Physics and applications of complex plasmas - Vladimirov, S. V. (Sergei Vladimirovich); Ostrikov, K. (Kostya); Samarian, A. A. (Alex A.) (London : Imperial College Press, 2005)
Machine derived contents note: 1.1 Complex Plasmas in Nature, Laboratory and -- Technology 1 -- 1.1.1 Dust particles in plasmas 1 -- 1.1.2 Weakly coupled and strongly coupled dusty plasmas 7 -- 1.1.3 Experiments on complex plasmas 8 -- 1.2 New Paradigms and Directions of Complex Plasma -- R esearch 11 -- 2. Basics of Plasma-Dust Particle Interactions 17 -- 2.1 Fundamentals of Dust Charging, Main Forces on the Grains -- and Dust Levitation 18 -- 2.1.1 Negatively and positively charged grains 18 -- 2.1.2 Charging by plasma currents 23 -- 2.1.2.1 Orbit Motion Limited approximation 23 -- 2.1.2.2 Charging of small and non-spherical particles 28 -- 2.1.3 Particle charge - a new kinetic variable 30 -- 2.1.3.1 Dust charging rate 30 -- 2.1.3.2 Kinetic theory of dusty plasmas with variable -- charge 31 -- 2.1.4 Main forces acting on dust particles in a plasma 35 -- 2.1.5 Dust levitation in a collisionless sheath region 38 -- 2.2 Developments of the Theory of Dust Charging 42 -- 2.2.1 Charging dynamics and charge fluctuations 42 -- 2.2.2 Charging in the plasma stream 43 -- 2.2.3 Effect of trapped ions on dust charging and shielding 45 -- 2.2.4 Charge as a function of the grain size 48 -- 2.3 Interactions of Grain Particles with Ion Flows 52 -- 2.3.1 Ion wake behind a charged point-like particle 55 -- 2.3.2 Dust Cooper pairing: Hamiltonian description 60 -- 2.3.3 Wakes behind dipoles and non-spherical particles 65 -- 2.3.3.1 Wakes behind dipoles 66 -- 2.3.3.2 Wakes behind elongated particles (rods) 69 -- 2.3.4 Subsonic plasma wakes 73 -- 2.3.5 Simulations on plasma wakes 80 -- 2.3.5.1 Wake of a single test particle 82 -- 2.3.5.2 Wake of two particles 85 -- 3. Production and Diagnostics of Complex Plasmas 93 -- 3.1 Discharge Plasmas 95 -- 3.1.1 RF-capacitive systems 97 -- 3.1.2 DC discharges 98 -- 3.1.2.1 Sheath 99 -- 3.1.2.2 Striations 102 -- 3.1.2.3 Double layers 103 -- 3.1.3 Inductively coupled plasmas 105 -- 3.2 Complex Plasmas with Positive Grains 107 -- 3.2.1 UV-induced plasmas 108 -- 3.2.2 Thermal plasmas 110 -- 3.2.3 Nuclear-induced complex plasmas 113 -- 3.3 Traditional Diagnostic Techniques in Complex Plasmas 114 -- 3.3.1 Probe measurements 115 -- 3.3.2 Spectroscopic techniques 119 -- 3.4 Detection and Diagnostics of Dust Particles 123 -- 3.4.1 Detection in laboratory and processing plasmas 124 -- 3.4.2 Dust structure diagnostics 126 -- 3.4.3 Methods of measuring charges on grain particles 130 -- 3.5 Dust Grains as a Diagnostic Tool 133 -- 3.5.1 Plasma sheath diagnostics 134 -- 3.5.2 Spatial profiles of main plasma parameters 138 -- 4. Particle Dynamics in a Complex Plasma 141 -- 4.1 Dynamic Phenomena 141 -- 4.1.1 Modeling dust particle dynamics in a plasma sheath 142 -- 4.1.2 Dynamics of particles in chemically active plasmas 150 -- 4.1.2.1 Dynamics of fine particles in silane plasmas 151 -- 4.1.2.2 Levitation in fluorocarbon plasmas 152 -- 4.1.3 Oscillations of a particle in a plasma sheath 158 -- 4.1.4 Diffusion of dust particles 162 -- 4.2 Arrangements and Instability of Confined Dust -- Particles 169 -- 4.2.1 Modeling stability of dust particles confinement 170 -- 4.2.2 Experiments on particle arrangements and stability . 178 -- 4.2.3 Self-excitation of vertical motions of dust particles .185 -- 5. Structures and Phase Transitions in Complex Plasmas 191 -- 5.1 Self-Organized Plasma-Particle States 192 -- 5.1.1 Dust-plasma sheath as a self-organized structure 192 -- 5.1.2 Dust voids: observations and main mechanisms 199 -- 5.1.3 Modeling of dust voids 202 -- 5.1.3.1 Collisionless dust voids 202 -- 5.1.3.2 Voids in collision-dominated plasmas 207 -- 5.2 Liquid and Crystal-Like Structures 213 -- 5.2.1 Structures in capacitively coupled RF discharge 214 -- 5.2.2 ICP and DC discharge structures 219 -- 5.2.3 Ordered structures in thermal plasmas 223 -- 5.2.4 Dust structures in nuclear and UV induced complex -- plasmas 227 -- 5.3 Phase States and Phase Transitions 233 -- 5.3.1 Order controlling parameters in a complex plasma .233 -- 5.3.2 Criteria of phase transitions 237 -- 5.3.3 Experimental observations of phase transitions 241 -- 6. Waves and Instabilities in Complex Plasmas 245 -- 6.1 Waves in Arrays of Colloid Particles 247 -- 6.1.1 Dust-lattice waves 247 -- 6.1.2 Experiments on dust-lattice waves 251 -- 6.1.3 Dust-lattice transverse waves with out-of plane -- motions 256 -- 6.1.3.1 Oscillation modes in one-dimensional chains -- of particles 257 -- 6.1.3.2 Oscillation modes in two vertically arranged -- one-dimensional chains. 259 -- 6.1.4 Dust-lattice waves in the arrays of rod-like particles . 264 -- 6.1.5 Waves in chains of magnetized particles 269 -- 6.1.5.1 Compressional and bending modes 272 -- 6.1.5.2 Angular magnetic lattice modes 275 -- 6.2 Waves in Weakly Coupled Unmagnetized Complex Plasmas 276 -- 6.2.1 Langmuir waves 276 -- 6.2.2 Ion-acoustic waves 280 -- 6.2.3 Dust-acoustic waves 283 -- 6.2.4 Surface waves 287 -- 6.2.4.1 Ion-acoustic surface waves at the dielectric- -- complex -- plasma interface 287 -- 6.2.4.2 Electrostatic surface waves at the dusty -- plasma-metal interface 289 -- 6.2.4.3 Electromagnetic surface waves in a dust- -- contaminated large-area plasma source 291 -- 6.3 Waves in Weakly Coupled Magnetized Complex -- Plasm as 294 -- 6.3.1 The Alfven resonance 296 -- 6.3.2 Waves in a weakly non-uniform plasma 297 -- 6.3.3 Surface waves 300 -- 6.3.3.1 Dispersion 300 -- 6.3.3.2 Damping 302 -- 6.4 Instabilities in Weakly Coupled Plasmas 304 -- 6.4.1 Dust ion-acoustic instability 304 -- 6.4.2 Dust-acoustic instability 308 -- 6.4.3 Buneman "dust-ion streaming" instability 313 -- 6.4.4 Parametric and modulational instabilities in -- magnetized complex plasmas 316 -- 6.4.4.1 Parametric pumping 317 -- 6.4.4.2 Modulational instabilities 318 -- 6.4.5 Other instabilities 320 -- 7. Fine Particles in Industrial Applications -- 7.1 Growth and Characterization of Nano- and -- Micron-Sized Particles -- 7.1.1 Origin and mechanisms of growth of clusters -- and particulates in reactive plasmas -- 7.1.1.1 Silane plasmas -- 7.1.1.2 Hydrocarbon plasmas -- 7.1.1.3 Fluorocarbon plasmas -- 7.1.2 Effects of fine particles on discharge stability -- 7.1.3 Particle growth in plasma-enhanced sputtering -- facilities -- 7.1.4 Problems of particle detection in the -- nanometer range -- 7.2 Deleterious Aspects -- 7.2.1 Particulate powders as process contaminants -- in microelectronics -- 7.2.2 Removal and growth suppression of dust particles -- 7.2.3 Role of dust particles in fusion reactors -- 7.3 New Applications of Nano- and Micron-Sized Particles -- 7.3.1 Nanoparticles in the plasma-assisted assembly -- carbon-based nanostructures -- 7.3.2 Nanopowders in plasma-enhanced chemical vapor -- deposition of nanostructured silicon-based films -- 7.3.3 High-rate cluster and particulate deposition on -- nanostructured surfaces: a new paradigm in thin -- film fabrication -- 7.3.4 Particle size as a key factor in nano-scale -- technologies -- 7.3.5 Other industrial applications of nano- and micror -- sized particles -- 7.3.6 Concluding remarks.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 403-433.
Keywords: Dusty plasmas; Plasma (Ionized gases); Plasma dynamics