Products manufactured
using plasmas impact our daily lives
- Computer chips and integrated circuits
- Computer hard drives
- Electronics
- Machine tools
- Medical implants and prosthetics
- Audio and video tapes
- Aircraft and automobile engine parts
- Printing on plastic food containers
- Energy-efficient window coatings
- High-efficiency window coatings
- Safe drinking water
- Voice and data communications components
- Anti-scratch and anti-glare coatings on eyeglasses and other optics
Plasma technologies are important in industries with annual world markets approaching $200 billion
- Waste processing
- Coatings and films
- Electronics
- Computer chips and integrated circuits
- Advanced materials
(e.g., ceramics) - High-efficiency lighting
Plasma technologies are used by a wide variety of companies worldwide.
Radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma source for plasma processing
Microwave generated plasma for plasma chemistry research
Penning plasma discharge for chemical
analysis of gases
Plasma Generation Devices
- Low pressure electrical discharge
- Penning plasma discharge
- Radio-frequency (RF) capacitive discharges
- RF inductively coupled plasmas
- Microwave generated plasmas
Plasma Deposition of Films
- Polycrystalline SiO2 films for low cost solar cells
- Flat panel display transistors
- Diamond films for high heat conductivity and wear resistance
