主讲人简介：Prof. Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov, Joint Sustainable Materials and Devices Laboratory, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Brisbane – Sydney - Melbourne, Australia, Academician of the Academy of Europe, is a CEO Science Leader, Australian Future Fellow of the ARC (Level FT3, Full Professor), CSIRO’s Chief Research Scientist in Plasma- and Nano- Technologies, and a Founding Leader of the Plasma Nanoscience Center Australia (PNCA) at CSIRO Manufacturing Flagship, Professor of Nanotechnology and Molecular Science at the School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering of Queensland University of Technology, as well as an Honorary/Visiting Professor of many international universities in the world. He pioneered and developed the Plasma Nanoscience as a distinctive research field [Rev. Mod. Phys. 77, 489 (2005), IF=51.4 (2010), Australia’s only paper in 8 years before publication] and has lead it to recognition as a major advance in physics [Adv. Phys. 62, 113 (2013) (IF=37.0, 2011); Australia’s only 13-th paper in 62 years]. As an established and recognized leader of a large international collaborative network, convenor of annual conferences, and lead editor of special issues in the field, he leads a large international plasma nanoscience community. His research on nanoscale control of energy and matter for a sustainable future contributes to the solution of the grand challenge of directing energy and matter at the nanoscale, a challenge that is critical for renewable energy and energy-efficient technologies for a sustainable future.

内容摘要：

In this talk, I will focus on recent new research directions in the Plasma Nanoscience field, specifically:1) Plasma-nano-catalysis [1];2) Sustainable, green-chemistry based nanotechnology; and3) Nano-plasmas generated by intense radiation [2].In each area, as common to research in the Plasma Nanoscience field, plasma-specific effects and phenomena will be the main points for discussion. For example, in area 1) I will provide some examples of synergistic actions of low-temperature plasmas and nanometer-sized (mostly) inorganic catalysts that lead to value-added products. In area 2), I will introduce the sustainable life-cycles of natural-resource-derived plasma-made nanomaterials, focusing in particular on those effects that help reforming nature-derived precursors into functional nanomaterials. Some of the examples of such nanomaterials include graphenes for energy storage or environmental sensing devices. In area 3), I will pose a fundamental question if it is feasible to reduce the size of plasmas, the fourth state of matter, to the nanoscale and will discuss the physical limitations on the way to achieve nano-plasmas as well as the effective means to overcome such limitations. The mechanisms for the production of transient, highly-non-equilibrium nanoplasmas are introduced. Some of the interesting effects that arise due to the nanoscale plasma-surface interactions and the interesting properties of the nanostructures [3,4] in relevant cases are discussed. These interactions can be enabled by low-pressure and atmospheric-pressure plasma discharges.  Selected recent environmental and energy applications of functional nano-materials produced using plasmas are summarized in Ref. [4]。

[1] E. C. Neyts, K. Ostrikov, M. K. Sunkara, and A. Bogaerts, Chem. Rev. (2016). DOI: : 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00362

[2] K. Ostrikov, F. Beg, and A. Ng, Rev. Mod. Phys. (2016) http://journals.aps.org/rmp/accepted/dd075E70He0E2412102a1ff0cbb88e03b2d105e65

[3] K. Ostrikov, E. C. Neyts, and M. Meyyappan, Adv. Phys. 62, 113 (2013)

[4] Z. Bo, S. Mao, Z. J. Han, K. F. Cen, J. H. Chen, and K. Ostrikov, Chem. Soc. Rev. 44, 2108 (2015)

讲座主持：张菁 教授

讲座语言：英语