Jean-Baptiste Billeau awarded at FLTPD XVI

Jean-Baptiste Billeau was awarded the Young Researcher’s Best Poster Prize at the Frontiers in Low Temperature Plasma Diagnostics (FLTPD XVI) conference, held in Kerkrade, the Netherlands.

The prize recognized the poster entitled “Characterization of atmospheric pressure ns-pulsed plasma jets properties through advanced optical diagnostics”, the result of a collaboration between LPP (École polytechnique) and PPSL (Polytechnique Montréal), with Denis V. Seletskiy, Stephan Reuter, and Svetlana Starikovskaia.

This work focused on the relationship between plasma reactor geometry, nanosecond pulses (3–30 ns), and the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) for biomedical applications.

The study relied on a CNC-controlled plasma jet and on an experimental platform combining four advanced optical diagnostics: TALIF for NO density measurements, ACE-FISH for electric field mapping, VUV absorption for ozone (O₃) measurements, and Thomson scattering for electron density and temperature profiles. The objective was to identify the pulse regimes and optimal geometries that maximize the production of reactive species while ensuring the thermal safety required for future clinical use.

To download the poster, click on the link (see left column).