What is it about?
We discovered how positive ions move through the cathode layer. It turns out that more complex ions, rather than acetylene ions, predominate there. Such complex ions are formed by the fusion of acetylene molecules and their radicals in the discharge plasma.
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Why is it important?
Clarifying the ion motion in the cathode layer allows us to determine the energy with which they bombard the cathode. The ion energy determines the polymer film deposition process, its properties, and the sputtering rate by ion bombardment.
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Valeriy Lisovskiy
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
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This page is a summary of: Child–Langmuir law applicability for a cathode layer description of DC glow discharge in acetylene, Physics of Plasmas, August 2025, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0275627.
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