Diagnostic testing for fusion experiments
W7-X, DIII-D, CFS, CTH
Biomaterial modification in LTP
UAB, AU Poultry Science
Particle growth at high magnetic fields
Univ. Saskatchewan /East Michigan
Dusty plasmas: Waves, crystals, dust transport, thermodynamics in magnetized plasmas, afterglow plasmas
UMBC, Wittenberg, Emory, LANL, Memphis, Univ. Greifswald, IPR/India, Appalachian State, Ball State, industrial partners
Laser produced plasmas
UAH, LANL
Diagnostic and plasma source development
WVU, Miss. State. Univ., Univ. Michigan, William and Mary, Memphis, industrial partners
Selected recent collaborative publications:
- Z. K White; K. G. Xu; S. Chakraborty Thakur; E. Thomas, “Laser produced plasma bouncing in a nonuniform magnetic field”, Phys. Plasmas 32(10), 103507 (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0278683
- J.D. Williams, C. Royer, S.C. Thakur, E. Thomas, and S. Williams, “Measurement of the properties of the dust acoustic wave in a magnetic field,” J. Plasma Phys. 91(1), E15 (2025). DOI: 10.1017/S0022377824001065
- M. McKinlay, E. Thomas, and S.C. Thakur, “Nonlinear dynamics in dusty plasmas subjected to photo-discharging,” J. Plasma Phys. 90(6), 905900617 (2024). DOI: 10.1017/S0022377824000886
- P. Ekanayaka, C. Wang, S.C. Thakur, and E. Thomas, “Trapping and actively transporting single particles of arbitrary properties in low-pressure rf plasmas with and without a magnetic field,” Phys. Plasmas 31(3), 033501 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0186489
- R. Kumar, Z. Liu, S.C. Thakur, E. Thomas, and R. Gopalakrishnan, “Producing two-dimensional dust clouds and clusters using a movable electrode for complex plasma and fundamental physics experiments,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 95(5), 053503 (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0203259