Cluster Processes in Gases and Plasmas

by Smirnov, Boris M.

• ISBN13: 9783527409433
• ISBN10: 3527409432
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

This reference on cluster physics in materials science draws upon the author's unrivalled experience in plasma science. He 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. IX
Introduction	p. 1
Cluster Properties and Cluster Processes	p. 3
Fundamentals of Large Clusters	p. 5
Models for Large Clusters and Processes with Their Participation	p. 6
Stability of Charged Metal Clusters	p. 17
Macroscopic Solid Particles with a Pairwise Interaction of Atoms	p. 23
Macroscopic Solid Surfaces	p. 34
Thermodynamics of Large Liquid Clusters in Parent Vapor	p. 47
Structures of Solid Clusters with Pairwise Atomic Interaction	p. 53
Clusters of Close-Packed Structures	p. 54
Icosahedral Cluster Structures	p. 72
Competition between Cluster Structures	p. 88
Elementary Processes and Processes in Gases Involving Clusters	p. 99
Cluster Collision Processes	p. 100
Attachment of Atoms to Clusters and Cluster Evaporation	p. 106
Cluster Heat Processes in Gases	p. 120
Combustion and Catalytic Processes in Gases Involving Clusters	p. 122
Clusters in External Fields	p. 131
Electric Properties of Large Clusters	p. 132
Radiative Processes Involving Small Particles	p. 143
Resonance Absorption of Metal Clusters	p. 152
Radiative Processes in the Heat Balance and Relaxation of Clusters	p. 165
Hot Clusters as Light Sources	p. 168
Cluster Processes in Cases	p. 173
Cluster Transport in Gases and Diffusion-Limited Association of Clusters	p. 175
Transport of Large Clusters in Gases	p. 175
Dynamics of Cluster Motion in Gases	p. 184
Cluster Motion in Gas Flows	p. 189
Pairwise Association of Clusters Limited by Motion in a Gas	p. 199
Charging of Clusters in Ionized Gas	p. 205
Attachment of Ions to Clusters in Dense Gas	p. 205
Field of a Charged Cluster in Dense Ionized Gas	p. 212
Attachment of Ions to Clusters in Rare Gas	p. 219
Kinetics of Cluster Charging in Ionized Gas	p. 234
Ionization Equilibrium of Clusters in a Gas	p. 239
Ionization Equilibrium for Large Metal Clusters	p. 239
Electron Thermoemission of Metal Clusters	p. 248
Ionization Equilibrium for Large Dielectric Clusters	p. 257
Kinetics of Cluster Growth	p. 265
Cluster Growth Involving Free Atoms	p. 267
Kinetics of Cluster Coagulation	p. 280
Cluster Growth During Gas Expansion in a Vacuum	p. 284
Cluster Growth through Coalescence	p. 287
Heat Regime of Cluster Growth	p. 294
Cluster Growth in a Hot Gas with Metal-Containing Molecules	p. 300
Complex Plasma	p. 311
Dusty Plasma	p. 323
Particles in the Positive Column of Glow Discharge	p. 313
Particles in Traps of Gas Discharge	p. 318
Structures of Particles in Dusty Plasma	p. 327
Aerosol Plasma	p. 331
Growth and Charging of Aerosol Particles in an External Electric Field	p. 332
Electrical Processes in Aerosol Plasma	p. 341
Growth of Fractal Structures Involving Solid Clusters	p. 354
Cluster Plasma	p. 363
Clusters in a Dense Arc Plasma	p. 364
Laser Generation of Metal Clusters	p. 370
Generation of Clusters from a Metal Surface	p. 376
Generation of Metal Clusters in Magnetron Discharge	p. 385
Cluster Flow through an Exit Orifice	p. 398
Instability of Cluster Plasma	p. 401
Conclusion	p. 407
Mechanical and Electrical Parameters of Particles with Ellipsoidal and Similar Shapes	p. 413
The Effective Hydrodynamic Radius [340]	p. 413
Capacity (C)	p. 415
Polarizabillity	p. 416
Conversion Factors of Cluster Physics	p. 419
Thermodynamic Parameters of Elements	p. 421
References	p. 423
Index	p. 431
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