Complex Plasmas Scientific Challenges and Technological Opportunities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bonitz, Michael (Editor), Lopez, Jose (Editor), Becker, Kurt (Editor), Thomsen, Hauke (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 82
• Subjects: Physics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Semiconductors.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Plasma Physics.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.

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 sev...

Table of Contents:

• Phase Transitions in Dusty Plasmas
• Introduction to Streaming Complex Plasmas A: Attraction of Like-Charged Particles
• Introduction to Streaming Complex Plasmas B: Theoretical Description of Wake Effects
• Quantum Hydrodynamics
• Introduction to Configuration Path Integral Monte Carlo
• Calorimetric Probes for Energy Flux Measurements in Process Plasmas
• Fundamental and Applied Studies of Molecular Plasmas Using Infrared Absorption Techniques
• Surface Electrons at Plasma Walls
• Characterization of Local Structures in Plasma Deposited Semiconductors by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
• Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of Cluster Growth and Diffusion in Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites
• Microcavity and Microchannel Plasmas: General Characteristics and Emerging Applications
• Plasma Electrochemistry: A Novel Chemical Process for the Synthesis and Assembly of Nanomaterials
• Progress in Large-Scale Ozone Generation Using Microplasmas
• Dental Applications of Atmospheric-Pressure Non-Thermal Plasmas.