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Dense Plasma Focus-Based Nanofabrication of III–V Semiconductors: Unique Features and Recent Advances [PDF]

Nanomaterials, 2015
The hot and dense plasma formed in modified dense plasma focus (DPF) device has been used worldwide for the nanofabrication of several materials. In this paper, we summarize the fabrication of III–V semiconductor nanostructures using the high fluence ...
Onkar Mangla, Savita Roy, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov   +2 more
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Double 3 MJ dense plasma focus for thermonuclear drive inertial confinement fusion [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Nuclear fusion remains one of the most promising solutions for clean and sustainable energy production. However, significant challenges—including energy losses, plasma instabilities, and high operational costs—continue to hinder its practical realization.
S. M. Sadat Kiai, Shirin Adlparvar, Hossein Sadeghi, Samaneh Fazelpour   +3 more
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Experimental results and analysis of plasma dynamics and radiation output of the 100 kV dense plasma focus FAETON-I [PDF]

Scientific Reports
FAETON-I is the highest direct-charged voltage plasma focus (PF), at 100 kV, 1 MA peak current. F-I produces consistent $$2.5 \times 10^{10}$$ D-D neutrons/shot, over 3 MeV X-rays and $$\sim 350$$ keV deuterons, demonstrating unique combined neutron ...
Vahid Damideh, J. C. Btaiche, Alex Ho, Isaac Hassen, Sophie Faliero, Paria Makaremi-Esfarjani, T. A. Mehlhorn, Greg Van Dyk, Elahe Aranfar, Hao Xian Tan, Emile Beaulieu, Pierre Tochon, Alexei Akoulov, Edward Smith, Eric Contreras, John Deneen, Jay Angel, George Kimata, Gabriel Owh, Jaffer Razavi, Sing Lee   +20 more
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Study Cherenkov radiation by production of positrons and its annihilation in dense plasma focus

Results in Physics, 2019
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the production of positrons through natNe2D4He18F, nuclear reactions and its possible Cherenkov radiation (CR) before annihilating in the hot and dense plasma medium (pinch) of a Mather type dense plasma ...
S. Adlparvar, S. Faghih Haghani, S.M. Sadat Kiai   +2 more
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The application of selected radionuclides for monitoring of the D–D reactions produced by dense plasma-focus device [PDF]

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2014
Rafal Prokopowicz, Slawomir Jednorog, B Bienkowska   +2 more
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Experimental study of the effect of circuit inductance on pinch-time in plasma focus MTPF2.5 KJ . [PDF]

Journal of Nuclear Research and Applications, 2022
This paper investigates the effect of circuit inductance on pinch-time of plasma focus. The dense plasma focus is a plasma discharge powered by a capacitor bank.
M. Akbari Nasaji, A. Nasiri, A. R. Esmaeli, M. Amirhamzeh Tafreshi, S. Fazelpour   +4 more
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Update on the Scientific Status of the Plasma Focus

Plasma, 2021
This paper is a sequel to the 1998 review paper “Scientific status of the Dense Plasma Focus” with 16 authors belonging to 16 nations, whose initiative led to the establishment of the International Center for Dense Magnetized Plasmas (ICDMP) in the year ...
Sunil Auluck, Pavel Kubes, Marian Paduch, Marek J. Sadowski, Vyacheslav I. Krauz, Sing Lee, Leopoldo Soto, Marek Scholz, Ryszard Miklaszewski, Hellmut Schmidt, Alexander Blagoev, Maurizio Samuelli, Yeow Sing Seng, Stuart Victor Springham, Alireza Talebitaher, Cristian Pavez, Mohammad Akel, Seong Ling Yap, Rishi Verma, Karel Kolacek, Paul Lee Choon Keat, Rajdeep S. Rawat, Ali Abdou, Guixin Zhang, Tõnu Laas   +24 more
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High energy density pulsed argon plasma synthesized nanostructured tungsten for damage mitigation under fusion relevant energetic he ion irradiation

Applied Surface Science Advances, 2021
Tungsten (W) is considered as one of the promising candidates for plasma facing components in fusion reactors since it has high threshold energy, high melting point, low threshold shock resistance, and resistance against formation of co-deposits with ...
Priya Sharma, Joseph Vimal Vas, Rohit Medwal, Mayank Mishra, Avinash Chaurasiya, Meng Tzee Luai, Zhang Zheng, Varun Chaudhary, Raju V. Ramanujan, Lee Choon Keat Paul, Chijin Xiao, Rajdeep Singh Rawat   +11 more
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Effect of Atomic Number on Plasma Pinch Properties and Radiative Emissions

Advances in High Energy Physics, 2021
The aim of the research is to examine the dependence of plasma pinch properties and radiation emissions on the atomic number of the operating gas within the dense plasma focus device (NX2) when using hydrogen and argon gases.
Walid Sahyouni, Alaa Nassif
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Atomic-state-dependent screening model for hot and warm dense plasmas

Communications Physics, 2021
Atoms embedded in dense hot plasmas are affected by complex many-body interactions which challenges our capacity to model high energy density plasma. The authors propose a solution to the effects of many-body interactions on ions in dense plasmas, with a
Fuyang Zhou, Yizhi Qu, Junwen Gao, Yulong Ma, Yong Wu, Jianguo Wang   +5 more
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