Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, which will also gather contributions from the 16th AMPERE (Association for Microwave Power in Europe for Research and Education) conference in Delft (2017), centered on microwave plasmas, involving both the processing of materials and new plasma sources. The advantage of using microwaves for plasma generation lies in the higher degrees of ionization and dissociation that can be obtained, compared to other types of electrical excitation. This can be used proficiently to reduce activation energy and to enhance reaction kinetics. Moreover, compared to conventional thermal plasmas or standard thermal reactions, lower temperatures can be achieved, with important consequences on the energy efficiency and yield of processes, as well as on the microstructure of resulting products.

The topic of microwave plasmas is an interdisciplinary one, which includes fields of science, engineering, and technology, with important contributions from chemistry, physics, materials science and microwave technology. The latter becomes more and more relevant when considering the advent of new high-power microwave solid-state generators, implementing new control strategies to further optimize plasma generation, both in continuous or pulsed modes.

Topics

• Microwave plasmas generation and measurements, including new power sources and applicator geometries
• Modeling of microwave plasmas and microwave-plasma assisted processes
• Synthesis of nanoparticles by microwave plasmas
• Microwave plasmas for etching and coating of surfaces
• Environmental applications of microwave plasmas

Paper Solicitation

This issue is an open Special Issue where everyone is encouraged to submit papers. We will solicit papers through two ways: conference and open call-for-papers.

1. Selected Papers from the 16th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating: AMPERE 2017 (http://www.ampere2017.nl/).

AMPERE is a non-profit association devoted to the promotion of microwave and radio frequency heating techniques for research and industrial applications. The 2017 edition of its biannual conference covers research on different aspects of microwave and RF, ranging from dielectric properties measurement, to modeling, system design, chemical synthesis and material processing. We plan to select the papers relevant to microwave plasmas from the accepted papers based on the reviews (comments and scores) and the presentations during the conferences. Each selected paper must be substantially extended, with at least 50% difference from its conference version. The conference paper should be cited in the extended version and tagged the conference information in the title.

2. Open Call-For-Papers

We also plan to publicize an open call-for-papers (CFP) by listing the CFP in major academic announcement mailing lists/websites and by sending the CFP to researchers in the areas around the world. We estimate there will be a number of submissions via the open call-for-papers. Then we plan to select another few papers from the submissions.

Prof. Dr. Paolo Veronesi
Prof. Dr. Marilena Radoiu
Guest Editors

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