Project Details
Projekt
TRR 24: Fundamentals of Complex Plasmas
Subject Area
Physics
Term
from 2005 to 2017
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5486308
The Transregional Collaborative Research Centre envisages the comprehensive study of plasmas that contain nanometer or micrometer-sized particles, negative ions, reactive molecules or radicals, or that are influenced by physical and chemical reactions at surfaces. The wide field of phenomena in complex plasmas requires a restriction to a subset of interrelated topics, which are of highest current interest.
-- forces, confinement, order phenomena and collective processes in dusty plasmas
-- chemical and physical processes of ions, atoms and molecules in the plasma and the interaction of the plasma with particles and solid surfaces
-- synthesis and properties of nanometer-sized particles in plasmas and deposition on surfaces
-- waves, self-organisation and plasma stability in multi-component plasmas
-- correlations and collective effects in many-particle systems
The involved project sections, which are arranged in two project areas, form a close network of experimental investigations, analytical theory, computer simulations and advanced data analysis methods.
Project area A - Dynamics and Order PhenomenaInvestigation of wave propagation and stability are performed in plasmas in the presence of negative ions and/or particles under the influence of an external magnetic field. In dusty plasmas the order phenomena, dynamical processes and thermodynamic properties will be investigated in experiments and discharge modelling. A systematic microscopic theory of strongly coupled dusty plasmas will be developed. Instabilities and pattern formation are studied in simulations of Coulomb systems in plasma traps.
Project area B - Reactivity and Surface ProcessesThe spatio-temporal behaviour and local plasma properties of non-stationary molecular plasmas, as well as the particle synthesis in reactive plasmas and chemical processes at particle or solid surfaces are studied. Micrometer-sized particles are used as probes in plasma to analyse charging processes and energy deposition on particles. Integrated data analysis will serve to assess diagnostic methods, to couple models and simulations with the experimental data, and to find optimum designs of experiments. Multi-scale simulations support the modelling of plasma, boundary layers and reactive surface processes.
-- forces, confinement, order phenomena and collective processes in dusty plasmas
-- chemical and physical processes of ions, atoms and molecules in the plasma and the interaction of the plasma with particles and solid surfaces
-- synthesis and properties of nanometer-sized particles in plasmas and deposition on surfaces
-- waves, self-organisation and plasma stability in multi-component plasmas
-- correlations and collective effects in many-particle systems
The involved project sections, which are arranged in two project areas, form a close network of experimental investigations, analytical theory, computer simulations and advanced data analysis methods.
Project area A - Dynamics and Order PhenomenaInvestigation of wave propagation and stability are performed in plasmas in the presence of negative ions and/or particles under the influence of an external magnetic field. In dusty plasmas the order phenomena, dynamical processes and thermodynamic properties will be investigated in experiments and discharge modelling. A systematic microscopic theory of strongly coupled dusty plasmas will be developed. Instabilities and pattern formation are studied in simulations of Coulomb systems in plasma traps.
Project area B - Reactivity and Surface ProcessesThe spatio-temporal behaviour and local plasma properties of non-stationary molecular plasmas, as well as the particle synthesis in reactive plasmas and chemical processes at particle or solid surfaces are studied. Micrometer-sized particles are used as probes in plasma to analyse charging processes and energy deposition on particles. Integrated data analysis will serve to assess diagnostic methods, to couple models and simulations with the experimental data, and to find optimum designs of experiments. Multi-scale simulations support the modelling of plasma, boundary layers and reactive surface processes.
DFG Programme
CRC/Transregios
International Connection
Netherlands
Completed projects
- A01 - Dynamical response of magnetized negative ion plasmas (Project Heads Grulke, Olaf ; Klinger, Thomas )
- A02 - Dynamics of magnetized plasmas (Project Heads Greiner, Franko ; Piel, Alexander )
- A03 - Order phenomena in dusty plasmas (Project Heads Block, Dietmar ; Melzer, André ; Piel, Alexander )
- A04 - Simulations of Colloidal Plasmas (Project Heads Goedheer, Wim ; Melzer, André )
- A05 - Simulation of particle growth, correlations and thin film formation in complex plasmas (Project Heads Bonitz, Michael ; Fehske, Holger ; Wolf, Sebastian )
- A07 - Theory and simulation of strongly correlated rotating and magnetized plasmas (Project Heads Bonitz, Michael ; Filinov, Alexei V. ; Kählert, Hanno )
- A09 - Multiscale simulation of streaming complex plasmas (Project Heads Bonitz, Michael ; Ludwig, Patrick )
- B01 - Reactivity and pattern formation in plasmas of electronegative gases (Project Heads Bruhn, Berndt ; Wagner, Hans-Erich )
- B02 - Kinetics of transient molecules in plasmas (Project Head Röpcke, Jürgen )
- B03 - Kinetics and simulation of charge carriers and neutral species in reactive plasmas (Project Head Loffhagen, Detlef )
- B04 - Micro-particles as plasma probes (Project Head Kersten, Holger )
- B05 - Dynamics and reactivity of electronegative plasmas (Project Heads Meichsner, Jürgen ; Schneider, Ralf )
- B06 - Growth and Dynamics of Particles in Plasmas (Project Head Hippler, Rainer )
- B07 - Surface Layers in Reactive Plasmas (Project Heads Helm, Christiane A. ; Wulff, Harm )
- B08 - Integrated Data Analysis in Plasma Physics (Project Heads Dinklage, Andreas ; Pompe, Bernd )
- B09 - Multi-scale simulations of plasmas and plasma-wall interaction (Project Heads Fehske, Holger ; Schneider, Ralf )
- B10 - Micro- and macrophysics at the plasma-wall interface (Project Heads Bronold, Franz Xaver ; Fehske, Holger )
- B11 - Correlation of relevant surface and volume processes during the breakdown and development of plasmas at elevated pressures (Project Heads Brandenburg, Ronny ; Meichsner, Jürgen ; Wagner, Hans-Erich )
- B12 - Non-thermal, reactive atmospheric pressure plasma jet (Project Heads Foest, Rüdiger ; Hippler, Rainer ; Weltmann, Klaus-Dieter )
- B13 - Plasma processes for the deposition of nanostructured composite materials (Project Heads Faupel, Franz ; Kersten, Holger )
- B14 - Lateral stucturing of a planar, dielectric barrier discharge (Project Heads Meichsner, Jürgen ; Stollenwerk, Lars )
- B15 - Investigation of nucleation and growth of nanoparticles in plasmas (Project Heads Kersten, Holger ; Strunskus, Thomas )
- Z - Central tasks (Project Head Meichsner, Jürgen )
Applicant Institution
Universität Greifswald
Co-Applicant Institution
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Participating Institution
Leibniz-Institut für Plasmaforschung und Technologie e.V. (INP)
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Jürgen Meichsner
