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Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Chemical Physics

Kinetics

  • Presents and discusses elected examples in different applied fields, such as microelectronics, fusion, and aerospace
  • Provides detailed descriptions of the state-to-state kinetic approach for benchmark plasma systems through worked examples
  • Approaches the subject completely by assessing both fundamental concepts and problems still open in the research community
  • Presents the third volume in a series of three about plasma chemistry with a focus on the electron and heavy particle kinetics in non-equilibrium plasmas emphasizing the coupling between the two kinetics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics (SSAOPP, volume 85)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Electron-Molecule Collision Cross Sections and Rate Coefficients for Processes Involving Excited States

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 1-30
  3. Reactivity and Relaxation of Vibrationally/Rotationally Excited Molecules with Open Shell Atoms

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 31-56
  4. Formation of Vibrationally and Rotationally Excited Molecules During Atom Recombination at Surfaces

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 57-78
  5. Kinetic and Monte Carlo Approaches to Solve Boltzmann Equation for the Electron Energy Distribution Functions

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 79-111
  6. Superelastic Collisions and Electron Energy Distribution Function

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 113-142
  7. Collisional-Radiative Models for Atomic Hydrogen Plasmas

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 143-173
  8. Vibrational Kinetics

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 175-204
  9. Particle Models for Low Pressure Plasmas

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 205-222
  10. Self-Consistent Kinetics of Molecular Plasmas: The Nitrogen Case

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 223-245
  11. Negative Ion H− Kinetics for Fusion

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 247-273
  12. Non Equilibrium Plasma in High Enthalpy Flows

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 275-303
  13. Toward the Activation of Polyatomic Molecules by eV Processes: The CO2 Case Study

    • Mario Capitelli, Roberto Celiberto, Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito, Claudine Gorse, Khaled Hassouni et al.
    Pages 305-312
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 313-318

About this book

Describing non-equilibrium "cold" plasmas through a chemical physics approach, this book uses the state-to-state plasma kinetics, which considers each internal state as a new species with its own cross sections. Extended atomic and molecular master equations are coupled with Boltzmann and Monte Carlo methods to solve the electron energy distribution function. Selected examples in different applied fields, such as microelectronics, fusion, and aerospace, are presented and discussed including the self-consistent kinetics in RF parallel plate reactors, the optimization of negative ion sources and the expansion of high enthalpy flows through nozzles of different geometries.

The book will cover the main aspects of the state-to-state kinetic approach for the description of nonequilibrium cold plasmas, illustrating the more recent achievements in the development of kinetic models including the self-consistent coupling of master equations and Boltzmann equation for electron dynamics.To give a complete portrayal, the book will assess fundamental concepts and theoretical formulations, based on a unified methodological approach, and explore the insight in related scientific problems still opened for the research community.

Reviews

“The work will be a valuable resource for researchers using many applications involving nonequilibrium cold plasmas such as plasma beams, etching, cleaning, deposition, surface activation, and gas lasers. … Extensive references are provided, chapter-by-chapter, in addition to useful tables of reactions and processes with descriptions and references. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.” (T. Eastman, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Chimica, University of Bari and CNR, Bari, Italy

    Mario Capitelli

  • Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica (DICATECh), Polytechnic of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Roberto Celiberto

  • IMIP CNR, Bari, Italy

    Gianpiero Colonna, Fabrizio Esposito

  • University of Bari and CNR, Bari, Italy

    Claudine Gorse, Savino Longo

  • Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux, CNRS-INSIS, Paris, France

    Khaled Hassouni

  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy

    Annarita Laricchiuta

About the authors

Mario Capitelli, University of Bari, mario.capitelli@ba.imip.cnr.it

Gianpiero Colonna, IMIP CNR

Fabrizio Esposito, IMIP CNR

Khaled Hassouni, Institut Galilee-Univeriste Paris

Annarita Laricchiuta, IMIP CNR

Savino Longo, University of Bari

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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