Overview
- Includes state-of-the-art material not covered in standard plasma physics texts
- Provides a graduate-level introduction to research into complex plasmas
- Focuses on technological applications of plasmas
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics (SSAOPP, volume 82)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Quantum Plasmas
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Front Matter
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Low-Temperature Plasmas
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Front Matter
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Technological Applications
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Complex Plasmas
- Dental Applications
- Dusty Plasmas
- Low Temperature Plasmas
- Microcavity Plasmas
- Microchannel Plasmas
- Microplasmas
- Molecular Plasmas
- Ozone Generation
- Path Integral Montel Carlo
- Phase Transitions
- Plasma Electrochemistry
- Quantum Hydrodynamics
- Quantum Plasmas
- Streaming Plasmas
- Technological Applications of Plasmas
About this book
This book provides the reader with an introduction to the physics of complex plasmas, a discussion of the specific scientific and technical challenges they present and an overview of their potential technological applications.
Complex plasmas differ from conventional high-temperature plasmas in several ways: they may contain additional species, including nano meter- to micrometer-sized particles, negative ions, molecules and radicals and they may exhibit strong correlations or quantum effects. This book introduces the classical and quantum mechanical approaches used to describe and simulate complex plasmas. It also covers some key experimental techniques used in the analysis of these plasmas, including calorimetric probe methods, IR absorption techniques and X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
The final part of the book reviews the emerging applications of microcavity and microchannel plasmas, the synthesis and assembly of nanomaterials through plasma electrochemistry, the large-scale generation of ozone using microplasmas and novel applications of atmospheric-pressure non-thermal plasmas in dentistry.
Going beyond the scope of traditional plasma texts, the presentation is very well suited for senior undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers specializing in plasma physics.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Complex Plasmas
Book Subtitle: Scientific Challenges and Technological Opportunities
Editors: Michael Bonitz, Jose Lopez, Kurt Becker, Hauke Thomsen
Series Title: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05437-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05436-0Published: 25 April 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37587-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05437-7Published: 09 April 2014
Series ISSN: 1615-5653
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6791
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 491
Number of Illustrations: 113 b/w illustrations, 127 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plasma Physics, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Semiconductors, Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films