Abstract
A thermal plasma process for the synthesis of nanoparticles and their immediate assembly into nanostructured films is discussed. In this process, known as hypersonic plasma particle deposition, a thermal plasma with injected precursors is expanded through a nozzle to nucleate nanoparticles, which are then inertially deposited onto a cooled substrate in vacuum. A lightly consolidated nanostructured film results. Particle and film diagnostics along with images of the plasma flow are used to explain the formation of nanostructured silicon carbide films by this process.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 46-47 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1999 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received June 26, 1998; revised October 21, 1998. This work was supported by NSF (CTS-9520147, ECD-87-21545) and the Minnesota Supercomputer Institute.