Entry requirements

60 credits in science/engineering including a basic course in electromagnetism or solid state physics.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

- set feasible criteria on the plasma-assisted processes

- assess relations between the process and properties of the treated surface and/or material

- make estimation of process parameters and plasma characteristics

- select a proper reactor design and suitable means of generation

- assess suitability of individual kinds of plasma for application in materials and surface engineering, in biotechnology, in nanobio applications and in environmental technologies

- evaluate commercial equipment with respect to different plasma-assisted technologies

Content

Plasma-assisted technologies, general attributes. Generation of gas discharge plasmas. Basic plasma diagnostics. Generation of vapour species, their transport and interaction with surfaces. Selection criteria on the process. Principles and design of conventional and new plasma sources. Afterglow reactors. Microwave ECR and hybrid plasmas. Fundamentals of radical- and ion-assisted plasma chemistry. Hybrid processes. Cold atmospheric and subatmospheric discharges and their applications. New trends in plasma technology.

Instruction

Project supervision.

Assessment

Short oral and written tests during the course. Written and oral presentation of project work.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.