New trends and future perspectives on plasma focus research

L Soto - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper includes a brief overview of the contributions and results of several groups
working in plasma focus (PF) devices around the world in the last few years. In section 2 a …

High-energy-density pinch plasma: A unique nonconventional tool for plasma nanotechnology

RS Rawat - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-temperature (<; 10 eV) plasmas with densities varying over a very wide range from 10
13 m-3 at the lower end to as high as 10 23 m-3 have firmly established themselves as one …

High energy density pulsed plasmas in plasma focus: novel plasma processing tool for nanophase hard magnetic material synthesis

RS Rawat - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
This paper presents the review of the applications of pulsed high energy density pinch
plasmas (with energy densities in the range of 1–10× 1010 J/m3, accompanied by self …

Dense plasma focus-from alternative fusion source to versatile high energy density plasma source for plasma nanotechnology

RS Rawat - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The dense plasma focus (DPF), a coaxial plasma gun, utilizes pulsed high current electrical
discharge to heat and compress the plasma to very high density and temperature with …

Deposition of titanium nitride thin films on stainless steel—AISI 304 substrates using a plasma focus device

RS Rawat, WM Chew, P Lee, T White, S Lee - Surface and Coatings …, 2003 - Elsevier
A 3.3 kJ pulsed plasma focus device was used to deposit thin films of titanium nitride (TiN) at
room temperature onto the stainless steel—AISI 304 substrates. The small plasma focus …

Development of multi Faraday cup assembly for ion beam measurements from a low energy plasma focus device

SR Mohanty, H Bhuyan, NK Neog… - Japanese journal of …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
A multiple Faraday cup assembly has been developed for measuring pulsed ion beam of a
low energy plasma focus device. The Faraday cups operating in biased ion collector mode …

Synthesis of nanocrystalline multiphase titanium oxycarbide (TiCxOy) thin films by UNU/ICTP and NX2 plasma focus devices

M Hassan, RS Rawat, P Lee, SM Hassan, A Qayyum… - Applied Physics A, 2008 - Springer
Nanocrystalline multiphase titanium oxycarbide (TiC x O y) thin films composed of TiC 2, TiO
0.325, Ti 2 O 3 and graphitic carbon have been deposited on titanium substrates, using …

Ion beam emission in a low energy plasma focus device operating with methane

H Bhuyan, H Chuaqui, M Favre, I Mitchell… - Journal of Physics D …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
An investigation of ion beam emission from a low energy plasma focus (PF) device
operating with methane is reported. Graphite collectors, operating in the bias ion collector …

Nitriding of titanium by using an ion beam delivered by a plasma focus

M Hassan, A Qayyum, R Ahmad… - Journal of Physics D …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The room temperature nitriding of titanium is accomplished by utilizing nitrogen ion beams
delivered by a 2.3 kJ plasma focus discharge. Titanium samples are exposed to ions at …

Effects of fusion relevant transient energetic radiation, plasma and thermal load on PLANSEE double forged tungsten samples in a low-energy plasma focus device

S Javadi, B Ouyang, Z Zhang, M Ghoranneviss… - Applied Surface …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tungsten is the leading candidate for plasma facing component (PFC) material for
thermonuclear fusion reactors and various efforts are ongoing to evaluate its performance or …