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The introduction of low temperature plasma technology to medical research and to the healthcare arena in general is set to revolutionise the way we cure diseases. This innovative medium offers a valid and advantageous replacement of traditional chemical-based medications. Its application in the inactivation of pathogens in particular, avoids the recurrent problem of drug resistant microorganisms. This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the emerging interdisciplinary field of plasma medicine. The opening chapters discuss plasmas and plasma chemistry, the fundamentals of non-equilibrium plasmas and cell biology. The rest of the book is dedicated to current applications, illustrating a plasma-based approach to wound healing, electrosurgery, cancer treatment and even dentistry. The text provides a clear and integrated introduction to plasma technology and has been devised to answer the needs of researchers from different communities. It will appeal to graduate students and physicists, engineers, biologists, medical doctors and biochemists.

Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Nonequilibrium plasmas. --- Non-equilibrium plasmas --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Medical microbiology. --- Low temperature plasmas. --- Cold plasmas --- Plasmas, Low temperature

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"This volume is the first to present a comprehensive basic coverage of this subject. The topics are discussed at various levels of difficulty, by including qualitative as well as quantitative treatments and emphasising physical processes rather than mathematics or observation. This book will appeal to students and researchers in physics, astronomy, space physics and engineering, geophysics and atmospheric sciences."--Jacket.

Solar wind --- Mathematics --- Mathematics. --- Circumstellar matter --- Space plasmas --- Cosmic plasmas --- Plasmas, Cosmic --- Plasmas, Space --- Cosmic physics --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Circumstellar dust --- Dust, Circumstellar --- Envelopes, Stellar --- Matter, Circumstellar --- Stellar envelopes --- Interstellar matter --- Stars --- Plasma, Solar --- Solar plasma --- Wind, Solar --- Solar activity --- Stellar winds --- Heliosphere (Astrophysics) --- Sun. --- Solar system --- Solar wind. --- Circumstellar matter. --- Space plasmas. --- Solar wind - Mathematics --- SOLAR WIND --- MATHEMATICS

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This volume is devoted to the dynamics and diagnostics of solar magnetic fields and plasmas in the Sun’s atmosphere. Five broad areas of current research in Solar Physics are presented: (1) New techniques for incorporating radiation transfer effects into three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic models of the solar interior and atmosphere, (2) The connection between observed radiation processes occurring during flares and the underlying flare energy release and transport mechanisms, (3) The global balance of forces and momenta that occur during flares, (4) The data-analysis and theoretical tools needed to understand and assimilate vector magnetogram observations and (5) Connecting flare and CME phenomena to the topological properties of the magnetic field in the Solar Atmosphere. The role of the Sun’s magnetic field is a major emphasis of this book, which was inspired by a workshop honoring Richard C. (Dick) Canfield.  Dick has been making profound contributions to these areas of research over a long and productive scientific career.  Many of the articles in this topical issue were first presented as talks during this workshop and represent substantial original work.  The workshop was held 9 – 11 August 2010, at the Center Green campus of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. This volume is aimed at researchers and graduate students active in solar physics, solar-terrestrial physics and magneto-hydrodynamics. Previously published in Solar Physics journal, Vol. 277/1, 2012.

Astrophysics. --- Cosmic magnetic fields -- Congresses. --- Physics. --- Solar flares -- Congresses. --- Space plasmas -- Congresses. --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astrophysics --- Solar flares. --- Interplanetary magnetic fields. --- Space plasmas. --- Cosmic plasmas --- Plasmas, Cosmic --- Plasmas, Space --- Interplanetary magnetic field --- Chromospheric eruptions --- Flares, Solar --- Space sciences. --- Plasma (Ionized gases). --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Plasma Physics. --- Cosmic physics --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Cosmic magnetic fields --- Solar activity --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Physics --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science

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Dynamics of astrophysical systems is often described by plasma physics, yet understanding the nature of plasma turbulence remains as a challenge in physics in both theories and experiments. This book is an up-to-date summary and review of recent results in research on waves and turbulence in near-Earth space plasma turbulence, obtained by Cluster, the multi-spacecraft mission. Spatial and temporal structures of solar wind turbulence as well as its interaction with the bow shock ahead of the Earth are presented using Cluster data. The book presents (1) historical developments, (2) theoretical background of plasma physics, turbulence theories, and the plasma physical picture of the solar system, (3) analysis methods for multi-spacecraft data, (4) results of Cluster data analysis, and (5) impacts on astrophysics and Earth sciences.

Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Physics. --- Plasma turbulence. --- Space plasmas. --- Physics --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astrophysics --- Electricity & Magnetism --- Heliosphere (Astrophysics) --- Cavity, Solar --- Heliosphere --- Solar cavity --- Cosmic plasmas --- Plasmas, Cosmic --- Plasmas, Space --- Fluids. --- Cosmology. --- Space sciences. --- Plasma (Ionized gases). --- Geophysics. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Plasma Physics. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Geophysics and Environmental Physics. --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Solar wind --- Cosmic physics --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Signal processing. --- Image processing. --- Speech processing systems. --- Computational linguistics --- Electronic systems --- Information theory --- Modulation theory --- Oral communication --- Speech --- Telecommunication --- Singing voice synthesizers --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Processing, Signal --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Hydraulics --- Mechanics --- Hydrostatics --- Permeability --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science

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This dissertation contributes to the understanding of fundamental issues in the highly interdisciplinary field of colloidal science. Beyond colloid science, the system also serves as a model for studying interactions in biological matter. This work quantitatively investigated the scaling laws of the characteristic lengths of the structuring of colloidal dispersions and tested the generality of these laws, thereby explaining and resolving some long-standing contradictions in the literature. It revealed the effect of confinement on the structuring, independently of specific properties of the confining interfaces. In addition, it resolved the influence of roughness and charge of the confining interfaces on the structuring, as well as providing a method to measure the effect of surface deformability on colloidal structuring.

Colloids. --- Dusty plasmas. --- Colloids --- Dusty plasmas --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Dispersoids --- Gels --- Hydrogels --- Sols --- Physics. --- Physical chemistry. --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Interfaces (Physical sciences). --- Thin films. --- Statistical physics. --- Dynamical systems. --- Nanotechnology. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Physical Chemistry. --- Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films. --- Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity. --- Amorphous substances --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Diffusion --- Matter --- Micelles --- Particles --- Rheology --- Solution (Chemistry) --- Surface chemistry --- Properties --- Chemistry, Physical organic. --- Complex Systems. --- Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. --- Mathematical statistics --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Chemistry, Physical organic --- Chemistry, Organic --- Statistical methods --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Statics --- Films, Thin --- Solid film --- Solid state electronics --- Solids --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Coatings --- Thick films --- Surfaces (Physics) --- Chemistry, Theoretical --- Physical chemistry --- Theoretical chemistry --- Chemistry --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter