Published February 7, 2011 | Version v1
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Direct current dielectric barrier discharges under voltages below the ionization potential of neutrals in electrode systems with one-dimensional nanostructures

Creators

  • 1. National Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030 (China)
  • 2. Shanghai Nanotechnology Promotion Center, Shanghai 200237 (China)

Description

We experimentally investigate the characteristics of dielectric barrier discharges in an electrode system with one-dimensional nanostructures of gap size at micrometer scale. Evidence of quasistationary direct current discharges in air has been observed under the applied voltage several times lower than the first ionization potential of O2. The results qualitatively agree with the hypothesis on the ionization mechanism of stepwise inelastic collisions within a metastable pool, which is populated through field excitation and inelastic impact between the neutrals and the nanostructures.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.3552709;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
98
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 063104-063104.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42108929
Subject category
S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
COLLISIONS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; EXCITATION; HYPOTHESIS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXYGEN; PLASMA
Descriptors DEC
CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; MATERIALS; NONMETALS

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