Microwave/RF Applicators and Probes

Microwave/RF Applicators and Probes for Material Heating, Sensing, and Plasma Generation, Second Edition, encompasses the area of high-frequency applicators and probes for material interactions as an integrated science. Based on practical experience rather than entirely on theoretical concepts, and emphasizing phenomenological explanations and well-annotated figures, the book represents one of the most important resources on the topics of microwave technologies, applications of RF and microwaves in industry (industrial heating and drying), and microwave engineering. After covering the basics of field-material interactions, the book reviews and categorizes probes and applicators, demonstrates their real-world applications, and offers numerically solved examples. Readers will find valuable design rules and principles of high-frequency applicators and probes for material processing and sensing applications in this expanded edition.
- Presents new information on how the interactions of electromagnetic fields with materials at high frequencies have given rise to a vast array of practical applications in industry, science, medicine, and consumer markets - Thoroughly revised and expanded edition, providing an update on the most recent trends and findings - Contains many new sections within existing chapters, along with new chapters on applicators for plasmas at microwave/RF frequencies

Mehrdad Mehdizadeh is a Consultant in RF and microwaves in medical, industrial, and scientific applications and a Senior Member of IEEE and the IEEE Standards Committee. He earned his PhD in electrical engineering at Marquette University in 1983, with specialty in RF/microwave design. After working as an R&D engineer, first in the microwave components industry then in MRI scanner RF design, he then joined DuPont Company Engineering working on RF/microwave processes and sensors for materials, plus high-frequency materials characterization. He currently lives in Pennsylvania, USA.

1. The Impact of Fields on Materials at RF/Microwave Frequencies2. Fundamentals of Field Applicators and Probes at RF and Microwave Frequencies3. Electric Field (Capacitive) Applicators/Probes4. Single-mode Microwave Cavities for Material Processing and Sensing5. Microwave Multimode Cavities for Material Heating6. Applicators and Probes Based on the Open End of Microwave Transmission Lines7. Magnetic Field and Inductive Applicators and Probes at High Frequencies8. RF/Microwave Applicators and Systems for Joining and Bonding of Materials9. Design Considerations for Applicators in Continuous-flow Microwave/RF Processing10. Plasma Applicators at RF and Microwave Frequencies