Search Results - "BOSWELL, R. W"

Volume and surface propellant heating in an electrothermal radio-frequency plasma micro-thruster by Greig, A., Charles, C., Paulin, N., Boswell, R. W.

“…The temporal evolution of neutral gas temperature over the first 5 min of operation for an electrothermal radio-frequency micro-thruster with nitrogen (N2)…”
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An Empirical Examination of Self-Reported Work Stress Among U.S. Managers by Cavanaugh, Marcie A, Boswell, Wendy R, Roehling, Mark V, Boudreau, John W

“…This study proposes that self-reported work stress among U.S. managers is differentially related (positively and negatively) to work outcomes depending on the…”
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Experimental evidence of a double layer in a large volume helicon reactor by SUTHERLAND, O, CHARLES, C, PLIHON, N, BOSWELL, R. W

“…The self-consistently generated current-free electric double layer (DL) is shown to scale up with the source tube diameter and appears not to be affected by rf…”
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Deposition and diffusion of platinum nanoparticles in porous carbon assisted by plasma sputtering by Caillard, A., Brault, P., Mathias, J., Charles, C., Boswell, R.W., Sauvage, T.

“…Catalytic nano-clusters of platinum are deposited by high density plasma sputtering into porous carbon gas diffusion layers for low temperature fuel cell…”
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Helicons-the past decade by Chen, F.F., Boswell, R.W.

“…First observed in gaseous plasmas in the early 1960s, helicon discharges lay like a sleeping giant until they emerged in the 1980s, when their usefulness as…”
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Oblique double layers: a comparison between terrestrial and auroral measurements by Charles, C, Boswell, R W, Hawkins, R

“…The S3-3, POLAR, and FAST satellite auroral observations of parallel and perpendicular electric field structures have been identified as belonging to a large…”
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Helicons-the early years by Boswell, R.W., Chen, F.F.

“…Helicon waves are right-hand polarized (RHP) waves which propagate in radially confined magnetized plasmas for frequencies /spl omega//sub ci//spl Lt//spl…”
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Particle in cell simulation of a radiofrequency plasma jet expanding in vacuum by Charles, C., Hawkins, R., Boswell, R. W.

“…The effect of a pressure gradient (∼133 Pa–0.133 Pa) on electron and ion energy distributions in a radiofrequency (rf at 13.56 MHz) argon plasma jet is studied…”
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The magnetic-field-induced transition from an expanding plasma to a double layer containing expanding plasma by Charles, C., Boswell, R. W.

“…The magnetic-field-induced transition from a simple expansion to a double layer is experimentally investigated in an argon low pressure radio frequency helicon…”
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Axial force imparted by a conical radiofrequency magneto-plasma thruster by Charles, C., Takahashi, K., Boswell, R. W.

“…Direct thrust measurements of a low pressure (∼0.133Pa) conical radiofrequency (rf at 13.56MHz) argon plasma source show a total axial force of about 5mN for…”
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Xenon ion beam characterization in a helicon double layer thruster by Charles, C., Boswell, R. W., Lieberman, M. A.

“…A current-free electric double layer is created in a helicon double layer thruster operating with xenon and compared to a recently developed theory. The Xe +…”
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Spatial retarding field energy analyzer measurements downstream of a helicon double layer plasma by Cox, W., Charles, C., Boswell, R. W., Hawkins, R.

“…Spatial ion energy measurements using a retarding field energy analyzer are performed in the exhaust of a 0.30mTorr, 250W helicon double layer plasma to…”
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Microarcing instability in RF PECVD plasma system by Yin, Y., Bilek, M.M.M., McKenzie, D.R., Boswell, R.W., Charles, C.

“…Microarcing at the chamber wall in RF plasma is studied in PECVD type system. A Langmuir probe is used to measure the plasma potential. This system and…”
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The INSPIRE-2 CubeSat for the QB50 Project by Cairns, Iver H., Charles, Christine, Dempster, Andrew G., Funamoto, Jiro, Cheong, Joon Wayn, Peacock, Wayne, Lam, John, Osborne, Barnaby, Andrew, Will, Croston, Tom, Southwell, Ben, Boswell, R. W., Monger, A. G., Betters, Christopher H., Leon-Saval, Sergio G., Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Khachan, J., Wu, X., Manidis, S., Tsifakis, D., Maj, R.

“…The 2-unit CubeSat INSPIRE-2/AU03 was designed, built, tested, delivered, and accepted by the European Union’s QB50 project in less than 10 months and for less…”
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Ion beam formation in a low-pressure geometrically expanding argon plasma by Corr, C. S., Zanger, J., Boswell, R. W., Charles, C.

“…Supersonic ion beam formation has been observed in a geometrically expanding low-pressure inductively coupled argon plasma. It is found that the ion beam is…”
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Formation of spatially periodic fronts of high-energy electrons in a radio-frequency driven surface microdischarge by Dedrick, J., O'Connell, D., Gans, T., Boswell, R. W., Charles, C.

“…The generation of spatially periodic fronts of high-energy electrons (>13.48 eV) has been investigated in a radio-frequency surface microdischarge in…”
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Nanocrystalline Diamond Thin Films Synthesis on Curved Surface by Li, Duosheng, Qin, Qing H., Zuo, Dunwen, Boswell, R. W., Lu, Wenzhuang, Stachurski, Zbigniew

“…Thin films of curved surface nanocrystalline diamond (CS-NCD) are a category of important materials. However, the development of such materials is still a…”
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Fast anisotropic etching of silicon in an inductively coupled plasma reactor by PERRY, A. J, BOSWELL, R. W

“…A 13.56 MHz rf inductively coupled diffusion plasma confined by a weak magnetic field is shown to produce high etch rates and high plasma densities. With a…”
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Magnetic steering of a helicon double layer thruster by Charles, C., Boswell, R. W., Cox, W., Laine, R., MacLellan, P.

“…The ion beam generated by a helicon double layer has been electrically steered up to 20 ° off axis by using a solenoid placed normal to the two axial solenoids…”
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Spatial evolution of an ion beam created by a geometrically expanding low-pressure argon plasma by Corr, C. S., Boswell, R. W., Charles, C., Zanger, J.

“…The spatial distribution of an ion beam—created at the interface of a small diameter plasma source and much larger diameter diffusion chamber—is studied in a…”
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