Spherical carbon liquids generated in a low pressure CH{sub 4}/Ar plasma

Journal Article · Mon May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2745201· OSTI ID:20971941

Zongbao, Feng; Kono, Akihiko; Nagai, Tatsuzo; Shoji, Fumiya ^[1]

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1. Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Kyoritsu University, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8585 (Japan)

The authors present a study on spherical carbon particles of micron sizes grown in the plasma sheath as spherical liquids that can be agglomerated by capillary force based on the Laplace pressure. In addition, it is suggested that those spherical carbon liquids with negative charges that are levitating in the sheath region begin to display a collective behavior of Coulomb crystals.

• OSTI ID: 20971941
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 90, Issue 22; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2745201; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ARGON
CAPILLARIES
CARBON
CRYSTALS
METHANE
PARTICLES
PLASMA
PLASMA SHEATH