FORMATION OF MACROPARTICLE STRUCTURES IN AN RF INDUCTION DISCHARGE PLASMA

It was demonstrated experimentally that macroparticles may undergo lev itation and form ordered structures in an rf induction discharge plasm a. The experiments were carried out using 1.87 mu m melamine formaldeh yde particles in neon at a pressure of 25-500 Pa. The generator freque ncy was 100 MHz. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.