Plasma Science and Technology for Emerging Economies: An AAAPT Experience

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This book highlights plasma science and technology-related research and development work at institutes and universities networked through Asian African Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT) which was established in 1988. The AAAPT, with 52 member institutes in 24 countries, promotes the initiation and intensification of plasma research and development through cooperation and technology sharing. With 13 chapters on fusion-relevant, laboratory and industrial plasmas for wide range of applications and basic research and a chapter on AAAPT network, it demonstrates how, with collaborations, high-quality, industrially relevant academic and scientific research on fusion, industrial and laboratory plasmas and plasma diagnostics can be successfully pursued in small research labs. These plasma sciences and technologies include pioneering breakthroughs and applications in (i) fusion relevant research in the quest for long-term, clean energy source development using high-temperature, high- density plasmas and (ii) multibillion-dollar, low-temperature, non-equilibrium and thermal industrial plasmas used in processing, synthesis and electronics. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Asian African Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT)—History, Network, Activities, and Impact (Rajdeep Singh Rawat)....Pages 1-37 Dense Plasma Focus—High-Energy-Density Pulsed Plasma Device Based Novel Facility for Controlled Material Processing and Synthesis (Rajdeep Singh Rawat)....Pages 39-112 The Plasma Focus—Numerical Experiments, Insights and Applications (S. Lee, S. H. Saw)....Pages 113-232 X-ray Diagnostics of Pulsed Plasmas Using Filtered Detectors (Paul Lee, Syed M. Hassan)....Pages 233-268 Pulsed Plasma Sources for X-ray Microscopy and Lithography Applications (Syed M. Hassan, Paul Lee)....Pages 269-292 Neutron and Proton Diagnostics for Pulsed Plasma Fusion Devices (Alireza Talebitaher, Stuart V. Springham)....Pages 293-353 Plasma Focus Device: A Novel Facility for Hard Coatings (R. Ahmad, Ijaz A. Khan, Tousif Hussain, Z. A. Umar)....Pages 355-412 Research on IR-T1 Tokamak (Mahmood Ghoranneviss, Sakineh Meshkani)....Pages 413-474 Cost-Effective Plasma Experiments for Developing Countries (Rattachat Mongkolnavin, Siriporn Damrongsakkul, Oi Hoong Chin, Deepak Subedi, Chiow San Wong)....Pages 475-525 Radio Frequency Planar Inductively Coupled Plasma: Fundamentals and Applications (Kanesh Kumar Jayapalan, Oi Hoong Chin, Chiow San Wong)....Pages 527-591 Plasma Polymerization: Electronics and Biomedical Application (Avishek Kumar, Daniel Grant, Surjith Alancherry, Ahmed Al-Jumaili, Kateryna Bazaka, Mohan V. Jacob)....Pages 593-657 Cold Atmospheric Plasma Sources—An Upcoming Innovation in Plasma Medicine (Dheerawan Boonyawan, Chanchai Chutsirimongkol)....Pages 659-691 Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasmas and Their Applications (Deepak Prasad Subedi, Ujjwal Man Joshi, Chiow San Wong)....Pages 693-737 Carbon-Based Nanomaterials Using Low-Temperature Plasmas for Energy Storage Application (Bo Ouyang, Rajdeep Singh Rawat)....Pages 739-805