Plasma nanotechnology: past, present and future

Meyyappan, M.

doi:10.1088/0022-3727/44/17/174002

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“…Moreover, low energies of the plasma ions (the ion velocities in front of the plasma bullet are of the order of ~10 3 m/s, which is much lower than typically in low-pressure plasmas) are very favourable for the treatment of materials that are highly-susceptible to ion damage such as delicate graphenes and single-walled carbon nanotubes3435. These interesting features of the pulsed atmospheric pressure streamers may bring several advantages to the field of nanoscale synthesis and processing where low-pressure plasmas have demonstrated a number of advantages over many other conventional methods363738.…”

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From short pulses to short breaks: exotic plasma bullets via residual electron control

Xian

Zhang

Lü

et al. 2013

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Plasma plumes with exotically segmented channel structure and plasma bullet propagation are produced in atmospheric plasma jets. This is achieved by tailoring interruptions of a continuous DC power supply over the time scales of lifetimes of residual electrons produced by the preceding discharge phase. These phenomena are explained by studying the plasma dynamics using nanosecond-precision imaging. One of the plumes is produced using 2 – 10 μs interruptions in the 8 kV DC voltage and features a still bright channel from which a propagating bullet detaches. A shorter interruption of 900 ns produces a plume with the additional long conducting dark channel between the jet nozzle and the bright area. The bullet size, formation dynamics, and propagation speed and distance can be effectively controlled. This may lead to micrometer- and nanosecond-precision delivery of quantized plasma bits, warranted for next-generation health, materials, and device technologies.

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From short pulses to short breaks: exotic plasma bullets via residual electron control

Xian

Zhang

Lü

et al. 2013

Sci Rep

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“…The recent general improvements in plasma nanotechnology [35,36] can represent a fundamental key and can help in the control and reproducibility of the features of carbon nanostructures [37,38], as required by the technological exploitation of hybrid Cnanotubes/Si 3D nanostructures, in the framework of the above reported applications. …”

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Hybrid C-nanotubes/Si 3D nanostructures by one-step growth in a dual-plasma reactor

Toschi

Orlanducci

Guglielmotti

et al. 2012

Chemical Physics Letters

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“…Plasma nanoscience [108][109][110][111][112] is a research field which incorporates elements of plasma physics, nanoscience, materials science and engineering, physical chemistry and surface science, that is centered on elucidating how a plasma-based growth environment may be used to bring self organisation of nanostructures up to the as yet elusive, deterministic level [6,7,34,110,113,114]. A deterministic fabrication process is one where it can be predicted with a great degree of certainty what type of nanostructure will be produced, from what type and how material is deposited on a surface.…”

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Plasmas meet plasmonics

2012

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Abstract. The term 'plasmon' was first coined in 1956 to describe collective electronic oscillations in solids which were very similar to electronic oscillations/surface waves in a plasma discharge (effectively the same formulae can be used to describe the frequencies of these physical phenomena). Surface waves originating in a plasma were initially considered to be just a tool for basic research, until they were successfully used for the generation of large-area plasmas for nanoscale materials synthesis and processing. To demonstrate the synergies between 'plasmons' and 'plasmas', these large-area plasmas can be used to make plasmonic nanostructures which functionally enhance a range of emerging devices. The incorporation of plasmafabricated metal-based nanostructures into plasmonic devices is the missing link needed to bridge not only surface waves from traditional plasma physics and surface plasmons from optics, but also, more topically, macroscopic gaseous and nanoscale metal plasmas. This article first presents a brief review of surface waves and surface plasmons, then describe how these areas of research may be linked through Plasma Nanoscience showing, by closely looking at the essential physics as well as current and future applications, how everything old, is new, once again.

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Plasma nanotechnology: past, present and future

Cited by 67 publications

References 81 publications

From short pulses to short breaks: exotic plasma bullets via residual electron control

From short pulses to short breaks: exotic plasma bullets via residual electron control

Hybrid C-nanotubes/Si 3D nanostructures by one-step growth in a dual-plasma reactor

Plasmas meet plasmonics

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