Luis César Fontana

Dr. Luis César Fontana

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Academic Career Length

29Years (1998-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 November 2020 in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
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FSF.C. Silva
F.C. Silva
ORO.M. Prada Ramirez
O.M. Prada Ramirez
MTMatheus A. Tunes
Matheus A. Tunes
PEP.D. Edmondson
P.D. Edmondson
JSJ.C. Sagás
J.C. Sagás
CSClaudio Schon
Claudio Schon

1 January 1998 in Corrosion Science
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CFC.V. Franco
C.V. Franco
LFLuis César Fontana
Luis César Fontana
DBD. Bechi
D. Bechi
AMA.E. Martinelli
A.E. Martinelli
JMJ.L.R. Muzart
J.L.R. Muzart

1 October 2019 in Applied Surface Science
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TSTeresa Tromm Steffen
Teresa Tromm Steffen
LFLuis César Fontana
Luis César Fontana
Peter HammerPeter Hammer
Peter Hammer
DBDaniela Becker
Daniela Becker

11 July 2018 in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
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JSJuliano Sadi Scholtz
Juliano Sadi Scholtz
LFLuis César Fontana
Luis César Fontana
MMMarcello Mezaroba
Marcello Mezaroba
Power supplies have played crucial role to improve and extend plasma applications. Several dc, pulsed, and radio frequency (RF) stabilized power supplies have been developed over a wide range of frequencies and voltage waveforms. However, the influence of voltage waveform on the plasma densification, mainly due to the secondary electrons emission from the electrodes, has not been quite explored. This paper proposes an asymmetric pulsed bipolar power supply, adjustable in frequency, amplitude, pulsewidth, and number of pulses for generation of cold plasmas. Short period positive pulses, between longer negative pulses, increase greatly the secondary electron emission from the electrodes and, consequently, the plasma ionization rate. Short pulses (ns) are obtained by the phase shift between each carrier, and the high-intensity pulses are obtained by cascading the cell submodules in a half-bridge cascade topology, using a modular half-bridge converter configuration. The intensity of the positive and negative pulses can be varied independently. There is no unintended dc voltage level between the electrodes, which appear in RF plasmas. The plasma generated in this way is free of electric arc and can be kept stable within a broader range of operating parameters, mainly the voltage and the working gas pressure.

1 September 2020 in Thin Solid Films
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FSFelipe C. Silva
Felipe C. Silva
MTMatheus A. Tunes
Matheus A. Tunes
JSJulio César Sagás
Julio César Sagás
LFLuis César Fontana
Luis César Fontana
NLNelson B. de Lima
Nelson B. de Lima
CSClaudio Schon
Claudio Schon

16 January 2022 in Applied Surface Science
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TSTeresa Tromm Steffen
Teresa Tromm Steffen
LFLuis César Fontana
Luis César Fontana
Peter HammerPeter Hammer
Peter Hammer
DBDANIELA BECKER
DANIELA BECKER