Angie Capece

Assistant Professor of Physics
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)

Research Interest

Dr. Capece is an experimental physicist specializing in the interactions that occur at the plasma-materials interface. Her research interests are in surface physics, hollow cathodes, secondary electron emission from liquid and solid surfaces, the transport of reactive species in plasma discharges, and plasma-liquid interactions for nanomaterials synthesis.

Education

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2005
• M.S., Aerospace Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2007
• Ph.D., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 2012
• Associate Research Physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 2012-2015

Recent Publications:

• A. Capece, M. Patino, Y. Raitses, B. Koel, "Secondary Electron Emission from Lithium and Lithium Compounds", Appl. Phys. Lett., 109, 011605 (2016)


• J. Polk, I. Mikellides, A. Capece, I. Katz, "Barium Depletion in Hollow Cathode Emitters", J. Appl. Phys. 119, 023303 (2016)


• C. Hart, C. Skinner, A. Capece, B. Koel, "Sorption of Atmospheric Gases by Bulk Lithium Metal", J. Nucl. Mater. 468, 71 (2016)


• C. Skinner, A. Capece, J. Rozwell, B. Koel, "Spreading of Lithium on a Stainless Steel Surface at Room Temperature", J. Nucl. Mater. 468, 26 (2016)


• A. Capece, J. Polk, J. Shepherd, "Decoupling the Thermal and Plasma Effects on the Operation of a Xenon Hollow Cathode with Oxygen Poisoning Gas", IEEE T. Plasma Sci. 43, 3249 (2015)


• J. Polk, A. Capece, “Materials Characterization of Impregnated W and W-Ir Cathodes after Oxygen Poisoning", Appl. Surf. Sci., 338, 27 (2015)


• A. Capece, J. Rozwell, C. Skinner, B. Koel, "Effects of Temperature and Surface Contamination on D Retention in Li Films on TZM", J. Nucl. Mater., 463, 1177 (2015)


• A. Capece, J. Polk, J. Shepherd, "X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of BaWO4 and Ba2CaWO6", J. Electron Spectrosc. 197, 102 (2014)


• A. Capece, J. Polk, I. Mikellides, I. Shepherd, "Oxygen Transport in the Internal Xenon Plasma of a Dispenser Hollow Cathode", J. Appl. Phys. 115, 153302 (2014)


• J. Polk, I. Mikellides, I. Katz, A. Capece, "Tungsten and Barium Transport in the Internal Plasma of Hollow Cathodes", J. Appl. Phys. 105, 113301 (2009)