Publications

Journal articles:

1. Computational analysis of the anode-directed streamers propagation in atmospheric pressure C4F7N/N2 mixtures, D Levko, S Thiruppathiraj, L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2024, accepted

2. Influence of the Dufour effect on striations formation in radio-frequency discharges, D Levko and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2024, vol. 31, 043504

3. Gas heating by inductively coupled low-pressure chlorine process plasmas, D Levko, V Subramaniam and L L Raja, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2023, vol. 32, 125008

4. Kinetics of the fast ionization waves with runaway electrons, D Levko and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2023, vol. 30, 073502

5. Silicon etching by chlorine plasma: validation of surface reactions mechanism, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2023, vol. 41, 042205

6. Investigation of the significance of excited species in wave-heated dense non-ideal microplasmas using particle-in-cell Monte Carlo-collision modeling, E Solmaz, D Levko and L L Raja, AIP Advances, 2023, vol. 13, 065009

7. Computational analysis of electrical breakdown of SF6/N2 mixtures, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2023, vol. 133, 053301

8. Limitations of the independent control of ion flux and energy distribution function in high-density inductively coupled chlorine plasmas, D Levko, R Upadhyay, K Suzuki and L L Raja, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2023,  vol. 41, 012205

9. Influence of the electron field emission on the magnetized direct current high-pressure discharge, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2022, vol. 132, 243301

10. On the chemistry mechanism for low-pressure chlorine process plasmas, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2022, vol. 40, 052205 

11. Transient phenomena during dense argon micro-plasma formation, D Levko, V Subramaniam and L L Raja, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2022, vol. 55, 345204

12. Influence of the electron kinetics on Ar/NF3 inductively coupled plasma, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2022, vol. 40, 042202

13. Optimization of silicon etch rate in a CF4/Ar/O2 inductively coupled plasma, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2022, vol. 40, 032203

14. Influence of electron energy distribution on fluid models of a low-pressure inductively coupled plasma discharge, D Levko, R Upadhyay, L Raja, A Ranjan and P Ventzek, Physics of Plasmas, 2022, vol. 29, 043510

15. Plasma kinetics of c-C4F8 inductively coupled plasma revisited, D Levko, C Shukla, K Suzuki and L L Raja, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2022, vol. 40, 022203

16. Dynamics of subnormal regime in a direct-current nitrogen micro-discharge, D Levko, V Subramaniam and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2022, vol. 29, 023503

17. Fluid modeling of inductively coupled iodine plasma for electric propulsion conditions, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2021, vol. 130, 173302

18. Modeling the effect of stochastic heating and surface chemistry in a pure CF4 inductively coupled plasma, D Levko, C Shukla, and L L Raja, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2021, vol. 39, 062204

19. Computational study of plasma dynamics and reactive chemistry in a low-pressure inductively coupled CF4/O2 plasma, D Levko, C Shukla, R R Upadhyay and L L Raja, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2021, vol. 39, 042202

20. Operating modes of a magnetized direct-current discharge in helium at pressures ~10 Pa, D Levko, R R Upadhyay and L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2021, vol. 129, 183307

21. VizGrain: a new computational tool for particle simulations of reactive plasma discharges and rarefied flow physics, D Levko, R Upadhyay, A Karpatne, D Breden, K Suzuki, V Topalian, C Shukla and L L Raja, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2021, vol. 30, 055012

22. Particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collision modeling of non-ideal effects in wave-heated dense microplasmas, E Solmaz, D Levko and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2021, vol. 28, 042706

23. Self-pulsing of direct-current discharge in planar and curved geometries, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2021, vol. 54, 235201

24. Electron kinetics in standing and moving striations in argon gas, D Levko, Physics of Plasmas, 2021, vol. 28, 013506 

25. Computational analysis of gas breakdown modes in direct current micro-plasmas at elevated pressures , D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2020, vol. 128, 233301

26. On the expansion of non-ideal copper plasma into vacuum, D Levko, R R Arslanbekov and V I Kolobov,  Physics of Plasmas, 2020, vol. 27, 083519

27. Plasma stratification in radio-frequency discharges of argon gas, V Kolobov, R Arslanbekov, D Levko, V Godyak, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2020, vol. 53, 25LT01

28. Initial stage of beam-generated plasma with evaporating electrode, D Levko, Physics of Plasmas, 2020, vol. 27, 023505

29. Multi-scale dynamics of atmospheric-pressure discharges ignited over liquid electrodes, D Levko, R R Arslanbekov and V I Kolobov, Journal of Applied Physics, 2020, vol. 127, 043301 (Featured article, on the cover of the Issue #4)

30. Mechanism of sub-nanosecond pulsed breakdown of pressurized nitrogen, D Levko, Journal of Applied Physics, 2019, vol. 126, 083303

31. On the optimal conditions necessary for the ion transit time oscillations, D Levko and L L Raja, Plasma Research Express, 2019, vol. 1(3), 060011

32. Modified Paschen curves for pulsed breakdown, D Levko, R R Arslanbekov and V I Kolobov, Physics of Plasmas, 2019, vol. 26, 064502

33. Kinetic solvers with adaptive mesh in phase space for low-temperature plasmas, V I Kolobov, R R Arslanbekov, D Levko, Journal of Physics: Conf. Series, 2019, vol. 1225, 012016

34. Computational analysis of the electron beam source with hollow anode, D Levko, Physics of Plasmas, 2019, vol. 26, 013517

35. Microwave microplasma parameters at extremely high driving frequencies, D Levko and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2019, vol. 26, 014505

36. Influence of the emission current on a beam-generated plasma, D Levko and J Gruenwald, Physics of Plasmas, 2018, vol. 25, 123509

37. Comparison of mechanisms of the plasma generation by nanosecond discharge at extremely high overvoltage, D Levko, Journal of Applied Physics, 2018,  vol. 124, 163302

38. Ionization-induced self-channeling of an ultra-high power sub-nanosecond microwave beam in a neutral gas, G Shafir, Ya E Krasik, Y P Bliokh, D Levko, Y Cao, J G Leopold, R Gad, V Bernshtam, and A Fisher, Physical Review Letters, 2018, vol. 120, 135003

39. The interaction of intense, ultra-short microwave beams with the plasma generated by gas ionization, G Shafir, Y Cao, Y Bliokh, J G Leopold, D Levko, V Rostov, R Gad, A Fisher, V Bernshtam and Ya E Krasik, Physics of Plasmas, 2018, vol. 25, 032308 (Editor's pick)

40. Kinetic modeling of streamer penetration into de-ionized water, D Levko, A Sharma and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2018, vol. 25, 033515

41. Particle-in-cell modeling of the nanosecond field emission driven discharge in pressurized hydrogen, D Levko, S Yatom and Ya E Krasik, Journal of Applied Physics, 2018, vol. 123, 083303 (Editor's pick)

42. High-voltage microdischarge as a source of extreme density plasma, D Levko and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2018, vol. 25, 013509

43. On the production of energetic electrons at the negative streamer head at moderate overvoltage, D Levko and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2017, vol. 24, 124503

44. Heating of heavy plasma species by damping electron beam in beam-generated plasma, D Levko, Physics of Plasmas, 2017, vol. 24, 113508

45. The effect of electron processes on metal walls in magnetized microdischarges, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, vol. 122, 163301

46. On the energy deposition into the plasma for an inverted fireball geometry, D Levko and J Gruenwald, Physics of Plasmas, 2017, vol. 24, 103519 (Editor's pick)

47. Population of vibrational levels of carbon dioxide by cylindrical fast ionization wave, D Levko, M Pachuilo, L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2017, vol. 24, 093513

48. Particle-in-cell modeling of streamer branching in CO2 gas, D Levko, M Pachuilo, L L Raja, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017, vol. 50, 354004

49. Current self-limitation of the nanosecond hollow cathode discharge, D Levko, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017, vol. 50, 325203

50. Unmagnetized fireballs in the hollow cathode geometry, D Levko, Physics of Plasmas, 2017, vol. 24, 053514

51. Kinetic effects during the interactrion between high density microplasma and electromagnetic wave, D Levko and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2017, vol. 24, 043509

52. Magnetized direct current microdischarge, I: effect of the gas pressure, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, vol. 121, 093302 (Editor's pick)

53. Magnetized direct current microdischarge, II: effect of magnetic field amplitude on the plasma, D Levko and L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, vol. 121, 093303 (Editor's pick)

54. Fluid vs. global model approach for the modeling of active species production by streamer discharge, D Levko and L L Raja, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2017, vol. 26, 035003

55. Non-thermal plasma ethanol reforming in bubbles immersed in liquids, D Levko, A Sharma, L L Raja, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017, vol. 50, 085202

56. Effect of negative gases admixture on the stability of beam-driven discharges, D Levko, L L Raja, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2016, vol. 25, 064003

57. Effect of oxygen impurities on atmospheric-pressure surface streamer discharge in argon for large gap arc breakdown, A Sharma, D Levko and L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2016, vol. 23, 103501

58. Kinetics and dynamics of nanosecond streamer discharge in atmospheric-pressure gas bubble suspended in distilled water under saturated vapor pressure conditions, A Sharma, D Levko, L Raja, M S Cha, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2016, vol. 49, 395205

59. Fluid modeling of a high-voltage nanosecond pulsed xenon microdischarge, D Levko, L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2016, vol. 23, 073513

60. Plasmas generated in bubbles immersed in liquids: direct current streamers vs. microwave plasma, D Levko, A Sharma, L L Raja, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2016, vol. 49, 285205

61. Microwave plasmas generated in bubbles immersed in liquids for hydrocarbons reforming, D Levko, A Sharma, L L Raja, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2016, vol. 49, 22LT01

62. Electron kinetics in atmospheric-pressure argon and nitrogen microwave microdischarge, D Levko, L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2016, vol. 119, 163303

63. Influence of field emission on microwave microdischarges, D Levko, L L Raja, High Voltage, 2016, vol. 1(1), 57

64. Influence of field emission on the propagation of cylindrical fast ionization wave in atmospheric-pressure nitrogen, D Levko, L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2016, vol. 119, 153301

65. Particle-in-Cell modeling of gas-confined barrier discharge, D Levko, L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2016, vol. 23, 043502

66. Influence of emitter temperature on the energy deposition in a low-pressure plasma, D Levko, L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2016, vol. 23, 032107

67. Response to comment on "Early stage time evolution of a dense nanosecond microdischarge used in fast optical switching applications", D Levko, L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2016, vol. 23, 034706

68. Early stage time evolution of a dense nanosecond microdischarge used in fast optical switching applications, D Levko, L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2015, vol. 22, 123518

69. Instability of plasma plume of micro-hollow cathode discharge, D Levko, Y P Bliokh, V Gurovich, Ya E Krasik, Physics of Plasmas, 2015, vol. 22, 113502

70. Rarefaction solitons initiated by sheath instability, D Levko, Physics of Plasmas, 2015, vol. 22, 092119

71. Dynamics of a wire-to-cylinder atmospheric pressure high-voltage nanosecond discharge, D Levko, L L Raja, Physics of Plasmas, 2015, vol. 22, 083507

72. Effect of frequency on microplasmas driven by microwave excitation, D Levko, L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2015, vol. 118 (4), 043303

73. Influence of the anode processes on discharges driven by thermionic emission, D Levko, Physics of Plasmas, 2015, vol. 22, 073501

74. Influence of the floating potential on the micro-hollow cathode operation, D Levko, Y P Bliokh and Ya E Krasik, Physics of Plasmas, 2015, vol. 22, 063503

75. Breakdown of atmospheric pressure microgaps at high excitation frequencies, D Levko, L L Raja, Journal of Applied Physics, 2015, vol. 117 (17), 173303

76. Ethanol conversion in barrier discharge, D Levko, A Tsymbaliuk, Technical Physics Letters, 2015, vol. 41, p. 228 (in Russian)

77. The PEGASES gridded ion–ion thruster performance and predictions, A Aanesland, D Rafalskyi, J Bredin, P Grondein, N Oudini, P Chabert, D Levko, L Garrigues, and G Hagelaar, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 2015,  vol.43, Issue 1, 321

78. Electron heating during discharges driven by thermionic emission, D Levko and Ya E Krasik, Physics of Plasmas, 2014, vol. 21, 112105

79. Ion boundary conditions in semi-infinite fluid models of electron beam-plasma interaction, D Levko, Physics of Plasmas, 2014, vol. 21, 104501

80. Use of a low-pressure helium/water vapor discharge as a mercury-free source of ultraviolet emission, D Levko, A Shuaibov, I Shevera, R Gritzak, and A Tsymbaliuk, Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, vol. 116 (11), 113303

81. Decay of a low-pressure oxygen magnetized and unmagnetized plasma, D Levko, Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, vol. 116 (10), 103304

82. Transport of low pressure electronegative SF6 plasma through a localized magnetic filter, D Levko, L Garrigues and G Hagelaar, Physics of Plasmas, 2014, vol. 21, 083505

83. Influence of Xe2+ ions on the micro-hollow cathode discharge driven by thermionic emission, D Levko, Y P Bliokh and Ya E Krasik, Physics of Plasmas, 2014, vol. 21, 043503

84. Chemical composition of SF6 low-pressure plasma in magnetic field, D Levko, L Garrigues and G Hagelaar, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014, vol. 47, 045205

85. Electron kinetics in a microdischarge in nitrogen at atmospheric pressure, D Levko, Journal of Applied Physics, 2013, vol. 114 (22), 223302

86. Two-dimensional model of orificed micro-hollow cathode discharge for space application, D Levko, Ya E Krasik, V Vekselman, and I Haber, Physics of Plasmas, 2013, vol. 20, 083512

87. Physical processes in barrier discharge lamp working in He/D2O mixture, D Levko, A Shuaibov, A Minya, R Gritzak, Z Gomoki, High Voltage Engineering, 2013, vol. 39 (9), 2193

88. Diffusion of low-pressure electronegative plasma in magnetic field, D Levko, L Garrigues and G Hagelaar, Europhysics Letters, 2013, vol. 102, 55004

89. Temporal and spatial structure of a runaway electron beam in air at atmospheric pressure, D Levko, Ya E Krasik, V F Tarasenko, D V Rybka, A Burachenko, Journal of Applied Physics, 2013, vol. 113 (19), 196101

90. Numerical simulation of the plasma generated by the interaction high-current electron beam with Al target, D Levko, Ya E Krasik, W An, G Mueller, Journal of Applied Physics, 2013, vol. 113 (12), 123302

91. Influence of gas mixture temperature on the efficiency of syn-gas production from the ethanol in non-equilibrium plasma, A Tsymbalyuk, D Levko, V Chernyak, E Martysh, O Nedybaliuk, E Solomenko, Technical Physics, 2013, vol. 83, p.53 (in Russian)

92. Analysis of possibilities for the development of ultraviolet emitters based on ethanol molecules, D Levko and A Tsymbalyuk, Technical Physics Letters, 2013, vol. 39, p. 88 (in Russian)

93. Particle-in-cell simulations of the runaway breakdown of nitrogen, D Levko and Ya E Krasik, Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, vol. 112 (11), 113302

94. The physical phenomena accompanying the sub-nanosecond high-voltage pulsed discharge in nitrogen, D Levko, V F Tarasenko, Ya E Krasik, Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, vol. 112 (7), 073304

95. Plasma kinetics of ethanol conversion in glow discharge, D Levko, A Tsymbalyuk, A Shchedrin, Plasma Physics Reports, 2012, vol. 38 (11), pp. 913-921 (arXiv preprint)

96. Conductivity of nanosecond discharges in nitrogen and sulfur hexafluoride studied by particle-in-cell simulations, D Levko, V Tz Gurovich, and Ya E Krasik, Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, vol. 111 (12), 123303

97. Present status of runaway electron generation in pressurized gases during nanosecond discharges, D Levko, Ya E Krasik, V F Tarasenko, International Review of Physics, 2012, vol. 6 (2), 165

98. Electron emission mechanism during the nanosecond high-voltage pulsed discharge in pressurized air, D Levko, S Yatom, V Vekselman and Ya E Krasik, Applied Physics Letters, 2012, vol. 100 (8), 084105

99. Numerical simulation of runaway electrons generation in sulfur hexafluoride, D Levko, Ya E Krasik, Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, vol. 111 (1), 013305

100. X-ray diagnostics of runaway electrons generated during nanosecond discharge in gas at elevated pressures, S Yatom, D Levko, J Z Gleizer, V Vekselman, and Ya E Krasik, Applied Physics Letters, 2012, vol. 100, 024101

101. Numerical simulations of runaway electron generation in pressurized gases, D Levko, S Yatom, V Vekselman, J Z Gleizer, V Tz Gurovich, Ya E Krasik,  Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, vol. 111 (1), 013303

102. Numerical simulation of the pre-ionization processes during nanosecond-pulse discharge in nitrogen, D Levko, V Tz Gurovich, Ya E Krasik, Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, vol. 111 (1), 013306

103. Effect of explosive emission on runaway electron generation, D Levko, S Yatom, V Vekselman, J Z Gleizer, V Tz Gurovich, Ya E Krasik, Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, vol. 111 (1), 013304

104. Time-resolved investigation of nanosecond discharge in dense gas sustained by short and long high-voltage pulse, S Yatom, J Z Gleizer, D Levko, V Vekselman, V Gurovich, E Hupf, Y Hadas and Ya E Krasik, Europhysics Letters, 2011, vol.96, 65001

105. Numerical simulation of anomalous electrons generation in a vacuum diode, D Levko, V Tz Gurovich, Ya E Krasik, Journal of Applied Physics, 2011, vol.110 (4), 043302

106. Plasma kinetics in the ethanol/water/air mixture in “tornado”type electrical discharge, D Levko, А Shchedrin, V Chernyak, S Olszewski, O Nedybaliuk, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, 2011, vol.44, 145206 (arXiv preprint)

107. Non-thermal plasma assisted reforming of ethanol in dynamic plasma-liquid systems, V Chernyak, S Olszewskii, O Nedybalyuk, S Sydoruk, V Yukhymenko, I Prysiazhnevych, A Shchedrin, D Levko, V Naumov, V Demchina, and V Kudryavzev, Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 2011, vol.5, pp.403-410.

108. The molecular hydrogen generation in "tornado" type electrical discharge in the air/ethanol/water mixture, D Levko, A Shchedrin, V Chernyak, S Olszewski, O Nedybalyuk, Technical Physics Letters, 2010, vol.36, No21, pp.54-60 (in Russian)

109. Efficiency of ethanol conversion in thermal and non-thermal plasma, D Levko, A Shchedrin, V Chernyak, S Olshewskii, Technical Physics, 2010, vol.80, No11, pp.152-155 (in Russian)

110. Conversion of air mixture with ethanol and water vapors in nonequilibrium gas-discharge plasma, A I Shchedrin, D S Levko, V Ya Chernyak, V V Yukhymenko, and V V Naumov, Technical Physics Letters, 2009, Vol.35, No10, pp.18-24 (in Russian)

111. Plasma-assisted reforming of ethanol in dynamic plasma-liquid system: experiments and modeling, V Ya Chernyak, S V Olszewski, V V Yukhymenko,  E V Solomenko, I V Prysiazhnevych, V V Naumov, D S Levko, A I Shchedrin, A V Ryabtsev, V P Demchina, V S Kudryavtsev, E V Martysh, M A Verovchuck, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Special Issue on Plasma-Assisted Combustion. 2008, vol.36, Issue 6, pp.2933-2939

112. Effect of air on the concentration of molecular hydrogen in the conversion of ethanol by a nonequilibrium gas-discharge plasma, A I Shchedrin, D S Levko, V Ya Chernyak, V V Yukhymenko, and V V Naumov, Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2008, Vol.88, No2, pp.107-110 (in Russian)

113. Comparison of various methods for calculating plasma kinetics in a barrier discharge, A G Kalyuzhnaya, D S Levko, and A I Shchedrin, Technical Physics, 2008, Vol.78, No6, pp.122-126 (in Russian)

Book chapters:

1. Experimental and numerical research of runaway electron generation during nanosecond timescale duration electrical discharge in pressurized gases, S Yatom, D Levko, E Stambulchik, S Tskhai and Ya E Krasik, in Generation of runaway electron beams and x-rays in high pressure gases, Editor V F Tarasenko, Nova Publishers, New York, 2016, p. 1

2. Modeling of diffuse gas discharges initiated by runaway electrons, D Levko and Ya E Krasik, in Runaway electrons preionized diffuse discharges, Editor V F Tarasenko, Nova Publishers, New York, 2015, p. 147

3. Hydrogen conversion in dc and impulse plasma-liquid systems, in Liquid, gaseous and solid biofuels - conversion techniques, Edited by Zhen Fang, InTech, Croatia, 2013, p. 401

4. Ethanol reforming in the dynamic plasma-liquid systems, in Biofuel production - recent developments and prospects, Edited by M Aurelio dos Santos Bernandes, InTech, Croatia, 2011, p. 101

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