Plasma Structure Control and New-Concept Plasma Process for Novel Nano-Bio Materials

Abstract

First, a novel method to control plasma structures, such as electron temperature gradient (ETG) in magnetized non-equilibrium plasmas, has been developed. Using the controlled ETG, the excitation mechanism of the ETG driven instability (ETG mode) are clarified. Furthermore, the nonlinear coupling of the high-frequency ETG mode and the low-frequency drift-wave (DW) mode is investigated using the bispectral analysis, and consequently, it is found that the energy of the ETG mode is transferred to the DW mode via the multi-scale nonlinear interaction. Second, highly-ordered periodic structures of the gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are formed by transcribing the controlled plasma structure to the surface of the ionic liquid, where the spatially selective synthesis of the AuNPs is realized. Third, the new-concept plasma process is developed to create innovative nano-bio materials using plasma-liquid interface. Size-and structure-controlled AuNPs covered with DNA are synthesized using a pulse-driven gas-liquid interfacial discharge plasma for the application to next-generation drug delivery systems.