| dc.contributor.author | Petersen, Reed Jeffrey | |
| dc.description.abstract | Nanoparticles have attracted much attention because of their unusual physical properties. This work represents original, incipient research into small crystalline silicon carbide nanoparticles synthesized in a low-pressure nonthermal plasma reactor. The nonthermal plasma technique offers a route for size-tunable synthesis of high-purity silicon carbide nanocrystals. Even though it has a high sublimation point, silicon carbide is synthesized in crystalline form in a nonthermal plasma reactor since nanoparticles are intensely heated by exothermic surface reactions on a nanoscale level. Using vaporized tetramethylsilane as a precursor and molecular hydrogen as an additive, both silicon carbide and silicon- or carbon-coated silicon carbide were created. Since plasma synthesis is a ligand-free process and charges on particles prevent agglomeration, silicon carbide is soluble in short-chain alcohols. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Synthesis of Small Silicon Carbide Nanocrystals in Low Pressure Nonthermal Plasma | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-01T19:39:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-01T19:39:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32663 | |
| dc.subject | core-shell | en_US |
| dc.subject | nanocrystal | en_US |
| dc.subject | nonthermal plasma | en_US |
| dc.subject | silicon carbide | en_US |
| dc.subject | solubility | en_US |
| dc.subject | surface effects | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Science and Mathematics | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Physics | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Physics | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Hobbie, Erik | |
