Quantemol are absolutely delighted to announce the release of Quantemol-D. This new plasma simulation expert system wraps around the well-known HPEM codes, providing an easy to use interface and making calculations simple but effective for non-experts.

Features include:

• Advanced palette design feature for easy re-design of tool – ‘paint’ your machine.
  
• Pre-installed with numerous existing simulations, MERIE, GEC cells, PVCVD etc. to build and mould to your own.
  
• Utilises all functions of the HPEM codes in a development enviroment, easy to use but with all the advanced features the expert requires.
• For users without access to HPEM codes – please contact us for a consultation at: info@quantemol.com

Working in partnership with Prof. Zoran Petrovic of the University of Belgrade, Quantemol-N has been used to calculate cross-section data for a recently released paper:

Cross sections for scattering of electrons with BF3
M. Radmilovic-Radjenovic, H. N. Varambhia, M. Vranic, J. Tennyson, Z. Lj. Petrovic.
Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade No. 84 (2008), 57-60

Mark J. Kushner awarded at GEC 2009

Quantemol would like to congratulate Mark Kushner on his award, his expertise and experience working in the field if plasma physics has brought immeasurable strength to the company, aiding to put us where we are today.

Full details can be found here.

Prof. Jonathan Tennyson, Quantemol chief scientist, commented:
“I am delighted that Prof Mark Kushner has been awarded the 2010 Will Allis Prize. He is an international leader in the field of low temperature and technological plasmas. The award is just recognition of excellent work.”

Quantemol are delighted to announce a successful attendance of the 2009 gaseous electronics conference at Saratoga Springs, New York. If you didn’t manage to speak to our representative there we are also very pleased to announce that we will also be in attendance of the American Vacuum Society conference 2009 in San Jose.

Look out for us there!

“Tennyson is distinguished for his fundamental work on the theory, calculation and application of molecular spectra, obtaining results of great importance in astronomy and planetary studies. His work with Miller, using first principles quantum mechanical calculations to assign an emission spectrum of H3+ in the Jovian ionosphere, led to a new observational handle which is still being actively pursued world-wide. Similar calculations led to a major break- through in understanding the spectra of water and the assignment of a very complicated spectrum of water recorded in sunspots, the detection of water in an extrasolar planet and the development of a comprehensive ab initio model for the system. Tennyson has also made major contributions to the theory and calculation of electron-molecule collision cross sections. He now leads a collaboration of several groups developing and using a world-leading R-matrix computer program; he developed and implemented a new algorithm which has revolutionised the scope of possible calculations.”

Full details can be found here.

New Features Added:

• Calculates Binary Encounter Bethe (BEB) ionisation cross-sections automatically.
  
• Examples Library Augmented – Over 30 example molecules in every distribution.
  
• Quantemol-N now available in Enterprise and Standard editions for users who require the ability to run batch job (EE) or single job (SE) calculations.

New Features Added:

* Java swing GUI for the batch job facility
* Batch job tutorial
* Computation of polarisability

Applications:

• Plasma reactors
  
• Plasma assisted deposition
  
• Deep reactive ion etch
  

Quantemol-P simulates a variety of technical plasmas, including:

• Plasma etch machines
  
• Plug flow reactors
  
• Continuously stirred tank reactors
  

Features:

• Large database of molecular data
  
• Automatic chemistry generation
  
• Easy to use graphical interface

New Features Added:

• Tutorial mode – A tutorial facility for new users has been added.
  
• Batch jobs – An additional advanced feature, users can now prepare several inputs to be run as a batch job.

Features:

• Molecule visualisation
  
• Interactive symmetry assignment tool
• Elastic cross sections
• Excitation and dissociation cross sections
• Rates
• Eigenphase sums
• Resonance parameters