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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Applicant:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Gainesville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Subrata Roy, Gainesville, FL (US);
Kirk Jeremy Ziegler, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15C 1/06 (2006.01); H05H 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/2406 (2013.01); H05H 2001/2418 (2013.01); H05H 2240/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a new type of selective nitrophobic surface membrane in a plasma actuator that separates oxygen from nitrogen in the atmosphere, thereby increasing the presence of oxygen near an exposed electrode of the plasma actuator. Accordingly, the plasma flow created in the presence of oxygen at the exposed electrode generates more force than plasma flow created in the presence of nitrogen.