Particle manipulation

US6517912B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US
• Kayser-Threde GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gregor Morfill · Birkenfeld, DE
• Hubertus Thomas · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, DE
• Timo Stuffler · Landsberied, DE
• Uwe Konopka · Neufahrn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 1999
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/84
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In a method for manipulating particles arranged in a plasma-cristalline state in a plasma of a carrier gas, the particles are at least partially subject to plasma treatment and/or applied to a substrate surface. A device for manipulating of particles in plasma-cristalline state includes a reaction vessel, in which plasma electrodes and at least one substrate are situated. An adaptive electrode for formation of a location selective low frequency or static electrical field in the reaction vessel is described.