Events & News

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Chouaib Doukkali University(UCD), and Xi'an University of Technology (XUT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 11 June 2026. This MOU aims to explore opportunities to establish the “China-Morocco Joint Laboratory for Low-Temperature Plasma Science and Sustainable Resource Utilization”, and has reached a preliminary understanding on the framework for further discussions. Professor DU, the leader of

The PlasMars team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University successfully hosted the 6th International Symposium on Plasma and Energy Conversion (iSPEC 2025) from December 3rd to 6th. This prestigious event brought together over 190 distinguished experts, scholars, and students from 11 countries, including China, the UK, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, South Korea, and Russia, to discuss the latest advancements in plasma science and energy technology. Throughout

Two eminent collaborators of the PlasMars group, Prof. Vasco Guerra (University of Lisbon) and Prof. Junjia He (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), visited our Hong Kong laboratory from October 20 to 25, 2025. During the visit, Prof. Guerra gave a lecture entitled “Plasmas for in-situ resource utilisation on Mars”, and Prof. He discussed the details of the collaborative project with us. This in-person visit marks a significant milestone in strengthening the trilat

Congratulations to Dr. Liu! His paper on regulating arc-flow dynamics With external magnetic field for efficient CO2 conversion has been published in Plasma Processes and Polymers, showing our group’s latest advances in the field of gliding arc discharge regulation. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.70203

Many thanks to Dr. Qian LIU for the invitation, our group visited the Hoffman Institute of Advanced Materials at Shenzhen Polytechnic University. We were deeply impressed by the institute’s strong research capabilities. Dr. ZHAO gave a presentation titled “The Fourth State of Matter: Plasma—Beneficial or Harmful?”, introducing our group’s work. In addition, we discussed the details of our next steps for collaboration.