Research Output per year
Personal profile
Quote
“Applications come, and applications fade away. But the discipline of plasma physics always should remain at the core, to help society on its way forward.”
Research profile
Gerrit Kroesen has been active in the area of plasma physics since he was a student. His first experience was a project in the second year of his study, in 1978. In the 40 following years he has constantly strived to push the boundaries of plasma physics, by following a combined effort of experiments, diagnostics, theory and modeling, and he keeps doing so. When a new plasma parameter needs to be measured, new diagnostics will be developed. Application areas have varied over the years. Starting in plasma etching and plasma deposition, he moved on to environmental applications, plasma displays, dusty plasmas, EUV producing plasmas, EUV produced plasmas, to medical applications. His research focuses on the internal elementary processes in the plasma, but also touches upon phenomena induced at surfaces that are in contact with the plasma. Also, the feedback from photons and surfaces on the plasma processes have his attention.
Academic background
Even though he had had a complete mini chemistry lab at home as a teenager, Gerrit Kroesen studied Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology from 1977 to 1983. In his second year, he fell in love with plasma physics, a subject he also studied for his PhD, which he started in 1983 and completed in 1988. Kroesen was appointed Assistant Professor in the Elementary Processes in Gas Discharges (EPG) group in 1985. In 1990, Kroesen took a sabbatical at IBM in New York (USA) and in 1997, he took a sabbatical at the University of Kyoto (Japan). Kroesen still works in the EPG group, since 1996 as Associate Professor and since 2000 as Full Professor, focusing on experimental plasma physics. Kroesen became Dean of Applied Physics in 2012.
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Research Output 1981 2019
Plasma modelling and numerical simulation
Dijk, van, J., Kroesen, G. M. W. & Bogaerts, A., 2009, In : Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 42, 19, p. 190301-1/14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Plasmas
Computer simulation
simulation
birds
Birds
Plasma medicine: an introductory review
Kong, M. G., Kroesen, G. M. W., Morfill, G., Nosenko, T., Shimizu, T., Dijk, van, J. & Zimmermann, J. L., 2009, In : New Journal of Physics. 11, 11, p. 115012-1/35 35 p., 115012Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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medicine
health
hygiene
cells
microbiology
Thermalization of electrons in decaying extreme ultraviolet photons induced low pressure argon plasma
Beckers, J., van der Horst, R., Osorio, E. A., Kroesen, G. M. W. & Banine, V. Y., 6 Apr 2016, In : Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 25, 3, p. 1-8 035010Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Concepts and characteristics of the 'COST Reference Microplasma Jet'
Golda, J., Held, J., Redeker, B., Konkowski, M., Beijer, P., Sobota, A., Kroesen, G., Braithwaite, N. S. J., Reuter, S., Turner, M. M., Gans, T., O'Connell, D. & Schulz-Von Der Gathen, V., 20 Jan 2016, In : Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 49, 8, 084003Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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microplasmas
Atmospheric pressure
atmospheric pressure
Coupled circuits
Plasmas
Absolute measurement of the total ion-drag force on a single plasma-confined microparticle at the void edge under microgravity conditions
Beckers, J., Trienekens, D. J. M. & Kroesen, G. M. W., 2013, In : Physical Review E. 88, 5, p. 055101-1/4 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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Microgravity
Drag Force
microparticles
Voids
microgravity
Activities 2007 2016
M.J. Kushner
Gerrit Kroesen (Host)22 Apr 2016
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor › Scientific
Masterclass 4 : Technology push vs Customner driven, Faculteit Technische Natuurkunde, N-laag C-2.13, Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Gerrit Kroesen (Speaker)16 Nov 2010
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
3rd International Conference for Plasma Medicine, Greifswald, Germany
Gerrit Kroesen (Invited speaker)19 Sep 2010
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
International Workshop on Diagnostics on Microplasmas, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Gerrit Kroesen (Speaker)21 Mar 2010
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Meet the Future, Science and Technology Summit 2010, Conferentiecentrum World Forum, Den Haag, Den Haag, Nederland
Gerrit Kroesen (Speaker)18 Nov 2010
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Courses
Press / Media
Student theses
Absorption spectra on some metal halide molecules used in HID lamps
Author: Mulders, H., 31 Aug 2005Supervisor: Kroesen, G. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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Analysis of a long living atmospheric plasmoid
Author: Versteegh, A., 31 Dec 2007Supervisor: Fussmann, G. (External person) (External coach), Jüttner, B. (External person) (External coach) & Kroesen, G. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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Analysis of the effects of plasma treatment on bone tissue
Author: Wagenaars, E., 31 Oct 2002Supervisor: Cigal, J. (Supervisor 1), Kroesen, G. (Supervisor 2) & Maurice, C. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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An experimental study of the radial additive density and plasma temperature profiles, and the effect of this on the integral light output of metal halide lamps as a function of gravity
Author: Kemps, P., 30 Apr 2004Supervisor: Haverlag, M. (Supervisor 1) & Kroesen, G. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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An investigation into the replacement of mercury by indium iodide or tin halides in high-intensity discharge lamps
Author: Lemmens, T., 31 Aug 2013Supervisor: Rijke, A. (Supervisor 1), Nijdam, S. (Supervisor 2) & Kroesen, G. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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