Levitation, coating, and transport of particulate materials
Abstract
Several processes in various fields require uniformly thick coatings and layers on small particles. The particles may be used as carriers of catalytic materials (platinum or other coatings), as laser fusion targets (various polymer or metallic coatings), or for biological or other tracer or interactive processes. We have devised both molecular beam and electro-dynamic techniques for levitation of the particles during coating and electrodynamic methods of controlling and transporting the particles between coating steps and to final use locations. Both molecular beam and electrodynamic techniques are described and several advantages and limitations of each will be discussed.
- Publication:
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Presented at the Ann. Meeting of the Mater. Res. Soc
- Pub Date:
- October 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981mrs..meet...16H
- Keywords:
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- Catalysts;
- Coatings;
- Electrodynamics;
- Laminates;
- Laser Applications;
- Levitation;
- Molecular Beams;
- Particles;
- Targets;
- Buoyancy;
- Isotopic Labeling;
- Layers;
- Particle Beams;
- Tracers;
- Transport Properties;
- Engineering (General)