Dust hour glass in a capacitive RF discharge

Shinya Iwashita, Edmund Schungel, Julian Schulze, Peter Hartmann, Zoltan Donko, Giichiro Uchida, Kazunori Koga, Masaharu Shiratani, Uwe Czarnetzki

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Abstract

Cyclic transport of dust particles (dust hour glass) in a capacitively coupled radio frequency discharge with horizontal electrodes is demonstrated. Dust transport toward the upper electrode is initiated by varying the electrical asymmetry of the discharge. A shaped upper electrode guides dust particles to move toward the center of the discharge. Subsequently, the dust drops through the plasma bulk spontaneously, this way returning to the starting location.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6880766
Pages (from-to)2672-2673
Number of pages2
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume42
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 1 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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