Development of plasma reactor design for synthesis of copper nanoparticles using multi-scale simulation

Abstract

© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. On the basis of the hybrid hydrodynamic model for the gas discharge, numerical experiments were performed. The main parameters of the electric discharge of a direct current with copper cathode and anode were obtained. The obtained data were used as the main conditions for molecular-dynamics simulations of the copper vapor nucleation process in the argon. The results of the simulation formed the basis for the development of an experimental setup for the plasma synthesis of copper nanoparticles.