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Using cold plasma to investigate the mechanisms involved in cosmic dust formation: Role of the C/O ratio and metals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2020
Abstract
Using a cold plasma reactor in which we inject an organosilicon molecular precursor, we investigate chemical mechanisms that can be involved in dust formation in evolved stars. By injecting metal atoms into the gas-phase, we investigate the role of metals on dust composition. We show the formation of composite particles made of pure metal (silver) nanoparticles embedded in an organosilicon dust. We study the impact of oxygen and show that it can inhibit dust formation, likely through the destruction of nucleation seeds.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S350: Laboratory Astrophysics: From Observations to Interpretation , April 2019 , pp. 297 - 300
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- © International Astronomical Union 2020
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