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On March, 2025, Victor Lafaurie defended his PhD "Pulsed plasma approach for mild or strong ignition of a detonation wave using gradient of atomic species". Abstract : This thesis presents a study conducted on the ignition of a detonation wave with non-equilibrium plasma. This form of plasma-assisted combustion has been of recent increased interest with the developments of new forms of detonation-based propulsion and their implementation into real...

The second edition of the PLASMAScience Summer School, organized by EUR PLASMAScience, took place from June 22 to 28 on the island of Porquerolles (France), centered on the theme “Plasmas for Society”, with a particular focus on low-temperature plasmas. The event attracted 70 participants from 20 countries, confirming its growing international visibility. In response to nearly the double in number of applications over last year, the International...

A comprehensive topical review has just been recently published in special issue of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics , focusing on emerging in situ and time-resolved diagnostic methods to study the interaction of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasmas with liquid or solid targets [1]. This work highlights both the challenges and recent advances in observing plasma–surface interactions as they occur, in real time and under direct plasma exposure...