Complex plasmas differ from traditional plasmas in many ways. The particles may be chemically reacting or be in contact with solid surfaces, & the electrons may show quantum behaviour. These interesting properties have led to many applications of complex plasmas in technology, medicine & science. This work examines this topic.

Complex plasmas differ from traditional plasmas in many ways: these are low-temperature high pressure systems containing nanometer to micrometer size particles which may be highly charged and strongly interacting. The particles may be chemically reacting or be in contact with solid surfaces, and the electrons may show quantum behaviour. These interesting properties have led to many applications of complex plasmas in technology, medicine and science. Yet complex plasmas are extremely complicated, both experimentally and theoretically, and require a variety of new approaches which go beyond...