The COST Reference Microplasma Jet

The COST Reference Microplasma Jet is a plasma jet designed as a reference source for research of cold atmospheric pressure plasmas and their biomedical application. The device was developed within the COST Action M1101 “Biomedical Applications of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology”. The COST-Jet was envisioned to allow comparability of the results obtained by different groups working in the field of plasma medicine. The COST-Jet is based on the simple and robust design of the micro-scaled atmospheric pressure plasma jet (µ-APPJ). Mechanical and electrical design of the reference source were adapted, to prevent gas contamination and allow for a highly precise measurement of the dissipated power.

The basic characterization of the device can be found in an article, released in 2015 as open access: Concepts and characteristics of the 'COST Reference Microplasma Jet'

Since then, numerous other publication on the COST-Jet have been published.

The design specification and operating manuals are freely available for any researcher interested in performing measurements using the reference source.