PlasmaSolve is actively engaged in numerous applied research activities and initiatives. We are delighted to collaborate with partners from academia, as well as the R&D departments of other businesses in the plasma and coating industries.
Although public co-funding comprises only a minor portion of our annual turnover, it is a vital resource stream that helps us develop new, cutting-edge simulation tools for PVD, PECVD, and ion sources.
Project „Export support for PlasmaSolve through participation in international events in 2025“, reg. no. CZ.01.02.01/04/24_044/0005243 is co-funded by the European Union. The aim of the project is to promote the company, its services, and the new product MatSight in relevant international markets (in Germany and the USA).
Project „Export support for PlasmaSolve through participation in international events in 2024“, reg. no. CZ.01.02.01/04/23_017/0001928 is co-funded by the European Union. The aim of the project is to strengthen PlasmaSolve's export activities through participation in international events. These are three specific international conferences and trade fairs, which are among the most important events in the coating technology industry.
Partners: Fraunhofer IWM, Aurion GmbH
Project „FastPIMS: Simulation driven Fast switch match system for pulsed rf/HiPIMS plasma applications“, reg. no. CZ.01.01.01/01/22_002/0000106 is co-funded by the European Union. The aim of the project is to develop a global RF and HiPIMS sputtering model that will allow the sputtering process of oxide coatings to be configured and customised for specific users and their applications without the need for a lengthy testing process.
Partners: Masaryk University, SHM s.r.o.
PlasmaSolve is coordinating this research project, where we are implementing computationally efficient coater-scale plasma models and demonstrating their efficiency on ta-C and AlCrN coatings grown by high-power magnetron sputtering. Another important aspect of the project is absolute measurement of sputtering yields in various contexts (metallic, poisoned, …).
Partners: SpaceLabEU SE (coordinator), Brno University of Technology
PlasmaSolve is developing a digital twin model for a unique ECR ion source. The key characteristic of the ECR ion source is the ability to operate at very low pressures, as low as 20 mPa. The primary application of the device is air-breathing satellite electric propulsion, but a laboratory version of the device is also envisioned.
Partners: Université de Namur (coordinator), AGC Plasma
The project coordinated by UNamur aimed to create a Multi-scale simulation toolbox for PECVD processes. The efficiency and accuracy of the simulation toolbox combining PlasmaSolve's and UNamur's models was illustrated on the example of AGC's novel hollow cathode technology.
Partners: COMAT (coordinator), OHB Sweden, CNRS Icare, Bundeswehr Universität München, CNRS Laplace, TAS France
COMAT is a developer of a disruptive solid-propellant vacuum arc thruster for satellites. PlasmaSolve contributed to their ambitious goal by numerical modeling of the vacuum arc and its contraction under magnetic fields. In the process, PlasmaSolve has significantly improved its vacuum arc simulation capabilities and created a trustworthy database of vacuum arc erosion rates for various cathode materials.
As time-consuming as it is, we try to publish our research regularly as a way of paying back to the academic community that we are learning a lot from!
Sensitivity analysis of various physics processes in industrial HiPIMS: A global plasma modeling perspective
Surface and Coatings Technology 507 (2025)
Understanding the effect of pulsed power delivery modes on reactive sputter deposition process and coating properties through experimental and plasma simulation studies
Surface and Coatings Technology 502 (2025)
Simulation of a hollow-cathode PECVD process in O2/TMDSO for silicon dioxide deposition – Cross-code validation of 2D plasma model and global plasma model
Surface and Coatings Technology 474 (2023) Open access
Simulating ion flux to 3D parts in vacuum arc coating: Investigating effect of part size using novel particle-based model
Surface and Coatings Technology 449 (2022)
Global plasma modeling of a magnetized high-frequency plasma source in low-pressure nitrogen and oxygen for air-breathing electric propulsion applications
Plasma Sources Science and Technology 30 (2021) Open access
Predictive simulation of antenna effect in PVD processes using fluid models
Surface and Coatings Technology 379 (2019)
Plasma gas aggregation cluster source: Influence of gas inlet configuration and total surface area on the heterogeneous aggregation of silicon clusters
Surface and Coatings Technology 364 (2019)
Manipulation of cluster formation through gas-wall boundary conditions in large area cluster sources
Surface and Coatings Technology 314 (2016)