New Princeton Collaborative Plasma Research Facility Open for All Users

Abstract: Low-temperature plasmas have multiple applications in areas ranging from microelectronics, to synthesis of novel materials, spacecraft propulsion to medicine, catalysis and waste remediation. The US DOE has recently provided the funding to establish the Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility (PCRF) centered at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). This facility is formed from the existing low temperature plasma laboratories at PPPL and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Princeton University. The PCRF mission is to provide the scientific community access to world class diagnostics, computational resources, theoretical support and expertise for comprehensive characterization of LTPs and the above plasma applications. PCRF research capabilities and expertise are applicable for studies of a large variety of low temperature plasmas in a broad range of conditions: i) transient to steady-state; ii) low pressure collisionless to high pressure collisional; ii) non-equilibrium to thermal; iii) with and without applied electric and magnetic fields. The primary research topics include plasma interactions with liquids, solids, nanoparticles, turbulence and transport in plasmas, advanced in situ diagnostics development (e.g. for detection of nanoparticles, characterization of surface processes, ultrafast diagnostics for time-resolved measurements, and single shot spectroscopy). There are also several applied plasma science topics such as materials synthesis and processing, which will be in the focus of PCRF activities. This talk will provide overview of research expertise and capabilities available at the PCRF and discuss opportunities for scientific collaboration with this new Princeton facility.

Useful links to relevant research and publications: http://pcrf.pppl.gov, http://nano.pppl.gov, http://htx.pppl.gov

Bio: Yevgeny Raitses is a Principal Research Physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). He is an expert in experimental plasma physics. He has an extensive publication record with over 100 per-reviewed publications on physics of low temperature magnetized plasma, plasma-surface interactions, plasma diagnostics, plasma sources and electric propulsion, and plasma-based synthesis of nanomaterials, and 7 patents. Dr. Raitses received his PhD from the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology in 1997. He joined the PPPL in 1998. He is now the Director of the Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility (PCRF). He is also leading PPPL research projects on synthesis and processing of nanomaterials, and on plasma thrusters. Dr. Raitses is a Fellow of American Physical Society and an Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is an associate editor of Journal of Applied Physics.

All seminars are held on Wednesdays from 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m. in the Bowen Hall Auditorium Room 222. A light lunch is provided at 11:30 a.m. in the Bowen Hall Atrium immediately prior to the seminar.