The Applications of Plasma Techniques II

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of the journal Applied Sciences is intended to provide a description of devices and processes related to plasma applications in the broad sense. Plasma is called the fourth state of matter because its properties differ significantly from those of gas. Plasma can be defined as a conductive medium generated by the ionization of gas. Thus, it occurs as a mixture of photons, electrons ,and ions, but it can also contain neutral atoms and molecules. The concept of plasma includes media with very different properties. Densities and kinetic energies of plasma components differ for various types of plasma by several or even more orders of magnitude. Hence, plasmas can have very different applications. Nowadays, plasma is very common in everyday life—from ubiquitous discharge lamps to plasma TVs. In technology, plasma is used in areas as diverse as gas purification, surface treatment of materials, and corrective drives for spacecraft. Its use is limited only by the price and availability of electricity. Readers interested in this modern field of science and technology are invited to enjoy this collection of articles, which will certainly excite the curiosity of both scientists and engineers interested in plasma applications. Moreover, the solutions presented may encourage entrepreneurs to implement them. I wish you a pleasant reading.

Prof. Mariusz Jasinski
Guest Editor

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