Original Paper

Some Aspects of Reactive Complex Plasmas

  1. J. Berndt,
  2. E. Kovačević1,
  3. I. Stefanović2,
  4. O. Stepanović2,
  5. S. H. Hong3,
  6. L. Boufendi1,
  7. J. Winter2

Article first published online: 8 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.200910016

Issue

Contributions to Plasma Physics

Contributions to Plasma Physics

Special Issue: Dusty Plasma Part I

Volume 49, Issue 3, pages 107–133, April 2009

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How to Cite

Berndt, J., Kovačević, E., Stefanović, I., Stepanović, O., Hong, S. H., Boufendi, L. and Winter, J. (2009), Some Aspects of Reactive Complex Plasmas. Contrib. Plasma Phys., 49: 107–133. doi: 10.1002/ctpp.200910016

Author Information

  1. 1

    GREMI Université d'Orléans, Polytech'Orleans, Orleans Cedex 2, France

  2. 2

    Ruhr University Bochum, Insitute for Experimental Physics II, Bochum, Germany

  3. 3

    Joint Experiment Team, KSTAR Research Center, National Fusion Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 APR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 8 APR 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 12 FEB 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 31 DEC 2008

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Keywords:

  • Plasma;
  • reactive;
  • dust;
  • nanoparticles;
  • polymerization

Abstract

Reactive plasmas are nowadays widely used for technological applications. The spontaneous formation and growth of dust is a phenomenon frequently observed in such plasmas. The formation of dust particles has been observed in a great variety of different discharge types and in different kind of gases or gas mixtures. Due to the large variety of different phenomena that can be observed in reactive complex plasmas this article will address some selected (general) problems and examples that are specific for the physics and chemistry of such systems. These examples concern the formation and growth of dust particles in reactive plasmas, the mechanisms responsible for that growth processes, the spatial distribution of the dust particles within the discharge, the response of the plasma to the formation and growth of dust particles and some technological aspects (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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