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Title: Simulation study of nanoparticle coating in a low pressure plasma reactor

Abstract

A self-consistent combination of plasma fluid model, nanoparticle heating model, and surface deposition model is used to investigate the coating of nanosize particles by amorphous carbon layers in a low pressure plasma reactor. The numerical results show that, owing to the net heat release in the surface reactions, the particle temperature increases and its equilibrium value remains always 50 K above the background gas temperature. The deposition rate decreases with increasing of the particle temperature and the corresponding time scale is of the order of 10 ms. The deposition rate is also strongly affected by the change in plasma parameters. When the electron temperature is increased, the deposition rate first increases due to the enhanced ion and radical generation, shows a maximum and then declines as the particle temperature rises above the gas temperature. An enhancement in the background gas pressure and/or temperature leads to a reduction in the deposition rate, which can be explained in terms of the enhanced etching by atomic hydrogen and particle heating by the background gas.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sahand University of Technology, 51335-1996 Tabriz (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22408143
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; CARBON; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ETCHING; FLOW MODELS; HEATING; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMA; PRESSURE RANGE KILO PA; SURFACE COATING; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K

Citation Formats

Pourali, N., and Foroutan, G. Simulation study of nanoparticle coating in a low pressure plasma reactor. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4906881.
Pourali, N., & Foroutan, G. Simulation study of nanoparticle coating in a low pressure plasma reactor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906881
Pourali, N., and Foroutan, G. 2015. "Simulation study of nanoparticle coating in a low pressure plasma reactor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906881.
@article{osti_22408143,
title = {Simulation study of nanoparticle coating in a low pressure plasma reactor},
author = {Pourali, N. and Foroutan, G.},
abstractNote = {A self-consistent combination of plasma fluid model, nanoparticle heating model, and surface deposition model is used to investigate the coating of nanosize particles by amorphous carbon layers in a low pressure plasma reactor. The numerical results show that, owing to the net heat release in the surface reactions, the particle temperature increases and its equilibrium value remains always 50 K above the background gas temperature. The deposition rate decreases with increasing of the particle temperature and the corresponding time scale is of the order of 10 ms. The deposition rate is also strongly affected by the change in plasma parameters. When the electron temperature is increased, the deposition rate first increases due to the enhanced ion and radical generation, shows a maximum and then declines as the particle temperature rises above the gas temperature. An enhancement in the background gas pressure and/or temperature leads to a reduction in the deposition rate, which can be explained in terms of the enhanced etching by atomic hydrogen and particle heating by the background gas.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4906881},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22408143}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 2,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}