Plasma Nanoscience: From Nature´s Mastery to Deterministic Plasma-Aided Nanofabrication

Author

Ostrikov, Kostya

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys., Sydney Univ., NSW

Volume

35

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

127

Lastpage

136

Abstract

This paper introduces the plasma-nanoscience research area and shows the way from Nature´s mastery in assembling nanosized dust grains in the Universe to deterministic plasma-aided nanofabrication. The concept of deterministic nanoassembly is explained, and the multidisciplinary approach to bridge the spatial gap of nine orders of magnitude between the sizes of plasma reactors and atomic building units is discussed. Ongoing numerical simulation and experimental efforts on highly controlled synthesis of carbon nanotip and semiconducting quantum-dot structures show potential benefits of using ionized-gas environments in nanofabrication

Keywords

carbon; nanostructured materials; nanotechnology; plasma materials processing; self-assembly; semiconductor quantum dots; C; atomic building units; carbon nanotip; ionized-gas environments; nanoassembly; nanosized dust grains; numerical simulation; plasma nanoscience; plasma reactors; plasma-aided nanofabrication; semiconducting quantum-dot; Assembly; Bridges; Buildings; Dusty plasma; Inductors; Nanofabrication; Numerical simulation; Plasma simulation; Quantum dots; Semiconductivity; Low-temperature plasma; nanofabrication; nanostructures; plasma nanoscience;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2007.892713

Filename

4154893