A comprehesnive and clear introduction into plasma technology and its varied applications.

Alexander Fridman is Nyheim Chair Professor, and director of the J.& C. Nyheim Plasma Institute of Drexel University, and one of the world leading scientists in plasma science and engineering. Prof. Fridman develops novel plasma approaches to material treatment, fuel conversion, hydrogen production, aerospace engineering, biology, environmental control, agriculture, and food processing. Significant and highly recognized contribution of Prof. Fridman and his group has been done in development of Plasma Medicine, which is a revolutionary breakthrough research focused on direct plasma interaction with living tissues, direct plasma application for wound treatment, skin sterilization, blood coagulation and treatment of different diseases, including cancer, not effectively treated before. Prof. Fridman is recognized today as one of the world pioneers of Plasma Medicine, and Founding President of the International Society of Plasma Medicine.
 
Dr. Fridman worked and taught as a Professor in different National Laboratories and Universities of United States, France and Russia. He published 8 monograph books (with multiple editions), and more than thousand scientific papers (with total citation index about 35,000; h-index 81), organized and chaired several major international conferences. He is an author of more than 30 Patents.
 
Dr. Fridman received numerous awards, including International Plasma Medicine Award, Stanley Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in Chemical Kinetics and Energy Systems, George Soros Distinguished Professorship in Physics, Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Medal, Dupont award, University of Illinois and Drexel University Research awards, Kurchatov Gold Medal for Scientific Achievements in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences. Dr. Fridman together with the Nobel Prize laureate N.G. Basov received the State Price of the USSR for discovery of selective stimulation of chemical processes in plasma. Recently, in 2019, Alexander Fridman received Reactive Plasma Award, the highest award of International Society for Reactive Plasmas, as well as very prestigious Plasma Chemistry Award.

Part 1. PLASMA FUNDAMENTALS: KINETICS, THERMODYNAMICS, FLUID MECHANICS AND ELECTRODYNAMICS.
 
Lecture 1. PLASMA IN NATURE, IN THE LAB, AND IN APPLICATIONS; MAJOR PLASMA SPECIES.
Lecture 2. ELEMENTARY PROCESSES OF CHARGED SPECIES IN PLASMA.
Lecture 3. ELEMENTARY PROCESSES OF EXCITED ATOMS AND MOLECULES IN PLASMA.
Lecture 4. KINETICS AND TRANSFER PROCESSES OF CHARGED PARTICLES IN PLASMA.
Lecture 5. KINETICS OF EXCITED ATOMS AND MOLECULES; PLASMA-CHEMICAL KINETICS OF ENERGETIC ATOMS AND EXCITED PARTICLES.
Lecture 6. PLASMA STATISTICS, THERMODYNAMICS, AND PLASMA HEAT AND ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESSES.
Lecture 7. PLASMA ELECTROSTATICS AND ELECTRODYNAMICS, WAVES IN PLASMA.
Lecture 8. PLASMA MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMICS, FLUID MECHANICS AND ACOUSTICS.
 
Part 2. FUNDAMENTAL PLASMA PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGES.
 
Lecture 9. ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN, NON-EQUILIBRIUM STEADY-STATE DISCHARGE REGIMES AND INSTABILITIES.
Lecture 10. NON-THERMAL PLASMA SOURCES: GLOW DISCHARGES.
Lecture 11. THERMAL PLASMA SOURCES: ARC DISCHARGES.
Lecture 12. RADIO-FREQUENCY, MICROWAVE, AND OPTICAL DISCHARGES.
Lecture 13. NON-EQUILIBRIUM ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE COLD DISCHARGES: CORONAS, DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES, ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE GLOW, PLASMA JETS.
Lecture 14. NON-EQUILIBRIUM ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TRANSITIONAL DISCHARGES: SPARKS, GLIDING ARCS, MICRODISHARGES.
Lecture 15. IONIZATION AND DISCHARGES IN AEROSOLS; DUSTY PLASMA PHYSICS; ELECTRON BEAMS.
Lecture 16. DISCHARGES IN LIQUIDS.
 
Part 3. PLASMA IN INORGANIC MATERIAL TREATMENT, ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.
 
Lecture 17. ENERGY BALANCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF PLASMA-CHEMICAL PROCESSES: PLASMA DISSOCIATION OF CO2.
Lecture 18. SYNTHESIS OF NO IN AIR, OZONE SYNTHESIS, AND OTHER GAS-PHASE PLASMA SYNTHETIC AND DECOMPOSITION PROCESSES.
Lecture 19. PLASMA METALLURGY: PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING OF METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS.
Lecture 20. PLASMA POWDERS, SPRAYING, DEPOSITION AND COATING PROCESSES; DUSTY PLASMA-CHEMISTRY, PLASMA NANO-TECHNOLOGIES.
Lecture 21. PLASMA PROCESSING IN MICROELECTRONICS AND OTHER MICRO-TECHNOLOGIES: ETCHING, DEPOSITION, AND ION IMPLANTATION PROCESSES.
Lecture 22. PLASMA FUEL CONVERSION AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, PLASMA CATALYSIS.
Lecture 23. PLASMA ENERGY SYSTEMS: IGNITION AND COMBUSTION, THRUSTERS, HIGH-SPEED AERODYNAMICS, POWER ELECTRONICS, LASERS, AND LIGT SOURCES.
Lecture 24. PLASMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: CLEANING OF AIR, EXHAUST GASES, WATER, AND SOIL.
 
Part 4. ORGANIC AND POLYMER PLASMA CHEMISTRY, PLASMA MEDICINE AND AGRICULTURE.
 
Lecture 25. ORGANIC PLASMA CHEMISTRY: SYNTHESIS AND CONVERSION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS.
Lecture 26. PLASMA POLYMERIZATION, PROCESSING OF POLYMERS, TISSUE ENGINEERING.
Lecture 27. PLASMA BIOLOGY: PLASMA INTERECTION WITH CELLS AND LIVING TISSUES.
Lecture 28. PLASMA DISINFECTION AND STERILIZATION OF DIFFERENT STREAMS, SURFACES, AND LIVING TISSUES.
Lecture 29. PLASMA AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING, PLASMA ACTIVATED WATER.
Lecture 30. PLASMA MEDICINE: SAFETY AND SELECTIVITY, DEPTH OF PLASMA EFFECT PENETRATION, TISSUE ABLATION, BLOOD COAGULATION AND TREATMENT.
Lecture 31. TREATMENT OF WOUNDS, PLASMA DENTISTRY, PLASMA DERMATOLOGY AND COSMETICS.
Lecture 32. PLASMA MEDICINE: HEALING OF INTERNAL DISEASES, TREATMENT OF CANCER, PLASMA IMMUNOTHERAPY.