Rotation of particles trapped in the sheath of a radio-frequency capacitively coupled plasma

Author

Paeva, Gabriela V. ; Dahiya, Raj P. ; Kroesen, Gerrit M W ; Stoffels, Winfred W.

Author_Institution

Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

32

Issue

2

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

601

Lastpage

606

Abstract

We report experiments on orbiting of particles in the plasma sheath in a horizontal plane under a monolayer of spherical particles with diameter of 9.8 μm. The motion is performed by heavier particles, which we assume to be agglomerates of the injected spherical particles. These particles are nonspherical. The dependence of the rotation on the plasma parameters (pressure, power) is analyzed and some properties of the driving force necessary for this phenomenon are discussed.

Keywords

dusty plasmas; plasma diagnostics; plasma flow; plasma pressure; plasma sheaths; plasma transport processes; 9.8 micron; injected spherical particles agglomerates; nonspherical particles; plasma parameters; radiofrequency capacitively couple plasma sheath; spherical particle monolayer; trapped particle rotation; Astrophysics; Clouds; Dusty plasma; Electrodes; Laboratories; Physics; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma sheaths; Radio frequency; Complex plasma; RF; dust; nonspherical particles; plasma sheath; radio—frequency; rotation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2004.826141

Filename

1308522