhanced control of the ionization rate in radio-frequency plasmas with structured electrodes via tailored voltage waveforms. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26(12), 125005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa96e5 Cite
Gibson, A. R., & Gans, T. (2017). Controlling plasma properties under differing degrees of electronegativity using odd harmonic dual frequency excitation. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26(11), 115007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa8dcd Cite
Wijaikhum, A., Schröder, D., Schröter, S., Gibson, A. R., Niemi, K., Friderich, J., Greb, A., Schulz-von der Gathen, V., O’Connell, D., & Gans, T. (2017). Absolute ozone densities in a radio-frequency driven atmospheric pressure plasma using two-beam UV-LED absorption spectroscopy and numerical simulations. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26(11), 115004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa8ebb Cite
Tsutsumi, T., Greb, A., Gibson, A. R., Hori, M., O’Connell, D., & Gans, T. (2017). Investigation of the radially resolved oxygen dissociation degree and local mean electron energy in oxygen plasmas in contact with different surface materials. Journal of Applied Physics, 121(14), 143301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4979855 Cite
Derzsi, A., Bruneau, B., Gibson, A. R., Johnson, E., O’Connell, D., Gans, T., Booth, J.-P., & Donkó, Z. (2017). Power coupling mode transitions induced by tailored voltage waveforms in capacitive oxygen discharges. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 26(3), 034002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa56d6 Cite
Gibson, A. R., Foucher, M., Marinov, D., Chabert, P., Gans, T., Kushner, M. J., & Booth, J.-P. (2017). The role of thermal energy accommodation and atomic recombination probabilities in low pressure oxygen plasmas. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59(2), 024004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/59/2/024004 Cite
Dedrick, J., Gibson, A. R., Rafalskyi, D., & Aanesland, A. (2017). Transient propagation dynamics of flowing plasmas accelerated by radio-frequency electric fields. Physics of Plasmas, 24(5), 050703. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4983059 Cite
Hurlbatt, A., Gibson, A. R., Schröter, S., Bredin, J., Foote, A. P. S., Grondein, P., O’Connell, D., & Gans, T. (2017). Concepts, Capabilities, and Limitations of Global Models: A Review: Concepts, Capabilities, and Limitations of Global Models …. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 14(1–2), 1600138. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201600138 Cite
Gibson, A. R., Greb, A., Graham, W. G., & Gans, T. (2015). Tailoring the nonlinear frequency coupling between odd harmonics for the optimisation of charged particle dynamics in capacitively coupled oxygen plasmas. Applied Physics Letters, 106(5), 054102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4907567 Cite
Rajendiran, S., Rossall, A. K., Gibson, A., & Wagenaars, E. (2014). Modelling of laser ablation and reactive oxygen plasmas for pulsed laser deposition of zinc oxide. Surface and Coatings Technology, 260, 417–423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.06.062 Cite
Gibson, A. R., McCarthy, H. O., Ali, A. A., O’Connell, D., & Graham, W. G. (2014). Interactions of a Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Effluent with PC-3 Prostate Cancer Cells: Interactions of a Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure …. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 11(12), 1142–1149. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201400111 Cite