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Vasco António Dinis Leitão Guerra. É Professor Associado no(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico. Publicou 90 artigos em revistas especializadas. Recebeu 1 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Exatas com ênfase em Física com ênfase em Física dos Fluídos e dos Plasmas. Nas suas atividades profissionais interagiu com 154 colaborador(es) em coautorias de trabalhos científicos.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vasco António Dinis Leitão Guerra

Citation names

  • Guerra, Vasco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
EE1C-D02E-3511
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6878-6850

Telephones

Telephone
  • 218419322 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/vguerra (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Fluids and Plasma Physics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
1998
Concluded
 Física (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
"Estudo Cinético de Descargas Luminescentes em Gases Moleculares: Aplicação À Mistura N2-O2" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/01 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015/12 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/03/25 - 2020/03/31 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen, Netherlands
Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), Netherlands
2019/11/17 - 2019/11/22 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy
Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy
2016 - 2018 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2017/03/31 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Mazaryk University, Czech Republic
Mazaryk University, Czech Republic
2016 - 2017 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Association Sorbonne Université, France
Sorbonne Université Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, France
2013 - 2016 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2018/12/31 Coordenação ou direção de centro de investigação, departamento ou equivalente Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2011/01 - 2013/09 Vice-President Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/01 - 2022/12 Plasma catalysis for CO2 recycling and green chemistry (PIONEER)
MSCA ITN 813393
 European Commission

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01 - 2025/01 the PlAsma RoAD do Solar fuEls (PARADiSE)
PTDC/FIS-PLA/1616/2021
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2022/01 - 2023/06 ISRU on Mars: Plasma conversion of CO2 from the Martian atmosphere (PERFORMER)
I-2021-03399
Principal investigator
European Space Agency
2022/03 - 2023/03 Plasma-assisted CO2 Recycling: from Earth to Mars (CREATOR)
MIT-EXPL/ACC/0031/2021
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
2016/05 - 2019/05 CO2 Plasmas: a friendly medium for renewable energy (PREMiERE)
PTDC/FIS--PLA/1420/2014
Principal investigator
FCT _ Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnilogia
2016 - 2019 KInetic Testbed for PLASMa Environmental and Biological Applications
PTDC/FISPLA/1243/2014
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/04 - 2017/04 Electrical discharges with liquids for future applications
CMST COST Action TD1208
Portuguese representative in the Management Committee
Horizon 2020
2011/10 - 2015/10 Biomedical Applications of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology
MPNS COST Action MP1101
Researcher
Horizon 2020
2013/06 - 2015/05 Increasing the energy efficiency of plasma conversion of methane
127735
Provided by PTCRIS: 127735
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/01 - 2013/06 Microwave Discharges: from Fundamentals to Nanostructures
Provided by PTCRIS: 108411
108411
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2007/01 - 2008/09 Ecological Plasma Engineering Laboratory
82476
Provided by PTCRIS: 82476
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2005/10 - 2008/06 Ecological Plasma Engineering Laboratory
61679
Provided by PTCRIS: 61679
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Viegas, Pedro; Afonso, José; Luca Vialetto; Guerra, Vasco. "Atomic oxygen surface recombination in glow discharge plasmas". Paper presented in 76th Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Ann Arbor, 2023.
    Published
  2. Viegas, Pedro; Afonso, José; Luca Vialetto; Guerra, Vasco. "Surface kinetics of oxygen species in glow discharge plasmas". Paper presented in TWENTY-THIRD INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON VACUUM, ELECTRON AND ION TECHNOLOGIES, Sozopol, 2023.
    Published
  3. Guerra, Vasco; Afonso, José; Jorge Silveira; Ana Sofia Morillo Candas; Vialetto, Luca; Viegas, Pedro. "PLASMA-SURFACE INTERACTIONS IN OXYGEN-CONTAINING PLASMAS". Paper presented in Plathinium, Antibes, 2023.
    Published
  4. Viegas, Pedro; Dmitry Voloshin; C Dias, Tiago; FROMENTIN, Chloé; Silva, Tiago; Alexander Chukalovsky; Yuri Mankelevich; Tatyana Rakhimova; Guerra, Vasco. "Benchmarking between fluid and global models for low-pressure oxygen DC glow discharges". Paper presented in 75th Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Sendai, 2022.
    Published
  5. Chloé Fromentin; Guerra, Vasco; Tiago Ponte Silva; Tiago C Dias; Ana Sofia Morillo-Candas; Olivier Guaitella; Ana Filipa Silva; Omar Biondo. "Kinetic mechanisms in CO2-O2 plasmas: development of a reaction mechanism". Paper presented in 47th IOP Plasma Physics Conference, 2021.
  6. C. Fromentin; Alves, L.L.; T. Silva; Guerra, Vasco; J. P. Booth; A. S. Morillo-Candas; O. Guaitella; et al. "Kinetic mechanisms in CO2-O2 plasmas: development of a reaction mechanism". Paper presented in 7th International Workshop on Plasma Science & Entrepreneurship, Bochum, 2020.
    Published
  7. T. Silva; P.Ogloblina; C. Fromentin; Guerra, Vasco; A. S. Morillo-Candas; O. Guaitella. "Vibrational kinetics in CO2 plasmas: checks and balances". Paper presented in 7th International Workshop on Plasma Science & Entrepreneurship, Bochum, 2020.
    Published
  8. Pinhão, N. R.; Janeco, André; Branco, J. B.; Guerra, Vasco. Corresponding author: Pinhão, N. R.. "Study of the electron kinetics and modeling of discharges used for methane conversion". Paper presented in Workshops of the International Solvay Institutes: Plasma for Environmental Applications, 2014.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Lopez, B.; Lino da Silva, M.; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.. "Coupled hydrodynamic/state-specific high-temperature modeling of nitrogen vibrational excitation and dissociation". 2013.
  2. Lopez, B.; Lino da Silva, M.; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.. "Coupled hydrodynamic/state-specific high-temperature modeling of nitrogen vibrational excitation and dissociation". 2013.
  3. Soural, I.; Guerra, V.; Lino Da Silva, M.; Sá, P.A.; Krcma, F.. "The importance of discharge current in the formation of the pink afterglow of a nitrogen DC discharge". 2009.
  4. Guerra, V.; Kutasi, K.; Sá, P.A.; Loureiro, J.. "Self-consistent kinetic modeling of Ar-O2 discharges". 2009.
  5. Soural, I.; Guerra, V.; Lino Da Silva, M.; Sá, P.A.; Krcma, F.. "The importance of discharge current in the formation of the pink afterglow of a nitrogen DC discharge". 2009.
  6. Guerra, V.; Kutasi, K.; Sá, P.A.; Loureiro, J.. "Self-consistent kinetic modeling of Ar-O2 discharges". 2009.
  7. Lino Da Silva, M.; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.. "Nonequilibrium dissociation processes in hyperbolic atmospheric entries". 2006.
  8. Guerra, V.; De Abreu, R.. "Time, clocks and the speed of light". 2006.
    10.1063/1.2399706
  9. Lino Da Silva, M.; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.. "Nonequilibrium dissociation processes in hyperbolic atmospheric entries". 2006.
  10. Guerra, V.. "Analytic solutions for the probability of atomic surface recombination as a function of surface parameters". 2005.
    10.1063/1.1941662
  11. Guerra, V.; Sá, P.A.; Loureiro, J.. "Kinetic modeling of the nitrogen afterglow". 2005.
  12. Da Silva, M.L.; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.; Dudeck, M.. "Perspectives on the development of accurate nonequilibrium radiation models for planetary atmospheric entries". 2005.
  13. Ferreira, C.M.; Tatarova, E.; Guerra, V.; Dias, F.M.; Henriques, J.. "Wave driven molecular discharges as sources of active species". 2002.
    10.1117/12.459389
Conference poster
  1. Jorge Silveira; Ana Sofia Morillo Candas; Guerra, Vasco; Viegas, Pedro. "Atomic wall recombination in oxygen-containing plasmas". Paper presented in The plasma road to sustainable chemical conversion workshop, 2023.
  2. C Dias, Tiago; Fromentin, Chloé; Luís Lemos Alves; Antonio Tejero-del-Caz; Silva, Tiago; Guerra, Vasco. "A reaction mechanism for oxygen plasmas". Paper presented in International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG), 2023.
  3. Pinhão, N. R.; C Dias, Tiago; Guerra, Vasco. Corresponding author: Pinhão, N. R.. "Vibrational cross sections of methane: from individual cross sections to polyad groups". Paper presented in 25th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, 2023.
  4. Gonçalves, Marcelo; Ventura, Rodrigo; Guerra, Vasco; C Dias, Tiago. "Machine Learning for Optimizing Plasma Resourse Utilization on Mars". Paper presented in AAAI Spring Symposium on Computational Approaches to Scientific Discovery, 2023.
  5. Kuijpers, Lex; Silva, Tiago; Guerra, Vasco; Baratte, Edmond; Guaitella, Olivier; Sadi, Dyha; van de Sanden, MCM. "Using atom emission lines to measure the reduced electric field". Paper presented in International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG), 2023.
  6. Silva, Tiago; Baratte, Edmond; Guaitella, Olivier; Guerra, Vasco. "An assessment on vibra.onal rate coefficients with interest to the chemistry of CO2 plasmas". Paper presented in The plasma road to sustainable chemical conversion workshop, 2023.
  7. Viegas, Pedro; Jorge Silveira; José Afonso; Ana Sofia Morillo Candas; Luca Vialetto; Guerra, Vasco. "Atomic oxygen interaction with surface materials in oxygen-containing plasmas". Paper presented in 75th Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), 2022.
  8. Budde, Maik; C Dias, Tiago; Vialleto, Luca; Pinhão, N. R.; Guerra, Vasco; Silva, Tiago. "Collision Ahead - An Electron Collision Cross Section set for Water Molecules for Use in a Two-Term Boltzmann Solver". Paper presented in RIVA 2022 - XII Iberian Vacuum And Applications Conference, 2022.
  9. Morillo-Candas, Ana Sofia; Klarenaar, Bart; Silva, Tiago; Engeln, Richard; Guerra, Vasco; Guaitella, Olivier. "Time-evolution of the CO2 conversion studied by in situ FTIR absorption and isotopic exchange". Paper presented in 24th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Italy, 2019.
  10. Tejero-del-Caz, António; Guerra, Vasco; Lino da Silva, Mário; Marques, Luís; Pinhão, Nuno; Pintassilgo, Carlos Daniel; Silva, Tiago; Alves, Luís Lemos. "Critical assessment of reaction mechanisms using the LisbOn KInetics tool suit". Paper presented in 34th International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, Japan, 2019.
  11. Dias, Tiago; Morillo-Candas, Ana Sofia; Chatterjee, Abhyuday; Booth, Jean-Paul; Guerra, Vasco; Silva, Tiago; Guiatella, Olivier. "The role of oxygen atoms in CO2 -O2 plasmas". Paper presented in Advances and Applications in Plasma Physics: Nature conference, Russia, 2019.
  12. Dias, Tiago; Morillo-Candas, Ana Sofia; Silva, Tiago; Guerra, Vasco. "Monte Carlo Chemical Kinetics in Low Temperature Plasmas". Paper presented in Vacuum, Electron and Ion Technologies, Bulgaria, 2019.
  13. Silva, Tiago; Guerra, Vasco; Ogloblina, Polina; Grofulovic, Marija; Terraz, Loann; Silva, Mario Lino da; Guaitella, Olivier; Pintassilgo, Carlos Daniel; Alves, Luís Lemos. "Living On Mars: How to produce oxygen and fuel to get home". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conferences, United States, 2018.
  14. Terraz, Loann; Silva, Tiago; Nina, Duarte; Pinhão, Nuno; Guiatella, Olivier; Guerra, Vasco. "N2 influence on the vibrational distribution of the asymmetric level of CO2". Paper presented in 24th Europhysics Conference on the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases conference, Scotland, 2018.
  15. Silva, Tiago; Grofulovic, Marija; Klarenaar, Bart; Guiatella, Olivier; Engeln, Richard; Pintassilgo, Carlos Daniel; Guerra, Vasco. "Understanding the electron and vibration kinetics in CO2 plasmas". Paper presented in 23rd International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, Portugal, 2017.
  16. Grofulovic, Marija; Silva, Tiago; Guerra, Vasco. "Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of a kinetic model for CO2 non-equilibrium plasmas". Paper presented in 23rd International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, Portugal, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Tiago C Dias; Vasco Guerra. "Are local-field and local-energy approximations appropriate for modeling nanosecond discharges?". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/adc277.
    10.1088/1361-6463/adc277
  2. Yang Liu; Tiago Silva; Tiago C Dias; Pedro Viegas; Xiangen Zhao; Yaping Du; Junjia He; Vasco Guerra. "An updated set of electron-impact cross sections for CO2: untangling dissociation and application to CO2 with Ar and N2 admixtures". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/adba86.
    10.1088/1361-6595/adba86
  3. Youfan He; Jan Kuhfeld; Nikita D Lepikhin; Uwe Czarnetzki; Vasco Guerra; Ralf Peter Brinkmann; Andrew R Gibson; Efe Kemaneci. "Zero-dimensional simulations of DC ns-pulsed plasma jet in N2 at near atmospheric pressure: validation of the vibrational kinetics". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad8a86.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ad8a86
  4. Tiago Silva; Susanta Bera; Carlos D. Pintassilgo; Anja Herrmann; Stefan Welzel; Mihalis N. Tsampas; Mauritius C. M. van de Sanden; Luís L. Alves; Vasco Guerra. "Unraveling NO Production in N2–O2 Plasmas with 0D Kinetic Modeling and Experimental Validation". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c03323.
    10.1021/acs.jpca.4c03323
  5. Pedro Viegas; Jorge Silveira; Tiago Cunha Dias; Olivier Guaitella; Ana Sofía Morillo Candás; Vasco Guerra. "Surface recombination in Pyrex in oxygen DC glow discharges: mesoscopic modelling and comparison with experiments". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad4055.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ad4055
  6. Gregory J Smith; Paola Diomede; Andrew R Gibson; Scott J Doyle; Vasco Guerra; Mark J Kushner; Timo Gans; James P Dedrick. "Low-pressure inductively coupled plasmas in hydrogen: impact of gas heating on the spatial distribution of atomic hydrogen and vibrationally excited states". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad1ece.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ad1ece
  7. José Afonso; Luca Vialetto; Vasco Guerra; Pedro Viegas. "Plasma-induced reversible surface modification and its impact on oxygen heterogeneous recombination". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2024): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad039b.
    10.1088/1361-6463/ad039b
  8. Petr Bílek; Tiago Cunha Dias; Václav Prukner; Vasco Guerra; Milan Šimek. "Streamer-induced kinetics of excited states in pure N2: II. Formation of N2(B 3¿g,v=0–21 ) through analysis of emission produced by the first positive system". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ad1c09.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ad1c09
  9. Edmond Baratte; Carolina A. Garcia-Soto; Tiago Silva; Vasco Guerra; Vasile I. Parvulescu; Olivier Guaitella. "$$\hbox {CO}_2$$/$$\hbox {CH}_4$$ Glow Discharge Plasma: Part I—Experimental and Numerical Study of the Reaction Pathways". Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-023-10421-z.
    10.1007/s11090-023-10421-z
  10. Carolina A. Garcia-Soto; Edmond Baratte; Tiago Silva; Vasco Guerra; Vasile I. Parvulescu; Olivier Guaitella. "CO2/CH4 Glow Discharge Plasma. Part II: Study of Plasma Catalysis Interaction Mechanisms on CeO2". Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-023-10419-7.
    10.1007/s11090-023-10419-7
  11. Petr Bílek; Tiago Cunha Dias; Václav Prukner; Petr Hoffer; Vasco Guerra; Milan Šimek. "Streamer-induced kinetics of excited states in pure N2: I. Propagation velocity, E/N and vibrational distributions of N2(C 3¿u ) and N 2+ (B 2Su+ ) states". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acf9c8.
    10.1088/1361-6595/acf9c8
  12. Tiago C Dias; Carlos D Pintassilgo; Vasco Guerra. "Effect of the magnetic field on the electron kinetics under AC/DC electric fields: benchmark calculations and electron cyclotron resonance". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acf343.
    10.1088/1361-6595/acf343
  13. Tiago C Dias; Chloé Fromentin; Luís L Alves; Antonio Tejero-del-Caz; Tiago Silva; Vasco Guerra. "A reaction mechanism for oxygen plasmas". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aceaa4.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aceaa4
  14. Maik Budde; Tiago Cunha Dias; Luca Vialetto; Nuno Pinhão; Vasco Guerra; Tiago Silva. "Electron-neutral collision cross sections for H2O: II. Anisotropic scattering and assessment of the validity of the two-term approximation". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/accaf4.
    10.1088/1361-6463/accaf4
  15. C Fromentin; T Silva; T C Dias; E Baratte; O Guaitella; V Guerra. "Validation of non-equilibrium kinetics in CO2–N2 plasmas". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acce64.
    10.1088/1361-6595/acce64
  16. Ana Sofia Morillo-Candas; Bart L. M. Klarenaar; Vasco Guerra; Olivier Guaitella. "Fast O Atom Exchange Diagnosed by Isotopic Tracing as a Probe of Excited States in Nonequilibrium CO2–CO–O2 Plasmas". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08493.
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08493
  17. Pedro Viegas; Tiago Cunha Dias; Chloé Fromentin; Alexander Chukalovsky; Yuri Mankelevich; Olga Proshina; Tatyana Rakhimova; Vasco Guerra; Dmitry Voloshin. "Comparison between 1D radial and 0D global models for low-pressure oxygen DC glow discharges". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acbb9c.
    10.1088/1361-6595/acbb9c
  18. C Fromentin; T Silva; T C Dias; A S Morillo-Candas; O Biondo; O Guaitella; V Guerra. "Study of vibrational kinetics of CO2 and CO in CO2–O2 plasmas under non-equilibrium conditions". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/acb665.
    10.1088/1361-6595/acb665
  19. Helen Davies; Vasco Guerra; Marjan van der Woude; Timo Gans; Deborah O’Connell; Andrew R. Gibson. "Vibrational kinetics in repetitively pulsed atmospheric pressure nitrogen discharges: average-power-dependent switching behaviour". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 32 1 (2023): 014003-014003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aca9f4.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aca9f4
  20. Tiago C. Dias; Antonio Tejero-del-Caz; Luís L. Alves; Vasco Guerra. "The LisbOn KInetics Monte Carlo solver". Computer Physics Communications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108554.
    10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108554
  21. Maik Budde; Tiago Cunha Dias; Luca Vialetto; Nuno Pinhão; Vasco Guerra; Tiago Silva. "Electron-neutral collision cross sections for H2O: I. Complete and consistent set". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac8da3.
    10.1088/1361-6463/ac8da3
  22. V. Guerra; T. Silva; N. Pinhão; O. Guaitella; C. Guerra-Garcia; F. J. J. Peeters; M. N. Tsampas; M. C. M. van de Sanden. "Plasmas for in situ resource utilization on Mars: Fuels, life support, and agriculture". Journal of Applied Physics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0098011.
    10.1063/5.0098011
  23. Omar Biondo; Chloé Fromentin; Tiago Silva; Vasco Guerra; Gerard van Rooij; Annemie Bogaerts. "Insights into the limitations to vibrational excitation of CO2: validation of a kinetic model with pulsed glow discharge experiments". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac8019.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ac8019
  24. Jean-Paul Booth; Abhyuday Chatterjee; Olivier Guaitella; Dmitry Lopaev; Sergey Zyryanov; Andrey Volynets; Tatyana Rakhimova; et al. "Quenching of O2(b1Sg+) by O(3P) atoms. Effect of gas temperature". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 31 6 (2022): 065012-065012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac7749.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ac7749
  25. V Laporta; L Vialetto; V Guerra. "Vibrational excitation cross sections for non-equilibrium nitric oxide-containing plasma". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac6a0f.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ac6a0f
  26. Tiago Silva; Ana Sofia Morillo-Candas; Olivier Guaitella; Vasco Guerra. "Modeling the time evolution of the dissociation fraction in low-pressure CO2 plasmas". Journal of CO2 Utilization 53 (2021): 101719-101719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101719.
    10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101719
  27. Youfan He; Patrick Preissing; David Steuer; Maximilian Klich; Volker Schulz-von der Gathen; Marc Böke; Ihor Korolov; et al. "Zero-dimensional and pseudo-one-dimensional models of atmospheric-pressure plasma jets in binary and ternary mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen with helium background". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac278d.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ac278d
  28. "Advances in non-equilibrium plasma kinetics: a theoretical and experimental review". Eur. Phys. J. D (2021): https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00226-0.
    10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00226-0
  29. L Vialetto; A Ben Moussa; J van Dijk; S Longo; P Diomede; V Guerra; L L Alves. "Effect of anisotropic scattering for rotational collisions on electron transport parameters in CO". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac0a4d.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ac0a4d
  30. Antonio Tejero-del-Caz; Vasco Guerra; Nuno Pinhão; Carlos Daniel Pintassilgo; Luis L. Alves. "On the quasi-stationary approach to solve the electron Boltzmann equation in pulsed plasmas". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abf858.
    10.1088/1361-6595/abf858
  31. A S Morillo-Candas; B L M Klarenaar; C Amoedo; V Guerra; O Guaitella. "Effect of oxygen atoms on the vibrational kinetics of CO2 and CO revealed by the use of a large surface area material". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2021): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abc992.
    10.1088/1361-6463/abc992
  32. Polina Ogloblina; Ana Sofia Morillo-Candas; Ana Filipa Sovelas da Silva; Tiago Ponte Silva; Antonio Tejero-del-Caz; Luis L. Alves; Olivier Guaitella; Vasco Guerra. "Mars in situ oxygen and propellant production by non-equilibrium plasmas". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abec28.
    10.1088/1361-6595/abec28
  33. Pietanza, Lucia Daniela; Guaitella, Olivier; Aquilanti, Vincenzo; Armenise, Iole; Bogaerts, Annemie; Capitelli, Mario; Colonna, Gianpiero; et al. "Advances in non-equilibrium CO2 plasma kinetics: a theoretical and experimental review". Eur. Phys. J. D 75 237 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00226-0.
  34. A F Silva; A S Morillo-Candás; A Tejero-del-Caz; L L Alves; O Guaitella; V Guerra. "A reaction mechanism for vibrationally-cold low-pressure CO2 plasmas". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 29 12 (2020): 125020-125020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abc818.
    10.1088/1361-6595/abc818
  35. Tiago C Dias; Vasco Guerra. "Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of plasma-chemistry". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abb7bf.
    10.1088/1361-6595/abb7bf
  36. C Verheyen; T Silva; V Guerra; A Bogaerts. "The effect of H2O on the vibrational populations of CO2 in a CO2/H2O microwave plasma: a kinetic modelling investigation". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 29 9 (2020): 095009-095009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aba1c8.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aba1c8
  37. Terraz, Loann; Silva, Tiago; Tejero-del-Caz, António; Alves, Luís Lemos; Guerra, Vasco. "Sensitivity Analysis in Plasma Chemistry: Application to Oxygen Cold Plasmas and the LoKI Simulation Tool". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2020): https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01932.
  38. L Terraz; T Silva; A Morillo-Candas; O Guaitella; A Tejero-del-Caz; L L Alves; V Guerra. "Influence of N2 on the CO2 vibrational distribution function and dissociation yield in non-equilibrium plasmas". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2020): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab55fb.
    10.1088/1361-6463/ab55fb
  39. A S Morillo-Candas; T Silva; B L M Klarenaar; M Grofulovic; V Guerra; O Guaitella. "Electron impact dissociation of CO2". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab6075.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ab6075
  40. Polina Ogloblina; Antonio Tejero-del-Caz; Vasco Guerra; Luís L Alves. "Electron impact cross sections for carbon monoxide and their importance in the electron kinetics of CO2–CO mixtures". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab4e72.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ab4e72
  41. A S Morillo-Candas; C Drag; J-P Booth; T C Dias; V Guerra; O Guaitella. "Oxygen atom kinetics in CO2 plasmas ignited in a DC glow discharge". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab2b84.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ab2b84
  42. Guerra, Vasco. "Modelling N2–O2 plasmas: volume and surface kinetics". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 28 7 (2019): 073001-073001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab252c.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ab252c
  43. M Grofulovic; B L M Klarenaar; O Guaitella; V Guerra; R Engeln. "A rotational Raman study under non-thermal conditions in pulsed CO2–N2 and CO2–O2 glow discharges". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 28 4 (2019): 045014-045014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab1240.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ab1240
  44. A Tejero-del-Caz; V Guerra; D Gonçalves; M Lino da Silva; L Marques; N Pinhão; C D Pintassilgo; L L Alves. "The LisbOn KInetics Boltzmann solver". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 28 4 (2019): 043001-043001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab0537.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ab0537
  45. Jean-Paul Booth; Olivier Guaitella; Abhyuday Chatterjee; Cyril Drag; Vasco Guerra; D Lopaev; S M Zyryanov; et al. "Oxygen (3P) atom recombination on a Pyrex surface in an O2 plasma". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab13e8.
    10.1088/1361-6595/ab13e8
  46. Carlos D Pintassilgo; Vasco Guerra. "Kinetic mechanisms in air plasmas". Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2019): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aad96f.
    10.1088/1361-6587/aad96f
  47. T Silva; M Grofulovic; L Terraz; C D Pintassilgo; V Guerra. "Modelling the input and relaxation of vibrational energy in CO2 plasmas". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2018): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aadbd7.
    10.1088/1361-6463/aadbd7
  48. M Grofulovic; T Silva; B L M Klarenaar; A S Morillo-Candas; O Guaitella; R Engeln; C D Pintassilgo; V Guerra. "Kinetic study of CO2 plasmas under non-equilibrium conditions. II. Input of vibrational energy". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aadb60.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aadb60
  49. Guerra, Vasco; Silva, Tiago; Guaitella, Olivier. "Living on mars: how to produce oxygen and fuel to get home (front cover)". Europhysics News 49 3 (2018): 15-18. https://doi.org/10.1051%2Fepn%2F2018302.
    10.1051/epn/2018302
  50. Adriana Annušová; Daniil Marinov; Jean-Paul Booth; Nishant Sirse; Mário Lino da Silva; Bruno Lopez; Vasco Guerra. "Kinetics of highly vibrationally excited O2(X) molecules in inductively-coupled oxygen plasmas". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aab47d.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aab47d
  51. L L Alves; A Bogaerts; V Guerra; M M Turner. "Foundations of modelling of nonequilibrium low-temperature plasmas". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aaa86d.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aaa86d
  52. Vasco Guerra; Tiago Silva; Polina Ogloblina; Marija Grofulovic; Loann Terraz; Mário Lino da Silva; Carlos D Pintassilgo; Luís L Alves; Olivier Guaitella. "Reply to Comment on ‘The case for in situ resource utilisation for oxygen production on Mars by non-equilibrium plasmas’". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aaa570.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aaa570
  53. T Silva; M Grofulovic; B L M Klarenaar; A S Morillo-Candas; O Guaitella; R Engeln; C D Pintassilgo; V Guerra. "Kinetic study of low-temperature CO2 plasmas under non-equilibrium conditions. I. Relaxation of vibrational energy". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aaa56a.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aaa56a
  54. Vasco Guerra; Tiago Silva; Polina Ogloblina; Marija Grofulovic; Loann Terraz; Mário Lino da Silva; Carlos D Pintassilgo; Luís L Alves; Olivier Guaitella. "The case for in situ resource utilisation for oxygen production on Mars by non-equilibrium plasmas". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 26 11 (2017): 11LT01-11LT01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa8dcc.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aa8dcc
  55. Carlos D. Pintassilgo; Luis Lemos Alves; Vasco Guerra; Thierry Belmonte; Tiberiu Minea. "Relaxation of heavy species and gas temperature in the afterglow of a N2 microwave discharge". The European Physical Journal Applied Physics 80 1 (2017): 10803-10803. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2017170216.
    10.1051/epjap/2017170216
  56. Carlos D Pintassilgo; Vasco Guerra. "Modelling of the temporal evolution of the gas temperature in N2 discharges". Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2017): https://doi.org/10.1088%2F1361-6595%2Faa5db2.
    10.1088/1361-6595/aa5db2
  57. "Microwave air plasmas in capillaries at low pressure II. Experimental investigation". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 49 43 (2016): 435202-435202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/49/43/435202.
    10.1088/0022-3727/49/43/435202
  58. "Electron scattering cross sections for the modelling of oxygen-containing plasmas*". The European Physical Journal D 70 6 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2016-70102-1.
    10.1140/epjd/e2016-70102-1
  59. Grofulovic, Marija; Alves, Luis L.; Guerra, Vasco. "Electron-neutral scattering cross sections for CO2: a complete and consistent set and an assessment of dissociation". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 49 39 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000384239200003&KeyUID=WOS:000384239200003.
    10.1088/0022-3727/49/39/395207
  60. Guerra, Vasco; Marinov, Daniil. "Dynamical Monte Carlo methods for plasma-surface reactions". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 25 4 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000380380200015&KeyUID=WOS:000380380200015.
    10.1088/0963-0252/25/4/045001
  61. Bogaerts, Annemie; Wang, Weizong; Berthelot, Antonin; Guerra, Vasco. "Modeling plasma-based CO2 conversion: crucial role of the dissociation cross section". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 25 5 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000384030600001&KeyUID=WOS:000384030600001.
    10.1088/0963-0252/25/5/055016
  62. Coche, P.; Guerra, V.; Alves, L. L.. "Microwave air plasmas in capillaries at low pressure I. Self-consistent modeling". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 49 23 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000377414100017&KeyUID=WOS:000377414100017.
    10.1088/0022-3727/49/23/235207
  63. Kutasi, Kinga; Noel, Cedric; Belmonte, Thierry; Guerra, Vasco. "Tuning the afterglow plasma composition in Ar/N-2/O-2 mixtures: characteristics of a flowing surface-wave microwave discharge system". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 25 5 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000384000400007&KeyUID=WOS:000384000400007.
    10.1088/0963-0252/25/5/055014
  64. Pintassilgo, Carlos D.; Guerra, Vasco. "Power Transfer to Gas Heating in Pure N-2 and in N-2-O-2 Plasmas". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 38 (2016): 21184-21201. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000384626800006&KeyUID=WOS:000384626800006.
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05463
  65. Pintassilgo, Carlos D.; Guerra, Vasco. "On the different regimes of gas heating in air plasmas". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 24 5 (2015): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000364336600018&KeyUID=WOS:000364336600018.
    10.1088/0963-0252/24/5/055009
  66. Janeco, A.; Pinhão, N.R.; Guerra, V.. "Electron kinetics in He/CH4/CO2 mixtures used for methane conversion". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 1 (2015): 109-120. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920657190&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp509843e
  67. Ridenti, M.A.; Alves, L.L.; Guerra, V.; Amorim, J.. "The role of rotational mechanisms in electron swarm parameters at low reduced electric field in N2, O2 and H2". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 24 3 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930652336&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0963-0252/24/3/035002
  68. Amorim, J.; Ridenti, M.A.; Guerra, V.. "Experimental and theoretical study of atmospheric-pressure argon microplasma jets". Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 57 7 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84936817963&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0741-3335/57/7/074001
  69. Isola, L.; López, M.; Gómez, B.J.; Guerra, V.. "On the influence of metastable states and the behavior of the EEDF in the characterization of the negative glow of a N2-Ar discharge by OES". Journal of Physics: Conference Series 511 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901642378&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1742-6596/511/1/012013
  70. Krcma, F.; Mazankova, V.; Soural, I.; Guerra, V.. "Power dependence of the pink afterglow in flowing postdischarge in pure nitrogen". IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 42 10 (2014): 2384-2385. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908449167&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TPS.2014.2307611
  71. Pintassilgo, C.D.; Guerra, V.; Guaitella, O.; Rousseau, A.. "Study of gas heating mechanisms in millisecond pulsed discharges and afterglows in air at low pressures". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 23 2 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84898030872&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0963-0252/23/2/025006
  72. Guerra, V.; Marinov, D.; Guaitella, O.; Rousseau, A.. "NO oxidation on plasma pretreated Pyrex: The case for a distribution of reactivity of adsorbed O atoms". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 47 22 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84900823802&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0022-3727/47/22/224012
  73. Guerra, Vasco; de Abreu, Rodrigo. "Comment on 'Symmetry of the adiabatic condition in the piston problem'". European Journal of Physics 34 1 (2013): L35-L36.
    10.1088/0143-0807/34/1/L35
  74. Ricard, Andre; Oh, Soo-ghee; Guerra, Vasco. "Line-ratio determination of atomic oxygen and N-2(A (3)Sigma(+)(u)) metastable absolute densities in an RF nitrogen late afterglow". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 22 3 (2013):
    10.1088/0963-0252/22/3/035009
  75. Marinov, Daniil; Guerra, Vasco; Guaitella, Olivier; Booth, Jean-Paul; Rousseau, Antoine. "Ozone kinetics in low-pressure discharges: vibrationally excited ozone and molecule formation on surfaces". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 22 5 (2013):
    10.1088/0963-0252/22/5/055018
  76. Lino da Silva, M.; Loureiro, J.; Guerra, V.. "A multiquantum dataset for vibrational excitation and dissociation in high-temperature O-2-O-2 collisions". Chemical Physics Letters 531 (2012): 28-33.
    10.1016/j.cplett.2012.01.074
  77. Tercas, H.; Mendonca, J. T.; Guerra, V.. "Classical rotons in cold atomic traps". Physical Review a 86 5 (2012):
    10.1103/PhysRevA.86.053630
  78. Lino da Silva, M.; Loureiro, J.; Guerra, V.. "Rotational nonequilibrium in state-resolved models for shock-heated flows". Chemical Physics 398 (2012): 96-103.
    10.1016/j.chemphys.2011.08.014
  79. de Abreu, Rodrigo; Guerra, Vasco. "Introducing thermodynamics through energy and entropy". American Journal of Physics 80 7 (2012): 627-637.
    10.1119/1.3698160
  80. Kutasi, Kinga; Sa, Paulo A.; Guerra, Vasco. "O-2 dissociation in Ar-O-2 surface-wave microwave discharges". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 45 19 (2012):
    10.1088/0022-3727/45/19/195205
  81. Kutasi, Kinga; Guerra, Vasco; Sa, Paulo A.. "Active species downstream of an Ar-O(2) surface-wave microwave discharge for biomedicine, surface treatment and nanostructuring". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 20 3 (2011):
    10.1088/0963-0252/20/3/035006
  82. Loureiro, J.; Guerra, V.; Sa, P. A.; Pintassilgo, C. D.; Lino da Silva, M.. "Non-equilibrium kinetics in N-2 discharges and post-discharges: a full picture by modelling and impact on the applications". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 20 2 (2011):
    10.1088/0963-0252/20/2/024007
  83. Guaitella, O.; Huebner, M.; Marinov, D.; Guerra, V.; Pintassilgo, C. D.; Welzel, S.; Roepcke, J.; Rousseau, A.. "Oxidation of NO Into NO2 by Surface Adsorbed O Atoms". Contributions To Plasma Physics 51 2-3 (2011): 176-181.
    10.1002/ctpp.201000068
  84. de Abreu, Rodrigo; Guerra, Vasco. "Comment on "A close examination of the motion of an adiabatic piston," by Eric A. Gislason [Am. J. Phys. 78 (10), 995-1001 (2010)]". American Journal of Physics 79 6 (2011): 684-685.
    10.1119/1.3553017
  85. Guerra, V.; Kutasi, K.; Sa, P. A.; Lino da Silva, M.. "Influence of nitrogen impurities on the formation of active species in Ar-O-2 plasmas". European Physical Journal-Applied Physics 56 2 (2011):
    10.1051/epjap/2011110194
  86. Guerra, V.; Kutasi, K.; Da Silva, M.L.; Sá, P.A.; Loureiro, J.. "Kinetic simulation of discharges and afterglows in molecular gases". High Temperature Material Processes 14 1-2 (2010): 141-156. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000277865400013&KeyUID=WOS:000277865400013.
    10.1615/HighTempMatProc.v14.i1-2.120
  87. Guerra, V.; Kutasi, K.; Da Silva, M.L.; Sá, P.A.; Loureiro, J.. "Kinetic simulation of discharges and afterglows in molecular gases". High Temperature Material Processes 14 1-2 (2010): 141-156. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952555777&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  88. Pintassilgo, C. D.; Guerra, V.; Guaitella, O.; Rousseau, A.. "Modelling of an afterglow plasma in air produced by a pulsed discharge". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 19 5 (2010):
    10.1088/0963-0252/19/5/055001
  89. Guerra, Vasco; Kutasi, Kinga; Sa, Paulo A.. "O-2(a (1)Delta(g)) production in flowing Ar-O-2 surface-wave microwave discharges: Possible use for oxygen-iodine laser excitation". Applied Physics Letters 96 7 (2010):
    10.1063/1.3318253
  90. Isola, L. M.; Gomez, B. J.; Guerra, V.. "Determination of the electron temperature and density in the negative glow of a nitrogen pulsed discharge using optical emission spectroscopy". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 43 1 (2010):
    10.1088/0022-3727/43/1/015202
  91. Kutasi, Kinga; Guerra, Vasco; Sa, Paulo. "Theoretical insight into Ar-O-2 surface-wave microwave discharges". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 43 17 (2010):
    10.1088/0022-3727/43/17/175201
  92. Lino Da Silva, M.; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.. "A review of non-equilibrium dissociation rates and models for atmospheric entry studies". Plasma Sources Science and Technology 18 3 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68749085074&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0963-0252/18/3/034023
  93. Mrazkova, M.; Vasina, P.; Kudrle, V.; Talsky, A.; Pintassilgo, C. D.; Guerra, V.. "On the oxygen addition into nitrogen post-discharges". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 42 7 (2009):
    10.1088/0022-3727/42/7/075202
  94. de Abreu, Rodrigo; Guerra, Vasco. "Special relativity as a simple geometry problem". European Journal of Physics 30 2 (2009): 229-237.
    10.1088/0143-0807/30/2/001
  95. da Silva, M. Lino; Loureiro, J.; Guerra, V.. "Nonequilibrium dissociation and recombination rates in nitrogen: From shock waves to discharge conditions". Chemical Physics 358 1-2 (2009): 123-131.
    10.1016/j.chemphys.2009.01.007
  96. Soural, I.; Krcma, F.; Guerra, V.. "Numeric modelling of V-T process in nitrogen ground state under post-discharge conditions". Chemicke Listy 102 15 SPEC. I (2008):
  97. Kutasi, K.; Guerra, V.; Sa, P. A.; Loureiro, J.; Malovic, G; Popovic, LC; Dimitrijevic, MS. "MODELING OF A FLOWING Ar-O-2 MICROWAVE DISCHARGE AND POST-DISCHARGE". 24th Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases, Contributed Papers 84 (2008): 351-354. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000269314500093&KeyUID=WOS:000269314500093.
  98. Soural, I.; Krcma, F.; Guerra, V.. "Numeric modelling of V-T process in nitrogen ground state under post-discharge conditions". Chemicke Listy 102 15 SPEC. I (2008): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-54349103788&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  99. de Abreu, Rodrigo; Guerra, Vasco. "The principle of relativity and the indeterminacy of special relativity". European Journal of Physics 29 1 (2008): 33-52.
    10.1088/0143-0807/29/1/004
  100. da Silva, M. Lino; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.; Sa, P. A.. "Vibrational distributions in N-2 with an improved calculation of energy levels using the RKR method". Chemical Physics 348 1-3 (2008): 187-194.
    10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.02.048
  101. Spavieri, G.; Guerra, V.; De Abreu, R.; Gillies, G. T.. "Ether drift experiments and electromagnetic momentum". European Physical Journal D 47 3 (2008): 457-463.
    10.1140/epjd/e2008-00062-x
  102. da Silva, M. Lino; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.. "Two-temperature models for nitrogen dissociation". Chemical Physics 342 1-3 (2007): 275-287.
    10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.10.010
  103. da Silva, M. Lino; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.. "Nonequilibrium dissociation processes in hyperbolic atmospheric entries". Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer 21 2 (2007): 303-310.
    10.2514/1.26776
  104. da Silva, M. Lino; Guerra, V.; Loureiro, J.. "State-resolved dissociation rates for extremely nonequilibrium atmospheric entries". Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer 21 1 (2007): 40-49.
    10.2514/1.24114
  105. Tatarova, Elena; Guerra, Vasco; Henriques, Julio; Ferreira, Carlos M.; Petrovic, ZL; Malovic, G; Tasic, M; Nikitovic, Z. "Nitrogen dissociation in low-pressure microwave plasmas". First International Workshop on Nonequilibrium Processes in Plasma Physics and Studies of Environment 71 (2007):
    10.1088/1742-6596/71/1/012010
  106. Guerra, Vasco; Sa, Paulo A.; Loureiro, Jorge; Benova, E; Atanassov, V. "Nitrogen pink afterglow: the mystery continues". Second International Workshop and Summer School on Plasma Physics 63 (2007):
    10.1088/1742-6596/63/1/012007
  107. Guerra, Vasco. "Analytical model of heterogeneous atomic recombination on silicalike surfaces". Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science 35 5 (2007): 1397-1412.
    10.1109/TPS.2007.902028
  108. Guerra, Vasco; de Abreu, Rodrigo. "Comment on: "From classical to modem ether-drift experiments: the narrow window for a preferred frame" [Phys. Lett. A 333 (2004) 355]". Physics Letters a 361 6 (2007): 509-512.
    10.1016/j.physleta.2006.09.033
  109. Guerra, Vasco; de Abreu, Rodrigo. "On the consistency between the assumption of a special system of reference and special relativity". Foundations of Physics 36 12 (2006): 1826-1845.
    10.1007/s10701-006-9085-5
  110. Loureiro, J; Sa, PA; Guerra, V. "On the difficulty of N(S-4) atom recombination to explain the appearance of the pink afterglow in a N-2 flowing discharge". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 39 1 (2006): 122-125.
    10.1088/0022-3727/39/1/019
  111. Guerra, Vasco. "Theoretical investigation of the influence of the wall temperature on the probability for surface atomic recombination of a single species". Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Part 1-Regular Papers Brief Communications & Review Papers 45 10B (2006): 8200-8203.
    10.1143/JJAP.45.8200
  112. Pintassilgo, CD; Loureiro, J; Guerra, V. "Modelling of a N-2-O-2 flowing afterglow for plasma sterilization". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 38 3 (2005): 417-430.
    10.1088/0022-3727/38/3/011
  113. Guerra, V; de Abreu, R. "The conceptualization of time and the constancy of the speed of light". European Journal of Physics 26 6 (2005): S117-S123.
    10.1088/0143-0807/26/6/S05
  114. Guerra, V; Sa, PA; Loureiro, J. "Kinetic modeling of low-pressure nitrogen discharges and post-discharges". European Physical Journal-Applied Physics 28 2 (2004): 125-152.
    10.1051/epjap:2004188
  115. Sa, PA; Guerra, V; Loureiro, J; Sadeghi, N. "Self-consistent kinetic model of the short-lived afterglow in flowing nitrogen". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 37 2 (2004): 221-231.
    10.1088/0022-3727/37/2/010
  116. Guerra, V; Loureiro, J. "Dynamical Monte Carlo simulation of surface atomic recombination". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 13 1 (2004): 85-94.
    10.1088/0963-0252/13/1/011
  117. Guerra, V; Sa, PA; Loureiro, J. "Electron and metastable kinetics in the nitrogen afterglow". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 12 4 (2003): S8-S15.
    10.1088/0963-0252/12/4/314
  118. Guerra, V; Galiaskarov, E; Loureiro, J. "Dissociation mechanisms in nitrogen discharges". Chemical Physics Letters 371 5-6 (2003): 576-581.
    10.1016/S0009-2614(03)00320-8
  119. Ferreira, CM; Tatarova, E; Guerra, V; Gordiets, BF; Henriques, J; Dias, FM; Pinheiro, M. "Modeling of wave driven molecular (H-2, N-2, N-2-Ar) discharges as atomic sources". Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science 31 4 (2003): 645-658.
    10.1109/TPS.2003.815481
  120. Guerra, V; Dias, FM; Loureiro, J; Sa, PA; Supiot, P; Dupret, C; Popov, T. "Time-dependence of the electron energy distribution function in the nitrogen afterglow". Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science 31 4 (2003): 542-552.
    10.1109/TPS.2003.815485
  121. Guerra, V; Tatarova, E; Ferreira, CM. "Kinetics of metastable atoms and molecules in N-2 microwave discharges". Vacuum 69 1-3 (2002): 171-176.
    10.1016/S0042-207X(02)00327-5
  122. Henriques, J; Tatarova, E; Guerra, V; Ferreira, CM. "Nitrogen dissociation in N-2-Ar microwave plasmas". Vacuum 69 1-3 (2002): 177-181.
    10.1016/S0042-207X(02)00328-7
  123. Ferreira, CM; Tatarova, E; Dias, FM; Guerra, V; Henriques, J; Pinheiro, M. "Wave driven molecular discharges as sources of active species". Vacuum 69 1-3 (2002): 183-187.
    10.1016/S0042-207X(02)00329-9
  124. Henriques, J; Tatarova, E; Guerra, V; Ferreira, CM. "Wave driven N-2-Ar discharge. I. Self-consistent theoretical model". Journal of Applied Physics 91 9 (2002): 5622-5631.
    10.1063/1.1462842
  125. Guerra, V; Tatarova, E; Dias, FM; Ferreira, CM. "On the self-consistent modeling of a traveling wave sustained nitrogen discharge". Journal of Applied Physics 91 5 (2002): 2648-2661.
    10.1063/1.1446229
  126. Guerra, V.; Sá, P.A.; Loureiro, J.. "Relaxation of the electron energy distribution function in the afterglow of a N2 microwave discharge including space-charge field effects". Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 63 4 II (2001): 464041-4640413. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035306751&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  127. Guerra, V; Sa, PA; Loureiro, J. "Role played by the N-2(A (3)Sigma(+)(u)) metastable in stationary N-2 and N-2-O-2 discharges". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 34 12 (2001): 1745-1755.
    10.1088/0022-3727/34/12/301
  128. Guerra, V; Sa, PA; Loureiro, J. "Relaxation of the electron energy distribution function in the afterglow of a N-2 microwave discharge including space-charge field effects". Physical Review E 63 4 (2001): art. no.-046404.
    10.1103/PhysRevE.63.046404
  129. Loureiro, J; Sa, PA; Guerra, V. "Role of long-lived N-2(X-1 Sigma(+)(g), upsilon) molecules and N-2(A(3)Sigma(+)(u)) and N-2(a'(1)Sigma(-)(u)) states in the light emissions of an N-2 afterglow". Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 34 12 (2001): 1769-1778.
    10.1088/0022-3727/34/12/303
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    10.1023/A:1007065022725
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    10.1088/0963-0252/8/1/014
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    10.1088/0963-0252/6/3/013
  135. Guerra, V; Loureiro, J. "Self-consistent electron and heavy-particle kinetics in a low-pressure N-2-O-2 glow discharge". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 6 3 (1997): 373-385.
    10.1088/0963-0252/6/3/014
  136. Guerra, V; Pinheiro, MJ; Gordiets, BF; Loureiro, J; Ferreira, CM. "Calculated data on electron transport and excitation rate coefficients in N-2-O-2 and N-2-H-2 discharges". Plasma Sources Science & Technology 6 2 (1997): 220-230.
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Working paper
  1. Freitas, Sofia; Guerra, Vasco. 2017. "Termodinâmica e Estrutura da Matéria - Compêndio de Exercícios".

Other

Other output
  1. Mars in situ oxygen and propellant production by non-equilibrium plasmas. 2021. Polina Ogloblina; Ana Sofia Morillo-Candas; Ana Filipa Silva; Tiago Silva; Antonio Tejero-del-Caz; Luís L Alves; Olivier Guaitella; Vasco Guerra. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505142.2.
    10.1002/essoar.10505142.2
  2. Mars in situ oxygen and propellant production by non-equilibrium plasmas. 2020. Polina Ogloblina; Ana Sofia Morillo-Candas; Ana Filipa Silva; Tiago Silva; Antonio Tejero-del-Caz; Luís L Alves; Olivier Guaitella; Vasco Guerra. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505142.1.
    10.1002/essoar.10505142.1
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2023 INVESTiGATiNG METHODS TO ViBRATiONALLY EXCiTE CO2 WiTH PLASMAS
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2023 KiNETiC MONTE CARLO ALGORiTHMS FOR PLASMA CHEMiSTRY
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2023 REACTiON MECHANiSM FOR CO2-N2 LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS: THE ROLE PLAYED BY O2 AND N2 ON THE CO2 ViBRATiONAL KiNETiCS AND DiSSOCiATiON
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2023 UNRAVELiNG ViBRATiONAL EXCiTATiON DYNAMiCS OF CO2 FOR NOVEL FiXATiON TECHNOLOGiES
Co-supervisor
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
2017 - 2020 IN SiTU RESOURCE UTiLiZATiON ON MARS USiNG NON-EQUiLiBRiUM PLASMAS
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2016 Williams Crookes Prize
European Physical Society, France

Institute of Physics, United Kingdom