1. Dust particles in low-pressure plasmas: Formation and induced phenomena
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Laifa Boufendi, Lénaïc Couëdel, Yves Tessier, Marjorie Cavarroc, Maxime Mikikian, Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés (GREMI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), MID Dreux Innovation (MID), Communauté d'Agglomération du Drouais, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, and Mikikian, Maxime
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Dusty plasma ,Void (astronomy) ,Dust particles ,silane ,General Chemical Engineering ,Generation ,Formation ,Nanotechnology ,52.27.Lw ,complex mixtures ,deposition ,01 natural sciences ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Physics::Plasma Physics ,void ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph] ,0103 physical sciences ,dust particle formation ,dusty plasmas ,010302 applied physics ,Chemistry ,[SPI.PLASMA]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Plasmas ,[SPI.PLASMA] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Plasmas ,General Chemistry ,Plasma ,Mechanics ,complex plasmas ,instabilities ,13. Climate action ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph] ,Particle growth ,nanoparticles ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
International audience; Solid dust particles from a few nanometers to centimeters can often be found in plasmas. This new species is at the origin of a wide variety of new plasma phenomena. These plasmas containing dust particles are called dusty or complex plasmas. They are encountered in many environments such as astrophysics, industrial processes, and fusion devices. Dust particles can come from regions in the plasma vicinity or can be formed in the plasma due to the presence of molecular precursors. These precursors can result from the presence of reactive gases (silane, methane, acetylene) or from material sputtering at the molecular level. Then, they initiate a complex succession of chemical and physical reactions, leading to the growth of dust particles. As long as precursors are available in the plasma phase, dust particle formation can be a cyclic phenomenon. Furthermore, as the dust particles are growing, they attach plasma free electrons, leading to a disturbance of plasma equilibrium when the dust particle density is high. New phenomena, like the occurrence of various instabilities are then observed. These behaviors seem to be present in many dusty plasmas created in different chemistries, experimental setups and conditions. In this presentation, we will discuss about these nearly universal phenomena and will principally focus on experiments related to dust successive generations and instabilities.
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- 2010
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