Cluster Processes in Gases and Plasmas

This reference on cluster physics in materials science draws upon the author′s unrivalled experience in plasma science. It covers in detail electromagnetic effects, cluster motion and growth, as well as aerosols, providing the knowledge instrumental for an understanding of nanostructure formation.
Around 400 case studies enable readers to directly relate the methods to their own individual tasks or projects.

Spis treści:
Preface.
1 Introduction.
Part I Cluster Properties and Cluster Processes.
2 Fundamentals of Large Clusters.
2.1 Models for Large Clusters and Processes with Their Participation.
2.2 Stability of Charged Metal Clusters.
2.3 Macroscopic Solid Particles with a Pairwise Interaction of Atoms.
2.4 Macroscopic Solid Surfaces.
2.5 Thermodynamics of Large Liquid Clusters in Parent Vapor.
3 Structures of Solid Clusters with Pairwise Atomic Interaction.
3.1 Clusters of Close–Packed Structures.
3.2 Icosahedral Cluster Structures.
3.3 Competition between Cluster Structures.
4 Elementary Processes and Processes in Gases Involving Clusters.
4.1 Cluster Collision Processes.
4.2 Attachment of Atoms to Clusters and Cluster Evaporation.
4.3 Cluster Heat Processes in Gases.
4.4 Combustion and Catalytic Processes in Gases Involving Clusters.
5 Clusters in External Fields.
5.1 Electric Properties of Large Clusters.
5.2 Radiative Processes Involving Small Particles.
5.3 Resonance Absorption of Metal Clusters.
5.4 Radiative Processes in the Heat Balance and Relaxation of Clusters.
5.5 Hot Clusters as Light Sources.
Part II Cluster Processes in Gases.
6 Cluster Transport in Gases and Diffusion–Limited Association of Clus ters.
6.1 Transport of Large Clusters in Gases.
6.2 Dynamics of Cluster Motion in Gases.
6.3 Cluster Motion in Gas Flows.
6.4 Pairwise Association of Clusters Limited by Motion in a Gas.
7 Charging of Clusters in Ionized Gas.
7.1 Attachment of Ions to Clusters in Dense Gas.
7.2 Field of a Charged Cluster in Dense Ionized Gas.
7.3 Attachment of Ions to Clusters in Rare Gas.
7.4 Kinetics of Cluster Charging in Ionized Gas.
8 Ionization Equilibrium of Clusters in a Gas.
8.1 Ionization Equilibrium for Large Metal Clusters.
8.2 Electron Thermoemission of Metal Clusters.
8.3 Ionization Equilibrium for Large Dielectric Clusters.
9 Kinetics of Cluster Growth.
9.1 Cluster Growth Involving Free Atoms.
9.2 Kinetics of Cluster Coagulation.
9.3 Cluster Growth During Gas Expansion in a Vacuum.
9.4 Cluster Growth through Coalescence.
9.5 Heat Regime of Cluster Growth.
9.6 Cluster Growth in a Hot Gas with Metal–Containing Molecules.
Part III Complex Plasma.
10 Dusty Plasma.
10.1 Particles in the Positive Column of Glow Discharge.
10.2 Particles in Traps of Gas Discharge.
10.3 Structures of Particles in Dusty Plasma.
11 Aerosol Plasma.
11.1 Growth and Charging of Aerosol Particles in an External Electric Field.
11.2 Electrical Processes in Aerosol Plasma.
11.3 Growth of Fractal Structures Involving Solid Clusters.
12 Cluster Plasma.
12.1 Clusters in a Dense Arc Plasma.
12.2 Laser Generation of Metal Clusters.
12.3 Generation of Clusters from a Metal Surface.
12.4 Generation of Metal Clusters in Magnetron Discharge.
12.5 Cluster Flow through an Exit Orifice.
12.6 Instabil ity of Cluster Plasma.
13 Conclusion.
Appendix A Mechanical and Electrical Parameters of Particles with Ellipsoidal and Similar Shapes.
A.1 The Effective Hydrodynamic Radius [340].
A.2 Capacity (C).
A.3 Polarizability.
Appendix B Conversion Factors of Cluster Physics.
Appendix C Thermodynamic Parameters of Elements.
References.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Boris M. Smirnov received his PhD in physics from Leningrad State University in 1968. After working in different research positions, he finally accepted a post as head of one of the divisions of the Institute for High Temperatures at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow in 1986. He is Vice Chairman of the National Council for Low Temperature Plasma and Chairman of a Section on Elementary Processes in Plasma. Professor Smirnov′s research interests focus on Plasma Physics and Technology, Cluster Physics, Fractal Systems and Nanostructures, and the Physics of Ball Lightning.
His experience he has compiled into more than 40 books, and more than 350 research papers.

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This reference on cluster physics in materials science draws upon the author′s unrivalled experience in plasma science. It covers in detail electromagnetic effects, cluster motion and growth, as well as aerosols, providing the knowledge instrumental for an understanding of nanostructure formation.
Around 400 case studies enable readers to directly relate the methods to their own individual tasks or projects.