This volume provides a comprehensive review of current plasma technology. It begins by discussing fundamentals, including plasma production and control, high-pressure discharges, modeling and simulation, diagnostics, dust control, and etching. Following this are chapters describing specific application areas; these include polymer treatments, solar cells, coating and spray methods, biomaterials and tissue engineering, sterilization and waste treatment, plasma propulsion, plasma display panels, and anti-corrosion coatings.

From the Preface: “...[E]normous advancements in the basic, diagnostic and experimental aspects of plasma science have been made, so that many other science areas and industrial fields have been permeated by plasma processes: polymers, textiles, biomaterials, microfluidics, composite materials, paper, packaging, automobile, waste treatment, cultural heritage and corrosion protection, to name but a few...”

Target Audience: Students, researchers, and technologists in academia and industry who are concerned with plasma technology and its myriad applications.

Table of Contents:

Basic Approaches to Plasma Production and Control

Plasma Sources and Reactor Configurations

Advanced Simulations for Industrial Plasma Applications

Modeling and Diagnostics of He Discharges for Treatment of Polymers

Three-Dimensional Modeling of Thermal Plasmas (RF and Transferred Arc) for the Design of Sources and Industrial Processes

Radiofrequency Plasma Sources for Semiconductor Processing

Advanced Plasma Diagnostics for Thin-Film Deposition

Plasma Processing of Polymers by a Low-Frequency Discharge with Asymmetrical Configuration of Electrodes

Fundamentals on Plasma Deposition of Fluorocarbon Films

Plasma CVD Processes for Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

VHF Plasma Production for Solar Cells

Growth Control of Clusters in Reactive Plasmas and Application to High-Stability a-Si:H Film Deposition

Micro- and Nanostructuring in Plasma Processes for Biomaterials: Micro- and Nano-Features as Powerful Tools to Address Selective Biological Responses

Chemical Immobilization of Biomolecules on Plasma-Modified Substrates for Biomedical Applications

In Vitro Methods to Assess the Biocompatibility of Plasma-Modified Surfaces

Cold Gas Plasma in Biology and Medicine

Mechanisms of Sterilization and Decontamination of Surfaces by Low-Pressure Plasma

Application of Atmospheric Pressure Glow Plasma: Powder Coating in Atmospheric Pressure Glow Plasma

Hydrocarbon and Fluorocarbon Thin Film Deposition in Atmospheric Pressure Glow Dielectric Barrier Discharges

Remark on Production of Atmospheric Pressure Non-Thermal Plasmas for Modern Applications

Present Status and Future of Cold Plasma Displays

Characteristics of PDP Plasmas

Recent Progress in Plasma Spray Processing

Electrohydraulic Discharge Direct Plasma Water Treatment Processes

Development and Physics Issues of an Advanced Space Propulsion

Index