Complex plasma research under microgravity conditions

MH Thoma, HM Thomas, CA Knapek, A Melzer… - npj …, 2023 - nature.com
The future of complex plasma research under microgravity condition, in particular on the
International Space Station ISS, is discussed. First, the importance of this research and the …

Dynamics in binary complex (dusty) plasmas

K Jiang, CR Du - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2022 - Springer
Binary complex plasmas consist not only plasma components including electrons, ions and
neutrals but also mesoscopic solid particles of two types in terms of size and material. The …

[HTML][HTML] Physics and applications of dusty plasmas: The Perspectives 2023

J Beckers, J Berndt, D Block, M Bonitz… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Dusty plasmas are electrically quasi-neutral media that, along with electrons, ions, neutral
gas, radiation, and electric and/or magnetic fields, also contain solid or liquid particles with …

Experimental demonstration of a dusty plasma ratchet rectification and its reversal

Y He, B Ai, C Dai, C Song, R Wang, W Sun, F Liu… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The naturally persistent flow of hundreds of dust particles is experimentally achieved in a
dusty plasma system with the asymmetric sawteeth of gears on the electrode. It is also …

Dissipative solitary waves in a two-dimensional complex plasma: Amorphous versus crystalline

H Huang, AV Ivlev, V Nosenko, W Yang, CR Du - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
The propagation of a dissipative soliton was experimentally studied in a two-dimensional
binary complex plasma. The crystallization was suppressed in the center of the particle …

Experimental observation of a dusty plasma crystal in the cathode sheath of a DC glow discharge plasma

MG Hariprasad, P Bandyopadhyay, G Arora… - Physics of Plasmas, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Dusty plasma crystals have traditionally been observed and studied in radio frequency
discharge plasmas, and their formation in a DC glow discharge plasma remains …

Generation of two-dimensional binary mixtures in complex plasmas

F Wieben, J Schablinski, D Block - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Towards the investigation of polydisperse complex plasmas, the generation of binary
mixtures is a first and important step. In this paper, the requirements for the generation of two …

Coupling of noncrossing wave modes in a two-dimensional plasma crystal

JK Meyer, I Laut, SK Zhdanov, V Nosenko… - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
We report an experimental observation of the coupling of the transverse vertical and
longitudinal in-plane dust-lattice wave modes in a two-dimensional complex plasma crystal …

Mean-field model of melting in superheated crystals based on a single experimentally measurable order parameter

NP Kryuchkov, NA Dmitryuk, W Li, PV Ovcharov… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Melting is one of the most studied phase transitions important for atomic, molecular,
colloidal, and protein systems. However, there is currently no microscopic experimentally …

Dusty (complex) plasmas—routes towards magnetized and polydisperse systems

D Block, A Melzer - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This tutorial covers recent developments in the field of dusty (complex) plasmas. After a brief
summary of fundamental concepts, this tutorial will focus on novel diagnostics in dusty …