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TPS Launches the Transient Plasma Surface Treatment System, Delivering Major Benefits Through Nanosecond Pulsed-Power Plasma

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TORRANCE, California, October 23, 2019 — Transient Plasma Systems Inc. (TPS), which develops nanosecond pulsed-power systems for a wide range of applications, today announced the launch of its Transient Plasma Surface Treatment System. This highly versatile and efficient new system supports open-environment surface cleaning, activation, and thin-film coating of many different types of substrates, including wide-area and temperature-sensitive surfaces. Using …

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Part 1: A Brief Introduction to Transient Plasma

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Transient Plasma: Advantages and Applications The Transient Plasma Papers | Volume 1, Part 1 — October 2019 | Advantages and Applications Series Across a broad range of industries, plasma is a “secret sauce” of sorts. Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter, and it’s the most frequently forgotten or misunderstood of them all. However, the unique qualities …

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Part 2: Why Transient Plasma Is a More Versatile Industrial Solution

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Transient Plasma: Advantages and Applications The Transient Plasma Papers | Volume 1, Part 2 — October 2019 | Advantages and Applications Series In the first installment of this series, we explained how atmospheric-pressure plasma systems are used in many industrial environments, the benefits they provide, and the challenges of generating and maintaining a low temperature non-thermal equilibrium plasma. We also …

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Part 3: Key Applications and Competitive Advantages of Transient Plasma

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Transient Plasma: Advantages and Applications The Transient Plasma Papers | Volume 1, Part 3 — October 2019 | Advantages and Applications Series In the first two installments of this series, we laid out the fundamental differences between the atmospheric-pressure plasma systems used in many of today’s industrial facilities and the emerging transient plasma systems that provide a more versatile alternative. …

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USC Honors Transient Plasma Systems (TPS) Founders Martin Gundersen & Jason Sanders

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Transient Plasma Systems (TPS) is proud to announce that The Stevens Center for Innovation at the  University of Southern California (USC) recognized Dr(s). Gundersen & Sanders at an event hosted for USC faculty and researchers whose technology was licensed or who were named on an issued U.S. patent in calendar 2018. Dr. Gundersen holds the Lloyd F. Hunt Chair in …

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TPS Selected as Part of Round 5 of the DOE’s $3.8M HPC4Manufacturing Program

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), which manages the High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Program to use supercomputers to advance U.S. manufacturing, today announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded nearly $3.8 million for 13 industry projects under the program. The awards mark the fifth round of selectees for the HPC4Mfg Program, led by LLNL and its partners …

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TPS Co-Founder Prof. Gundersen Awarded 2018 AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award

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Dr. Martin Gundersen, Co-Founder, Technical Advisor and Board Member to Transient Plasma Systems, has been awarded the 2018 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Plasma Dynamics and Lasers Award: for development of high-voltage pulse power technology, studies of non-equilibrium nanosecond pulse plasmas, and their applications for plasma-assisted combustion, pollution control, quantum electronics, and biology.