Course Details

The aim of the course is the development of mathematical and the simulation of reactors at all scales, from macro- to micro-scale. The course is developed through case studies of reactors with applications in the semiconductor industry (micro- and nanoelectronics), food, agriculture, and medical diagnostics. Realistic reactor models, which couple physical and chemical processes and are based on conservation laws, are described, and solved with suitable software(s).

The case studies include a) plasma and chemical vapor deposition reactors (macro-reactors) used for structure fabrication in micro- and nanoelectronics, b) plasma reactors at atmospheric pressure (milli-reactors) used for food processing, and c) reactors used for DNA amplification through the PCR (micro-reactors).