화학공학소재연구정보센터
Science, Vol.272, No.5268, 1626-1628, 1996
Microscopic Particle Motions in Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas
The microscopic particle motions from the crystal to the disordered slate of a dusty plasma with micrometer-sized silicon dioxide particle suspensions in a radio-frequency glow discharge system were studied through an optical microimaging system, Small-amplitude random motion around the lattice sites of the crystal state, relative domain motion with varying boundaries, cooperative hopping in the liquid state, and highly disordered motion with increasing radio-frequency power were observed. Chaotic states with different spatial scales under the coherent and stochastic coupling between dust particles and self-organized background plasma fluctuations were also demonstrated.