Highlights recent plasma research and technologies at leading universities in Asia and Africa under the leadership of the Asian African Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT)

Written by leading experts in the area of plasma science, keeping in mind the low budgets for such research Provides a useful and interesting resource for researchers and professionals in the area of plasma research

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Rajdeep Singh Rawat received his PhD in Physics from the University of Delhi. He is currently an associate professor of Physics and Deputy Head (Research and Postgraduate Matters) at NSSE/NIE, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is also the President of Asian African Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT). He is an experimental plasma physicist with expertise in dense plasma focus (DPF), pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) facilities for fundamental studies on plasma dynamics and radiation/particle emission as well as for wide ranges of applications. He has also worked extensively on a wide variety of applications of these devices, such as high repetition rate portable neutron source, radioisotopes synthesis, soft x-ray lithography, soft and hard x-ray imaging, and pioneered the field of material modification and nano-structured material synthesis using plasma focus devices. He leads the plasma radiation sources lab group at the NTU, secured 28 local/international/industrial research grants, and published over 190 journal papers.

Inhalt
Asian African Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT) History, Network and Plasma Science and Technology Activities.- Dense Plasma Focus High Energy Density Pulsed Plasma Device a Novel Facility for Material Processing and Synthesis.- Numerical Experiments of the Plasma Focus- the AAAPT Experience.- X-ray Diagnostics of Pulsed Plasmas using Filtered Detectors.- Pulsed Plasma Sources for X-ray Microscopy and Lithography Applications.- Neutron & Proton Diagnostics for Pulsed Plasma Fusion Devices.- Hard Tribological Coatings using Plasma Focus Device.- Cost Effective Plasma Experiments for Developing Countries.- Pulsed dc and RF plasmas-Physics and applications.- Radio Frequency Inductively Coupled Plasmas: Fundamentals and Applications.- Low pressure RF and microwave plasmas and their applications.- Plasma polymerization: Electronics and Biomedical Applications.- Cold Atmospheric Plasma Sources An upcoming Innovation in Plasma Medicine.- Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasmasand Their Applications.- Research on IR-T1 Tokamak.