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Dr. Kerstin Weis "Plasmas around Stars"
The next lecture in the series All Plasma was given by Dr. Kerstin Weis on the topic "Plasmas around Stars".
The motivation for the topic was described as follows: When we look into the cloudless sky at night, the stars all appear to us as whitish points of light - yet they are very different. The celestial bodies differ in mass, surface temperature and color. The sun is also a star, and - like all other stars - it consists of hot plasma. Stars, however, not only emit light, but also steadily emit plasma: as stellar wind or solar wind. Under certain conditions, the stellar wind can become visible as a colorful nebula surrounding the star.
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BESUCH AM INSTITUTE PHYSICS OF THE CZECH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, PRAG
Vom 21. März bis zum 15. April 2016 fuhr Master-Student Christoph Vorkötter im Rahmen eines DAAD-Austauschprogramms zum Department of Thin Films and Nanostructures, Institute Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences aus Prag (Cz). Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jan Benedikt hat ihn in den ersten zwei Wochen begleitet. Ihr gemeinsames Projekt heißt "Atmospheric plasma-based generation of silicon nanocrystals for future energy".
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ONDREJ UND MARTIN MÜLLER
Dr. Ondrej E. Cibulka and PhD student Martin Müller from the Department of Thin Films and Nanostructures, Institute Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences from Prague (Cz) have been guests of Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jan Benedikt since Feb. 29 within the DAAD exchange program. Dr. Cibulka will stay until 11.3., Martin Müller until 19.3. Their joint project is called "Atmospheric plasma-based generation of silicon nanocrystals for future energy":
The main goal of this project is to explore and demonstrate the potentials of non-equilibrium atmospheric plasmas for the generation of good quality silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs, silicon quantum dots) and to investigate plasma-based options for passivation/modification of the Si-NCs surface.
On Thursday, March 10, 2016, Martin Müller will give a talk on "Growth of silicon nanowires in PECVD and their application in solar cells" at 4:15 pm (NB5 / seminar room). Interested guests are welcome to attend.
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GEOFFREY
Geoffrey from GREMI, Orléans, France, is a guest of Dr. Volker Schulz-von der Gathen (Experimental Physics II) from February 01-08, 2016.
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PROF. DR. SATOSHI HAMAGUCHI
From February 23-26, 2016, Prof. Dr. Satoshi Hamaguchi from the Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan, will be a guest of Prof. Dr. Uwe Czarnetzki at the Chair of Plasma and Atomic Physics. He will give a lecture on "Surface analyses of plasma-modified biomaterials" on Feb. 25, 2016 at 2:15 p.m. (room NABF05/694). Interested parties are cordially invited.
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Dr. Simon Hübner "Plasmas in the Atmosphere".
Plasmas are natural phenomena that have always held a great fascination for people. Be it the dreaded lightning, mysterious auroras or the warming sun, Dr. Simon Hübner presented many interesting backgrounds and details in his public lecture "Plasmas in the Armosphere". After the lecture there was a lively discussion and many questions were asked.
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Marc van der Schans
Marc van der Schans from the Department of Applied Physics, Elementary Processes in Gas discharges (EPG) at the TU Eindhoven (Netherlands) is visiting PhD student Patrick Böhm (Experimental Physics V) during the week of January 25-29, 2016. This week marks the end of a collaboration already started in 2015. The goal is to apply the electric field measurement technique, which is being further developed by Patrick Böhm as part of his dissertation at Ruhr-Universität, to a plasma bullet discharge, which is also being further developed and extensively analyzed by Marc van der Schans as part of his dissertation. Due to the positive outcome of the previous cooperation weeks, a corresponding setup will now also be set up at the TU Eindhoven.
link to Marc von der Schans
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Imagefilm des SFB-TR 87
The SFB-TR87 is concerned with research into the synthesis of nanostructured functional layers using high-performance plasmas. The goal is to find a knowledge-based approach that covers the whole chain from energy supply to plasma properties to material and to understand the dependencies in detail. The SFB-TR87 has now released its first image film to give more insight into how it works. Dr. Christian Maszl was involved in writing the script and explains his contribution to the SFB in the video.
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Start of the lecture series Alles Plasma with Dr. Christian Maszl "Plasma to go".
The new lecture series "Alles Plasma!" started at the event center "BlueSquare" of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Moderated by Jun.-Prof. Jan Benedikt, researchers from the Research Department Plasma present current research to the interested public.
Dr. Christian Maszl started the series with his lecture "Plasma to go". In a humorous way, the audience was taken on a tour through the world of plasmas. In passing, people learned where we encounter plasmas more or less hidden in everyday life.
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Prof. Dr. Khristo Tarnev
Prof. Dr. Khristo Tarnev, Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Physics of the Technical University Sofia, Bulgaria, will visit Prof. Dr. Uwe Czarnetzki at the Chair of Plasma and Atomic Physics in the time from 24.01.-30.01.2016.
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18TH WORKSHOP ON THE EXPLORATION OF LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA PHYSICS
The WELTPP-18 was held at the old convent Rolduc in Kerkrade December 3rd/4th, 2015.
The aim of this workshop is to create a forum for young low temperature plasma scientists, that is graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, to meet, learn from each other, exchange knowledge, present results and establish new contacts.
The emphasis is on the presentation of the work of the people new in this field. The scientific program consisted of 17 contributed talks, encompassing the topics fundamental processes, magnetized discharges, surface interactions, plasma chemistry and diagnostics. From our department W. Breilmann, J. Golda and G. Willems were giving talks. Additionally, an invited evening lecture by G.J.M. Hagelaar (LAPLACE) was held and there was ample time for discussions during 2 poster sessions, where B. Biskup, A. Eitrich, K. Grosse, M. Mokhtar Hefny and P. Preissig presented their posters.
link to WELTPP 2015