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Technical plasmas have a wide range of industrial applications. The Encyclopedia of Plasma Technology covers all aspects of plasma technology from the fundamentals to a range of applications across a large number of industries and disciplines. Topics covered include nanotechnology, solar cell technology, biomedical and clinical applications, electronic materials, sustainability, and clean technologies. The book bridges materials science, industrial chemistry, physics, and engineering, making it a must have for researchers in industry and academia, as well as those working on application-oriented plasma technologies.

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chapter |13 pages

Acrylates and Methacrylates: Radical Polymerization

ByThierry Fouquet, Grégory Mertz

chapter |12 pages

Amine Monomers: Plasma and Ultraviolet Polymerization

ByGaelle Aziz, Ke Vin Chan, Nathalie De Geyter, Rino Morent

chapter |10 pages

Antimicrobial Biomedical Materials: Engineering

ByAnton Nikiforov, Pieter Heyse, Deng Xiaolong, Christophe Leys

chapter |18 pages

Arc Welding

ByC.S. Wu, C.B. Jia

chapter |12 pages

Arc-Heated Wind Tunnels

ByYusuke Takahashi

chapter |7 pages

Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: Apple Treatment

ByA. Berardinelli, S. Tappi, P. Rocculi, L. Ragni

chapter |9 pages

Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: Free-Radical Movements in

ByJan Benedikt

chapter |10 pages

Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: Low-Temperature Processes

ByHiroaki Kakiuchi, Hiromasa Ohmi, Kiyoshi Yasutake

chapter |15 pages

Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: Polymerization

ByOlivier Carton, Llorenç Bautista, Jose Garcia-Torres

chapter |21 pages

Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: Uniform Glow Discharge

ByWonho Choe, Se Youn Moon

chapter |5 pages

Atomic Layer Etching

BySebastian U. Engelmann

chapter |10 pages

Atomic Layer Etching: Directional

ByThorsten Lill, Keren J. Kanarik, Samantha Tan, Meihua Shen, Eric Hudson, Yang Pan, Jeffrey Marks, Vahid Vahedi, Richard A. Gottscho

chapter |9 pages

Atomic Layer Re-Deposition for Nanoscale Devices

ByMarkus Häyrinen, Matthieu Roussey, Arijit Bera, Markku Kuittinen, Seppo Honkanen

chapter |15 pages

Beam Plasmas: Materials Production

ByMichael Vasiliev, Tatiana Vasilieva

chapter |12 pages

Biology: Low-Temperature Plasmas in

ByMohammed Yousfi

chapter |7 pages

Biotechnology: Plasmas in

ByAndrew Michelmore, Jason D. Whittle, Robert D. Short

chapter |7 pages

Blood Coagulation: Plasma Torch

BySpencer P. Kuo

chapter |10 pages

Boron Trichloride Dry Etching

ByAnton Kobelev, Nikolay Andrianov, Yuri Barsukov, Alexander Smirnov

chapter |9 pages

Cancer Therapy: Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma

ByMichael Keidar

chapter |16 pages

Capacitively Coupled Plasmas: Electromagnetic Effects

ByDenis Eremin

chapter |9 pages

Carbon-Shunting Arc Plasmas

ByKoichi Takaki, Ken Yukimura

chapter |11 pages

CARS Diagnostics: High-Pressure Nonequilibrium Plasmas

ByWalter R. Lempert, Aaron Montello

chapter |11 pages

Cell Culture: Polymerization of PMMA for

ByChuan Li, J.H. Hsieh

chapter |10 pages

Cellulose-Based Materials: Plasma Modification

ByZhenguan Tang, Victor Breedveld, Dennis Hess

chapter |15 pages

Coal Combustion: Plasma-Assisted

ByV.E. Messerle, A.B. Ustimenko

chapter |10 pages

Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma: Technology

ByA. Shashurin

chapter |13 pages

Combinatorial Plasma Polymerization: Carbon-Based Films

ByL. Minati, V. Antonini, C. Pederzolli, M. Dalla Serra, G. Bao, G. Speranza

chapter |10 pages

DC Arc Plasma Torch with Nanocarbon-Coated Electrodes

ByV.E. Messerle, A.B. Ustimenko

chapter |11 pages

DC Plasma: Powder Metallurgy

ByRodrigo Perito Cardoso, Henrique Cezar Pavanati, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Silvio Francisco Brunatto

chapter |11 pages

Dental Implants: Plasma Polymerization for

ByJudit Buxadera-Palomero, Cristina Canal, F. Javier Gil, Daniel Rodriguez

chapter |16 pages

Die Singulation

ByKenneth D. Mackenzie, David G. Lishan, Gordon M. Grivna, Jason M. Doub

chapter |12 pages

Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD)

ByRonny Brandenburg

chapter |14 pages

Dielectric Barrier Discharge: Biomaterials

ByPieter Cools, Stijn Van Vrekhem, Nathalie De Geyter, Rino Morent

chapter |7 pages

Dielectric Barrier Discharge: Combustion

ByFanying Meng, Yixiang Duan

chapter |10 pages

Dielectric Barrier Discharge: Meat Treatment

ByDinesh D. Jayasena, Hyun-Joo Kim, Cheorun Jo

chapter |7 pages

Dispenser Hollow Cathode Discharges

ByAngela M. Capece

chapter |5 pages

Dusty Plasma Liquid: Non-Newtonian Behavior

ByO.F. Petrov, A.S. Ivanov, V.E. Fortov

chapter |15 pages

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM): Casting Process Parameters

BySerajul Haque

chapter |11 pages

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM): Nanoparticle Generation

ByR.K. Sahu, Somashekhar S. Hiremath

chapter |9 pages

Electrothermal Vaporization Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ETV-ICP-MS)

ByJefferson Santos de Gois, Daniel L. G. Borges

chapter |15 pages

Embryonic Stem Cells: Plasma-Directed Differentiation

ByErik Hanley, Gary Lyons, Jason Lauer, Bruce Micales, J. Leon Shohet

chapter |9 pages

Engine Emission Control: Ozone and Plasma Desorption

ByMarcin Holub

chapter |15 pages

Etching: Endpoint Detection

ByJunwei Bao

chapter |7 pages

Food Packaging

ByP.J. Cullen, S.K. Pankaj, C. Bueno-Ferrer

chapter |4 pages

Gas-Discharge Plasma: Biofilm Inactivation

ByGraciela Brelles-Mariño

chapter |15 pages

Glass Fibers: Improved Interfacial Adhesion

ByVladimir Cech

chapter |12 pages

Gliding Arc Discharge: Combustion Enhancement

ByTimothy Ombrello, Yiguang Ju

chapter |11 pages

Glow Discharges: Stratification

ByVladimir I. Kolobov

chapter |9 pages

Graphene: Plasma Etching

ByJian Sun, Hiroshi Mizuta

chapter |6 pages

Helicon Source for Electric Propulsion

ByFrancis F. Chen

chapter |33 pages

High E/N Discharges: Applications

ByAndrey Starikovskiy

chapter |15 pages

High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS)

ByAndré Anders

chapter |20 pages

High-Pressure Optical Diagnostics

ByPeter J. Bruggeman

chapter |32 pages

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

ByYoseif Makonnen, Nausheen Sadiq, Diane Beauchemin

chapter |24 pages

Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry

ByFarhad Kaveh, Lily Huang, Diane Beauchemin

chapter |13 pages

Inductively Coupled Plasma Sputtering: Structure of IV-VI Semiconductors

ByS.P. Zimin, E.S. Gorlachev, I.I. Amirov

chapter |4 pages

Kelvin Probe

ByHarsh Sinha, J. Lauer, M. Nichols, J. Leon Shohet

chapter |6 pages

Laser-Induced Plasma

ByAlessandro De Giacomo, Marcella Dell’Aglio

chapter |14 pages

Liquids and Gas-Liquid Environments: Plasmas in

ByM. Magureanu, V.I. Parvulescu

chapter |6 pages

Mercury Probe

ByHarsh Sinha, J. Leon Shohet

chapter |19 pages

Metal Deposition: Plasma-Based Processes

ByNeelesh K. Jain, Mayur S. Sawant, Sagar H. Nikam, Suyog Jhavar

chapter |17 pages

Microdischarges

ByK.H. Schoenbach

chapter |14 pages

Microorganisms: Destruction with Nonthermal Plasma

ByNicolai S. Panikov

chapter |7 pages

Microplasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy

ByTakahiro Iwai, Ken Kakegawa, Mari Aida, Yoichi Nagata, Hidekazu Miyahara, Koichi Chiba, Akitoshi Okino

chapter |11 pages

Microplasmas

ByAlan R. Hoskinson

chapter |15 pages

Microplasmas: Environmental and Biological Applications

ByKurt H. Becker, WeiDong Zhu, Jose L. Lopez

chapter |13 pages

Microwave Plasmas: Single Crystal Diamond Synthesis

ByKadek W. Hemawan, Russell J. Hemley

chapter |14 pages

Microwave-Generated Fireballs

ByEli Jerby

chapter |14 pages

Modeling: 2-D

ByPrashanth Kothnur

chapter |10 pages

Modeling: Electromagnetic Plasma

ByShahid Rauf

chapter |17 pages

Nanocrystalline Diamond Coatings

ByMei Wang, Paul K. Chu

chapter |13 pages

Nanotechnology: Plasma-Based

ByKostya (Ken) Ostrikov

chapter |19 pages

Negative Ion and Dust Particle-Containing Plasmas

ByRobert L. Merlino

chapter |38 pages

Negative Ion Plasmas

ByHiroshi Amemiya

chapter |9 pages

NOx: Removal by Plasma Catalytic Process

ByXiaoming Zheng, Hui Wang, Qinqin Yu

chapter |11 pages

Opals (2-D Colloidal Crystals): Plasma Etching of

ByEser Metin Akinoglu, Michael Giersig

chapter |10 pages

Ozone Injection: Plasma-Induced

ByTakuya Kuwahara, Masaaki Okubo

chapter |8 pages

Paper: Plasma Deacidification

ByXiWen Zhang, QingLi Wang

chapter |11 pages

PECVD: Silicon Nitride

ByDeborah Neumayer

chapter |4 pages

Photonic Crystals: Tunable Plasma

ByLifang Dong, Weili Fan, Xuechen Li, Yuyang Pan

chapter |9 pages

Plasma Bullets

ByMounir Laroussi

chapter |10 pages

Plasma Electron Sources

ByVictor Burdovitsin, Efim Oks

chapter |22 pages

Plasma Flow Control

ByYun Wu, Yinghong Li

chapter |24 pages

Plasma Impedance in Discharges

ByN. Spiliopoulos, E. Amanatides

chapter |21 pages

Plasmonics and Surface Plasmons

ByMikhail A. Kats, Yu Yao, Chao Wang

chapter |4 pages

PLGA: Immobilization of Fibroblast Growth Factor

ByShenguo Wang, Hong Shen, Xixue Hu, Fei Yang, Jianzhong Bei

chapter |10 pages

Pollutants: Aqueous Organic, Nonthermal Degradation

ByP. Manoj Kumar Reddy, Ch. Subrahmanyam

chapter |11 pages

Polymer Surface Modification: Plasma for Applications

ByDimitrios Kontziampasis, Maria Kitsara

chapter |4 pages

Polymer–Cold Plasma Interactions

ByEdward Bormashenko

chapter |13 pages

Polymeric Microfluidics: Fabricated and Modified Using Plasmas

ByKaterina Tsougeni, Angeliki Tserepi, Evangelos Gogolides

chapter |13 pages

Polymers: Plasma Micro-Nanotexturing and Plasma-Directed Organization

ByDimitrios Kontziampasis, Angeliki Tserepi, Evangelos Gogolides

chapter |38 pages

Polyolefin Surfaces: Functional Groups

ByJörg Friedrich, Gundula Hidde

chapter |15 pages

Powders: Plasma Spray PVD for High-Throughput Production

ByMakoto Kambara, Tasuku Hideshima, Mashiro Kaga, Toyonobu Yoshida

chapter |10 pages

Pulsed Inductive Plasma Acceleration: Optimization

ByKurt A. Polzin

chapter |15 pages

Pulsed Plasmas: Nanoparticles and Thin Film Synthesis

ByIris Pilch, Kostas Sarakinos

chapter |8 pages

Quantum Plasmas

ByFernando Haas

chapter |12 pages

Radar Cross-Section Reduction: Stealth Technology

ByBhaskar Chaudhury

chapter |13 pages

Re-Entry Vehicles: Communication through Plasma

ByMinkwan Kim

chapter |6 pages

Root Canal Treatment

ByXinPei Lu

chapter |14 pages

Scanning Electron Microscopy

ByHarsh Sinha, Anadi Bhatia, Hong Xiao, Olivier Moreau, Paul MacDonald, Cecelia Campochiaro

chapter |2 pages

Seed Treatment: Cold Plasma

ByYuan-Hua Dong, Jian-Gang Li, Ling Li

chapter |9 pages

Semiconductor (III-V) Thin Films: Plasma Etching

ByS.J. Pearton, F. Ren

chapter |8 pages

Semiconductor-Bridge Plasma

ByLin Zhang, Shunguan Zhu, Hongyan Feng, Peng Ma

chapter |7 pages

Semiconductors: Etching with Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)

ByChalermwat Wongwanitwattana

chapter |10 pages

Sewage Sludge: Plasma Gasification of

ByAntonios John Mountouris

chapter |9 pages

Shadow Mask Plasma Display Panel

ByYan Tu, Baoping Wang, Xiong Zhang, Lanlan Yang, Qing Li, Yongming Tang

chapter |15 pages

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC): Advanced Production Techniques

ByRudolf Henne, Johannes Arnold, Robert Ruckdäschel, Günter Schiller

chapter |23 pages

Space Plasma Thrusters: Magnetic Nozzles for

ByMario Merino, Eduardo Ahedo

chapter |15 pages

Spacecraft Charging

ByShu T. Lai, Kerri Cahoy

chapter |9 pages

Steam Reforming

ByGerardo Diaz

chapter |13 pages

Strip Hollow Cathode Plasmas: PECVD and Thermochemical Treatment

ByKrasimir Nikolov, Claus-Peter Klages

chapter |7 pages

Taguchi Method: Plasma Cutting Parameters

ByDhaval B. Shah, Shashikant Joshi, Ashil Patel

chapter |12 pages

Textiles

ByMaja Radetic

chapter |9 pages

Textiles: Nanostructured Plasma Coatings

ByDirk Hegemann

chapter |7 pages

Textiles: PET, Poly-DADMAC-Containing Fabrics

ByTarek Salem

chapter |18 pages

Thermal Plasmas: Boundary Conditions on Heat Flux

ByL. Pekker

chapter |10 pages

Thin Films: Polyaniline and Poly (3-methylthiophene)

ByG.B.V.S. Lakshmi, Shumaila, Sameen Ahmed Khan, Azher M. Siddiqui

chapter |10 pages

Thrusters: Ablative Pulsed, Plasma Acceleration in

ByTony Schönherr

chapter |12 pages

Thrusters: Current-Free Plasma

ByKazunori Takahashi

chapter |10 pages

Thrusters: Iodine Plasma

ByJames Szabo

chapter |8 pages

Thrusters: Pulsed Plasmas

ByIain D. Boyd

chapter |7 pages

Vacuum Arc Cathode Spots

ByAndré Anders

chapter |5 pages

Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Sources

ByHe Ren

chapter |13 pages

Volatile Organic Compounds Decomposition

ByHyun-Ha Kim, Yoshiyuki Teramoto, Nobuaki Negishi, Atsushi Ogata

chapter |13 pages

Wafer Movement and Micro-Arc Discharges: Detection

ByYuji Kasashima, Tatsuo Tabaru, Mitsuo Yasaka, Fumihiko Uesugi

chapter |11 pages

Wide Bandgap Materials: Plasma Etching

ByHuseyin Ekinci

chapter |11 pages

Wood Surfaces: Plasma Activation

ByJozef Ráhel, Radovan Tiňo

chapter |27 pages

Wool: Low-Temperature Plasma Treatment of

ByChi-wai Kan