The surface modification of spherical melamine-formaldehyde particles during their levitation in a dusty plasma as a part of plasma-dust structures in a trap formed in strata in a neon glow discharge has been investigated using scanning electron microscopy. The dependence of the particle size on the time of plasma exposure has been found and measured, and the modification of the surface structure has been studied. The source of the observed modification has been interpreted.

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Abstract-Changes of melamine-formaldehyde resin (MF-R) particles occurring in complex dusty plasma have been investigated. Using a specially developed method, plasma-modified MF-R particles have been extracted from a dust trap after levitation for various periods of time and studied by electron microscopy techniques. Changes in the surface structure of MF-R particles are determined, and quantitative data on the variation in particle dimensions depending on the time of occurrence in plasma are obtained.