Spherical carbon liquids generated in a low pressure CH4/Ar plasma

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Feng, Zongbao [1 ]
Kono, Akihiko [1 ]
Nagai, Tatsuzo [1 ]
Shoji, Fumiya [1 ]
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[1] Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ, Grad Sch Engn, Fukuoka 8078585, Japan
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10.1063/1.2745201
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The authors present a study on spherical carbon particles of micron sizes grown in the plasma sheath as spherical liquids that can be agglomerated by capillary force based on the Laplace pressure. In addition, it is suggested that those spherical carbon liquids with negative charges that are levitating in the sheath region begin to display a collective behavior of Coulomb crystals. (C) 2007 American Institute of Physics.
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