Nonthermal plasma synthesis of nanocrystals: fundamental principles, materials, and applications

UR Kortshagen, RM Sankaran, RN Pereira… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nonthermal plasmas have emerged as a viable synthesis technique for nanocrystal
materials. Inherently solvent and ligand-free, nonthermal plasmas offer the ability to …

The physics and chemistry of dusty plasmas

C Hollenstein - Plasma physics and controlled fusion, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview of the most recent experimental and modelling efforts on powder formation in
reactive plasmas is given. The physics and chemistry of these dusty plasmas and their …

Modeling of particulate coagulation in low pressure plasmas

U Kortshagen, U Bhandarkar - Physical Review E, 1999 - APS
In this paper we study the growth of nanometer particles in low pressure plasmas due to
coagulation. We describe results of a model which involves the self-consistent determination …

Selective nanoparticle heating: another form of nonequilibrium in dusty plasmas

L Mangolini, U Kortshagen - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and …, 2009 - APS
Nanoparticles produced in low-temperature plasmas (LTPs) are often found with crystalline
structure, which suggests rather high temperatures during synthesis. This even applies to …

Formation and behaviour of nano/micro-particles in low pressure plasmas

Y Watanabe - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Systematic studies on formation and behaviour of particles in low-pressure plasmas have
been carried out in silane capacitive high-frequency-discharges develo** various in situ …

Plasma chemistry and growth of nanosized particles in a C2H2 RF discharge

S Stoykov, C Eggs, U Kortshagen - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
A model describing the chemical clustering kinetics in a low-pressure acetylene RF
discharge has been developed. The model contains neutral chain and cyclic hydrocarbons …

Control of plasma chemistry for preparing highly stabilized amorphous silicon at high growth rate

A Matsuda, M Takai, T Nishimoto, M Kondo - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2003 - Elsevier
Recent progress in the growth process of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) from a
silane glow-discharge plasma is reviewed, being focused on the improvement of photo …

Modelling of silicon hydride clustering in a low-pressure silane plasma

UV Bhandarkar, MT Swihart, SL Girshick… - Journal of Physics D …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
A new silicon hydride clustering model was developed to study the nucleation of particles in
a low-temperature silane plasma. The model contains neutral silanes, silylenes, silenes and …

Numerical investigation of particle formation mechanisms in silane discharges

K De Bleecker, A Bogaerts, R Gijbels… - Physical Review E …, 2004 - APS
The formation of particles in low-pressure silane discharges has been studied extensively
over the last decade. In this paper we try to identify, by numerical simulations, the precursors …

Effects of gas temperature gradient, pulse discharge modulation, and hydrogen dilution on particle growth in silane RF discharges

MSM Shiratani, SMS Maeda, KKK Koga… - Japanese Journal of …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of gas temperature gradient, pulse discharge modulation, and hydrogen dilution
on the growth of particles below about 10 nm in size in silane parallel-plate RF discharges …