Plasma Engineering: Applications from Aerospace to Bio and Nanotechnology

作者 Michael Keidar著
出版社 Academic Press
出版时间 2013年3月第1版
ISBN 9780123859778
定价 1479.00

内容简介

Plasmaengineeringappliestheuniquepropertiesofplasmas(ionizedgases)toimproveprocessesandperformanceovermanyfields,suchasmaterialsprocessing,spacecraftpropulsion,andnanofabrication.PlasmaEngineeringconsidersthisrapidlyexpandingdisciplinefromaunifiedstandpoint,addressingfundamentalsofphysicsandmodelingaswellasnewreal-wordapplicationsinaerospace,nanotechnology,andbioengineering.Thebookstartsbyreviewingplasmaparticlecollisions,waves,andinstabilities,andproceedstodiagnostictools,suchasplanar,spherical,andemissiveprobes,andtheelectrostaticanalyzer,interferometrictechnique,andplasmaspectroscopy.Thephysicsofdifferenttypesofelectricaldischargesareconsidered,includingtheclassicalTownsendmechanismofgaselectricalbreakdownandthePaschenlaw.Basicapproachesandtheoreticalmethodologiesforplasmamodelingaredescribed,basedonthefluiddescriptionofplasmasolvingnumericallymagnetohydrodynamic(MHD)equationsandthekineticmodelparticletechniquesthattakeintoaccountkineticinteractionsamongparticlesandelectromagneticfields.Readersarethenintroducedtothewidestvarietyofapplicationsinanytextonthemarket.SpacepropulsionapplicationssuchastheHallthruster,pulsedplasmathrusters,andmicrothrusterareexplained.Applicationoflow-temperatureplasmasinnanoscienceandnanotechnology,anotherfrontierinplasmaphysics,iscovered,includingplasma-basedtechniquesforcarbon-basednanoparticlesynthesis(e.g.,fundamentalbuildingblockslikesingle-walledcarbonnanotubesandgraphene).Plasmamedicine,anemergingfieldstudyingplasmasfortherapeuticapplications,isexaminedaswell.Thelatestoriginalresultsoncoldatmosphericplasma(CAP)applicationsinmedicinearepresented,withafocusonthetherapeuticpotentialofCAPwithainselectivetumorcelleradicationandsignalingpathwayderegulation.Itisthefirsttextbookthataddressesplasmaengineeringintheaerospace,nanotechnology,andbioengineeringfieldsfromaunifiedstandpoint.Itincludesalargenumberofworkedexamples,endofchapterexercises,andhistoricalperspectives.ItfeaturesaccompanyingplasmasimulationsoftwarecoveringtheParticleinCell(PIC)approach.

作者简介

AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineeringTheGeorgeWashingtonUniversityResearchActivities:Advancedspacecraftpropulsion,plasmamedicine,bioengineering,plasma-basednanotechnology.Teaching:thermodynamics,heattransfer,propulsion,plasmaengineeringAwards:2009OutstandingSEASYoungResearcherAward2008electedAssociateFellow,AIAA2006ResearchFacultyRecognitionAwardbyUniversityofMichiganProfessionalMemberships:TheInstituteofElectricalandElectronicEngineers(IEEE),SeniorMemberAmericanInstituteofAeronauticsandAstronautics(AIAA),AssociateFellowAmericanPhysicalSociety(APS),MemberInternationalSocietyofPlasmaMedicine(ISPM),FoundingMemberMemberofAIAAElectricPropulsionTechnicalCommittee(EP)FounderandDirector,MicropropulsionandNanotechnologyLaboratory(MpNL)SteeringCommittee,PlasmaNanoscienceSymposium(iPlasmaNanoSym)SteeringCommittee,GWInstituteforBiomedicalEngineering(IBE)EditorialBoard:InternationalJournalofPlasmaScienceandEngineeringFacultyofEngineeringTelAvivUniversityRESEARCHINTERESTSPhysicalphenomenainhighcurrentelectricaldischarges,attheelectrodesurfaceandinthenearelectrodeplasmaauthorofover150journalarticles,12bookchapters,and2patents.

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