ABSTRACT

Atmospheric-pressure plasmas continue to attract considerable research interest due to their diverse applications, including high power lasers, opening switches, novel plasma processing applications and sputtering, EM absorbers and reflectors, remediation of gaseous pollutants, excimer lamps, and other noncoherent light sources. Non-Equilibrium Air Plasmas at Atmospheric Pressure reviews recent advances and applications in the generation and maintenance of atmospheric-pressure plasmas. With contributions from leading international researchers, the coverage includes advances in atmospheric-pressure plasma source development, diagnostics and characterization, air plasma chemistry, modeling and computational techniques, and an assessment of the status and prospects of atmospheric-pressure air plasma applications. The extensive applications sections make this book attractive for practitioners in many fields where technologies based on atmospheric-pressure air plasmas are emerging.

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction and Overview

chapter 2|59 pages

History of Non-Equilibrium Air Discharges

chapter 3|48 pages

Kinetic Description of Plasmas

chapter 4|59 pages

Air Plasma Chemistry

chapter 5|93 pages

Modeling

chapter 6|86 pages

DC and Low Frequency Air Plasma Sources

chapter 7|84 pages

High Frequency Air Plasmas

chapter 8|91 pages

Plasma Diagnostics