High-energy-density pinch plasma: A unique nonconventional tool for plasma nanotechnology

RS Rawat - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-temperature (<; 10 eV) plasmas with densities varying over a very wide range from 10
13 m-3 at the lower end to as high as 10 23 m-3 have firmly established themselves as one …

Room temperature deposition of titanium carbide thin films using dense plasma focus device

RS Rawat, P Lee, T White, L Ying, S Lee - Surface and Coatings …, 2001 - Elsevier
Thin films of titanium carbide (TiC) were deposited on 304-stainless steel substrates using a
dense plasma focus device. The conventional hollow copper anode of the 3.3 kJ Mather …

Research with plasma foci in countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America

AE Dubinov, EI Fomicheva, LA Senilov - Reviews of Modern Plasma …, 2020 - Springer
This paper considers the modern level of technique, research, and application of “plasma
focus” facilities in the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. A description of the …

Plasma focus as a possible x-ray source for radiography

S Hussain, M Shafiq, R Ahmad… - Plasma Sources …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
A study of x-ray emission from a low energy (1.8 kJ) plasma focus (PF) device powered by a
9 µF capacitor bank, charged at 20 kV and giving peak discharge current of about 175 kA by …

Effect of energetic ion irradiation on CdI2 films

RS Rawat, P Arun, AG Vedeshwar, P Lee… - Journal of Applied …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
CdI2 has a layered structure with neighboring layers held by van der Waals forces. Different
stacking sequences of iodine, sandwiching Cd layers, give rise to polytype structures. As …

Synthesis of nanocrystalline multiphase titanium oxycarbide (TiCxOy) thin films by UNU/ICTP and NX2 plasma focus devices

M Hassan, RS Rawat, P Lee, SM Hassan, A Qayyum… - Applied Physics A, 2008 - Springer
Nanocrystalline multiphase titanium oxycarbide (TiC x O y) thin films composed of TiC 2, TiO
0.325, Ti 2 O 3 and graphitic carbon have been deposited on titanium substrates, using …

Nitriding of titanium by using an ion beam delivered by a plasma focus

M Hassan, A Qayyum, R Ahmad… - Journal of Physics D …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The room temperature nitriding of titanium is accomplished by utilizing nitrogen ion beams
delivered by a 2.3 kJ plasma focus discharge. Titanium samples are exposed to ions at …

Deposition of zirconium carbonitride composite films using ion and electron beams emitted from plasma focus device

IA Khan, S Jabbar, T Hussain, M Hassan… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline zirconium carbonitride (ZrCN) composite films were deposited on zirconium
substrates for multiple (10, 20, 30, 40 and 50) focus shots. X-ray diffraction analysis shows …

Nano-phase titanium dioxide thin film deposited by repetitive plasma focus: Ion irradiation and annealing based phase transformation and agglomeration

RS Rawat, V Aggarwal, M Hassan, P Lee… - Applied Surface …, 2008 - Elsevier
We report the successful deposition of nano-phase crystalline titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin
films using a repetitive plasma focus device on silicon (Si) substrates at room temperature …

Nitrogen ion implantation of silicon in dense plasma focus

M Sadiq, S Ahmad, M Shafiq, M Zakaullah - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2006 - Elsevier
A low energy (1.45 kJ) Mather type plasma focus device is used for nitrogen ion implantation
in mono-crystalline silicon. The silicon specimens are exposed to different number of focus …