BOOK CHAPTERS

1.    G. GANGULI, R. MERLINO AND A. SEN, Oscillations in a Dusty Plasma Medium. (Invited Review Chapter), Review of Radio Science 1999-2002, Ed. W. Ross Stone, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2002, pp. 683-719.

2.    Dusty Plasmas and Applications in Industry and Space, in Plasma Physics Applied, ed. by C. Grabbe, Research Signposts, pub.    

PAPERS

1. Y. G. CHEN, C. CHIN-FATT, Y. P. CHONG, A. W. DeSILVA, C. G.
GOLDENBAUM, H. R. GRIEM, R. A. HESS, R. L. MERLINO,
and D. P. MURPHY
Plasma Heating in a High Voltage Toroidal Theta Pinch
Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1400-1403, 1977

2. A. AYDEMIR, C. K. CHU, G. GEORGIOU, R. A. GROSS, H. C. LUI,
J. MARSEN, T. C. MARSHALL, Z. MUCHA, G. A. NAVRATIL, P. G.
WEBER, J. BUSNARDO-NETO, C. CHIN-FATT, Y. P. CHONG, A. W.
DeSILVA, G. C. GOLDENBAUM, H. R. GRIEM, R. A. HESS, P. C.
LIEWER, R. L. MERLINO, D. P. MURPHY, A. G. SGRO, and
R. N. BYRNE
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of High-Beta Tokamaks
Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research 1978,
Proceedings, 7th Int. Conf. Innsbruck, Austria, 1978, Vol. II
[Vienna: IAEA, 1979], p. 105

3. R. L. MERLINO, G. C. GOLDENBAUM, C. CHIN-FATT, Y. P. CHONG,
A. W. DeSILVA, H. R. GRIEM, R. A. HESS, and D. P. MURPHY
Electron and Ion Heating in a High Voltage Toroidal Theta Pinch
with Parallel or Antiparallel Bias Fields
Phys. Fluids 24, 2358-2371, 1981
 

4. ALBAN DENIZ and ROBERT L. MERLINO
Bubble-Free Encapsulation of Magnetic Probes for Use in a High-Voltage
Plasma Discharge
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 53, 1622-1623, 1982

5. C. K. CHU, A. V. DENIZ, D. J. ELKIN, G. ERLEBACHER, R. A.
GROSS, R. IZZO, S. JOHNSTON, C. KOSTEK, F. LEVINTON,
M. MACHIDA, T. C. MARSHALL, R. L. MERLINO, G. A.
NAVRATIL, and D. OEPTS
High-Beta Tokamak Plasma Physics Studies
Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research 1982,
Proceedings, 9th Int. Conf. Baltimore, MD, 1982, Vol. II
[Vienna: IAEA, 1983], p. 321

6. D. P. MURPHY, G. C. GOLDENBAUM, C. CHIN-FATT, Y. P. CHONG,
A. W. DeSILVA, H. R. GRIEM, R. A. HESS, and R. L. MERLINO
Macroscopic Plasma Behavior in a High Voltage Toroidal Theta Pinch
Phys. Fluids 26, 1061-1070, 1983

7. R. L. MERLINO and S. L. CARTIER
Hysteresis in a Low-Pressure Argon Discharge
Appl. Phys. Lett. 44, 33-34, 1984

8. G. KNORR and R. L. MERLINO
The Role of Fast Electrons for Plasma Containment in Magnetic Cusps
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 26, 433-442, 1984

9. S. L. CARTIER and R. L. MERLINO
Observations of Nonlinear Behavior in a Low-Pressure Discharge Column
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. PS-12, 14-18, 1984

10. S. L. CARTIER and R. L. MERLINO
Comments on the "New Probe Method to Measure Plasma Potential
with Emissive Probes"
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 55, 1002-1003, 1984

11. B. KUSTOM, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
Production of Plasma with Variable, Radial Electric Fields
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 55, 1243-1245, 1984

12. R. L. MERLINO, S. CARTIER, M. ALPORT, and G. KNORR
Observations of V-Shaped Double Layers and Ion-Cyclotron Waves
along Diverging Magnetic Field Lines
Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Plasma Double Layers and
Related Topics, edited by R. Schrittwieser and G. Elder [Innsbruck,
Austria: University of Innsbruck, 1985], pp. 224-230

13. G. KNORR, M. ALPORT, and R. MERLINO
Conditions Conducive to the Existence of a Double Layer
Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Plasma Double Layers and
Related Topics, edited by R. Schrittwieser and G. Elder [Innsbruck,
Austria: University of Innsbruck, 1985], pp.346-361

14. S. L. CARTIER, N. D'ANGELO, P. H. KRUMM, and R. L. MERLINO
Filamental Quenching of the Current-Driven Ion-Cyclotron Instability
Phys. Fluids 28, 432-434, 1985

15. B. KUSTOM, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
A Laboratory Investigation of the High-Frequency Farley-Buneman Instability
J. Geophys. Res. 90, 1698-1704, 1985

16. S. L. CARTIER, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Waves in a Nonuniform Magnetic Field
Phys. Fluids 28, 3066-3073, 1985

17. C. K. CHU, A. DENIZ, G. E. GEORGIOU, R. A. GROSS, A. A.
GROSSMAN, A. HOLLAND, R. IZZO, C. KOSTEK, F. M. LEVINTON,
H. C. LUI, M. MACHIDA, T. C. MARSHALL, R. L. MERLINO,
D. OEPTS, G. A. NAVRATIL, and P. G. WEBER
High-Beta Tokamak Research
Nucl. Fusion 25, 1109-1112, 1985

18. M. J. ALPORT, S. L. CARTIER, and R. L. MERLINO
Laboratory Observations of Ion Cyclotron Waves Associated with a
Double Layer in an Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field
J. Geophys. Res. 91, 1599-1608, 1986

19. R. A. BOSCH and R. L. MERLINO
Sudden Jumps, Hysteresis and Negative Resistance in an Argon
Plasma Discharge
Part I. Discharges with No Magnetic Field
Contrib. Plasma Phys. 26, 1-12, 1986

20. R. A. BOSCH and R. L. MERLINO
Sudden Jumps, Hysteresis and Negative Resistance in an Argon
Plasma Discharge
Part II. Discharges in a Magnetic Field
Contrib. Plasma Phys. 26, 13-17, 1986

21. N. D'ANGELO and R. L. MERLINO
EIC Waves in a Plasma with Negative Ions
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. PS-14, 285-286, 1986
22. ROBERT A. BOSCH and ROBERT L. MERLINO
Confinement Properties of a Low-Beta Discharge in a Spindle Cusp
Magnetic Field
Phys. Fluids 29, 1998-2006, 1986

23. S. L. CARTIER, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
A Laboratory Study of Ion Energization by EIC Waves and Subsequent
Upstreaming along Diverging Magnetic Field Lines
J. Geophys. Res. 91, 8025-8033, 1986

24. N. D'ANGELO and R. L. MERLINO
The Effect of a Magnetic Field on Wake Potential Structures
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. PS-14, 609-610, 1986

25. R. A. BOSCH and R. L. MERLINO
Confinement of a Potassium Plasma in a Spindle Cusp Magnetic Field
J. Appl. Phys. 60, 3056-3067, 1986

26. R. A. BOSCH and R. L. MERLINO
Multidipole Confinement of Argon and Potassium Plasmas
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 57, 2940-2950, 1986

27. D. M. SUSZCYNSKY, S. L. CARTIER, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
A Laboratory Study of Collisional Electrostatic Ion Cyclotron Waves
J. Geophys. Res. 91, 13,729-13,731, 1986
 

28. N. D'ANGELO and R. L. MERLINO
Comment on "Are Observed Broadband Plasma Wave Amplitudes Large
Enough to Explain the Enhanced Electron Temperatures of the High-
Latitude E Region?" by J.-P. St.-Maurice and Russ Laher
J. Geophys. Res. 92, 321-322, 1987

29. R. L. MERLINO and N. D'ANGELO
The Interaction of a Conducting Object with a Supersonic Plasma Flow:
Ion Deflection near a Negatively Charged Obstacle
J. Plasma Phys. 37, 185-198, 1987

30. S. L. CARTIER and R. L. MERLINO
Anode-Type Double Layers in a Nonuniform Magnetic Field
Phys. Fluids 30, 2549-2560, 1987

31. D. M. SUSZCYNSKY, S. L. CARTIER, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
Influence of the Ion/Neutral Atom Mass Ratio on the Damping of Electrostatic
Ion-Cyclotron Waves
Phys. Fluids 30, 3304-3306, 1987

32. R. L. MERLINO and S. L. CARTIER
The Perturbing Effect of a Langmuir Probe near a Magnetized Double Layer
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 20, 1074-1076, 1987

33. R. L. MERLINO, S. L. CARTIER, and M. J. ALPORT
EIC Waves Associated with Strong Anode-Type Double Layers in a Nonhomogeneous Magnetic Field
Proceedings of the Workshop on the Current-Driven Electrostatic
Ion-Cyclotron Instability, edited by R. W. Schrittwieser
[Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co., 1988], p. 141

34. N. D'ANGELO and R. L. MERLINO
A Note on Auroral Radar Detection of Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Waves
Radio Sci. 23, 55-57, 1988

35. D. M. SUSZCYNSKY, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Waves in a Two-Ion Component Plasma
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. PS-16, 396-398, 1988

36. D. M. SUSZCYNSKY, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
Mass Spectrometer for Measurements of Relative Ion Concentrations in Plasmas
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 59, 1376-1379, 1988

37. J. C. JOHNSON, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
Ion-Beam Focusing in a Double-Plasma Device
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. PS-16, 590-596, 1988

38. D. M. SUSZCYNSKY, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
An Experimental Study of Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Waves in a Two-Ion
Component Plasma J. Geophys. Res. 94, 8966-8972, 1989

39. J. C. JOHNSON, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
Double Layers Formed by Ion-Beam Injection in a Double-Plasma Device
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 22, 1456-1463, 1989

40. B. SONG, D. SUSZCYNSKY, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Waves in a Plasma with Negative Ions
Phys. Fluids B 1, 2316-2318, 1989

41. J. C. JOHNSON, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
A Double Layer Induced Ionisation Instability
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 23, 682-685, 1990

42. B. SONG, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
Transition from Moving to Stationary Double Layers in a
Single-Ended Q Machine
Phys. Fluids B 2, 1936-1940, 1990

43. R. L. MERLINO and J. J. LOOMIS
Double Layers in a Plasma with Negative Ions
Phys. Fluids B 2, 2865-2867, 1990

44. B. SONG, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
Ion-Acoustic Waves in a Plasma with Negative Ions
Phys. Fluids B 3, 284-287, 1991  iawni.pdf

45. B. SONG, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
Potential Relaxation Instability and Ion Acoustic Waves in a
Single-Ended Q-Machine Plasma with Negative Ions
Phys. Lett. A 153, 233-238, 1991

46. B. SONG, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
On Anode Spots, Double Layers and Plasma Contactors
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 24, 1789-1795, 1991

47. B. SONG, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
On the Stability of Strong Double Layers
Phys. Scr. 45, 391-394, 1992

48. B. SONG, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
The Effect of a Magnetic Field Gradient on Anode Double Layers
Phys. Scr. 45, 395-398, 1992

49. B. SONG, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
Stability of a Spherical Double Layer Produced through Ionization
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 25, 938-941, 1992
 

50. B. SONG, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
Measurements of the Perpendicular Width of Ionization-Produced
Double Layers IEEE Trans Plasma Sci. 20, 476-479, 1992

51. W. XU, BIN SONG, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
A Dusty Plasma Device (DPD) for Producing Extended,
Steady State, Magnetized, Dusty Plasma Columns
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 63, 5266-5269, 1992  dpd.pdf

52. R. L. MERLINO, BIN SONG, and N. D'ANGELO
Ionization-Produced Double Layers in Magnetized and Unmagnetized Plasmas
Proceedings, Fourth Symposium on Double Layers and Other Nonlinear
Potential Structures in Plasmas, July 1992, 
Innsbruck, Austria, R. W. Schrittwieser, editor, World Scientific, Singapore, 1993. 

53. T. AN, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
Lower Hybrid Waves in a Plasma with Negative Ions
Phys. Fluids B 5, 1917-1918, 1994  lhni.pdf

54. W. XU, N. D'ANGELO, and R. L. MERLINO
Dusty Plasmas: The Effect of Closely Packed Grains
J. Geophys. Res., J. Geophys. Res. 98, 7843-7847, 1993.	
	

55. W. THEISEN, R.T. CARPENTER and R.L. MERLINO
Filamentary Double Layers 
Physics of Plasmas 1, 1345-1348, 1994  fildl.pdf

56. T. AN, R.L. MERLINO, AND N. D'ANGELO
Cylindrical Anode Double Layers, 'Firerods',
 Produced in a Uniform Magnetic Field, 
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 27, 1906 - 1913, 1994. 

57. K. E. LONNGREN, P. V. SCHWARTZ, E. W. BAI, 
W. C. THEISEN, R. L. MERLINO, AND R. T. CARPENTER
Extracting Double Layer Charge Density Distributions
 Using the Method of Moments
IEEE Trans. Plas. Sci. PS- 22, 278-280, 1994. 

58. A. BARKAN, N. D'ANGELO AND R.L. MERLINO
Charging of Dust Grains in a Plasma
Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 3093-3096, 1994.dustq.pdf

59. A. BARKAN, N. D'ANGELO AND R.L. MERLINO
Laboratory Study of EIC Waves in a dusty plasma. 
Planet. Space Sci. 43, 905-908, 1995.  dustyEIC.pdf

60. J. S. PICKETT, D.D. MORGAN, R. L. MERLINO, 
M. L. ADRIAN, G. A. BERG, AND W. J. RAITT
Payload Environment and Gas Release Effects of 
Sounding Rocket Neutral Pressure Measurements
 J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 33, 501-506, 1996.

61. A. BARKAN AND R. L. MERLINO
Confinement of Dust Particles in a Double Layer
Physics of Plasmas 2, 3261-3265, 1995  dustindl.pdf

62. A. BARKAN, N. D'ANGELO AND R.L. MERLINO
Ion Acoustic Waves in a Dusty Plasma. 
Planet. Space Sci. 44, 239-242, 1996. dustyIA.pdf

63. A. BARKAN, R. L. MERLINO AND N. D'ANGELO
Laboratory Observation of the Dust Acoustic Wave Mode
Physics of Plasmas, 2, 3563-3565, 1995.  daw1.pdf

64. R. L. MERLINO, A. BARKAN, N. D'ANGELO, W. XU, AND B. SONG
Laboratory Experiments in Dusty Plasmas
Proceedings of the International Conference
 on Plasma Physics ICPP 1994, Foz do Iguacu, 
AIP Conf. Proc. 345 (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1995), pp. 295-302. 

65. T. AN, R.L. MERLINO and N. D'ANGELO
The Effect of Negative Ions on the Kelvin-Helmholtz 
Instability in a magnetized Potassium Plasma.
Phys. Letters A, 214, 47-52, 1996. 

66. T. AN, N. D'ANGELO AND R.L. MERLINO
The Effect of Negative Ions on the Diffusion of
 a Potassium Plasma in a Magnetic Field.
J. Phys. D:Appl. Phys., 29, 1484-1488, 1996

67. N. D'ANGELO and R.L. MERLINO
Current driven dust acoustic waves in a collisional plasma
Planet. Space Sci., 44, 1593 - 1598, 1996. CDDAI.pdf

68. A. BARKAN, N. D'ANGELO and R.L. MERLINO
Potential relaxation instability and ion acoustic waves
 in a single-ended Q-machine dusty plasma , 
Physics Letters A, 222, 329-332 (1996).  DPRI.pdf

69. R. L. MERLINO 
Current driven ion acoustic instability in a collisional dusty plasma
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 25, 60-65 (1997). 
 

70. N. D'ANGELO, A BARKAN, AND R.L. MERLINO
Experiments on dust-plasma interactions
The Physics of Dusty Plasmas, editors P. K. Shukla, D. A. Mendis, 
and V. W. Chow, p 93-101 (World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Singapore) 1996.

71. R. L. MERLINO AND A. BARKAN
Confinement of dust particles in a double layer
The Physics of Dusty Plasmas, editors P. K. Shukla,
 D. A. Mendis, and V. W. Chow, p. 102 - 106
 (World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Singapore) 1996.

72. R. L. MERLINO, A. BARKAN, C. THOMPSON, AND N. D'ANGELO
Experiments on Waves and Instabilities in Dusty Plasmas
Plasma Phys. and Contr. Fusion, 39, 421 - 430 (1997). 
Invited paper at 1996 Internationan Conference on Plasma Physics, 
Nagoya, Japan

73. R. L. MERLINO, T. AN, J. WILLIG AND N. D'ANGELO
The Effect of Negative Ions aand Neutral Particle Collisions 
on the Parallel Velocity Shear Instability. Double Layers -
Potential Formation and Related Nonlinear Phenomena
 in Plamsas, Ed. Sendai "Plasma Forum" Tohoku University, 
(World Scientific, Co. Pte. Ltd, Singapore) 1997, pp. 290 - 299. 

74. A. BARKAN, N. D'ANGELO and R.L. MERLINO
Laboratory Studies of Ion and Dust Acoustic Instabilities in Dusty Plasmas
Advances in Dusty Plasmas, Ed. P. K. Shukla, D. A. Mendis, and T. Desai, 
World Scientific (Singapore, 1997) p. 30 - 40. 

75. J. WILLIG, R.L. MERLINO, AND N. D'ANGELO
Experimental Study of the Collisional Parallel Velocity Shear Instability
J. Geophys. Res., 102, 27,249-27255, 1997.

76. C. THOMPSON, A. BARKAN, N. D'ANGELO, AND R. L. MERLINO
Dust Acoustic Waves in a Direct Current Glow Discharge
Phys. Plasmas, 4, 2331-2335, 1997.  dawdisp.pdf 

77. J. Willig, R. L. Merlino, and N. D'Angelo
Experimental Study of The Parallel Velocity Shear Instability, 
Physics Letters A, 236, 223-226, 1997.

78. Q-Z. LUO, N. D'ANGELO AND R. L. MERLINO
Shocks in negative ion plasmas,
Phys. Plasmas 5, 2868-2870, 1998  nishocks.pdf

79. R. L. MERLINO, A. BARKAN, C. THOMPSON, AND N. D'ANGELO
Laboratory studies of waves and instabilities in dusty plasmas,
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1590 - 1606, 1998. w&ipop.pdf
 

80. A. BARKAN, N. D'ANGELO, R. L. MERLINO and C. THOMPSON
Experiments on Ion and Dust Acoustic Waves,
CP446, Physics of Dusty Plasmas: Seventh Workshop, edited by M. et al.
(The American Institute of Physics, New York, 1998) pp. 97-100.

81. C. THOMPSON, A. BARKAN, R. L. MERLINO, and N. D'ANGELO
Video Imaging of Dust Acoustic Waves,
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 27, 145-146, 1999.

82. C. O. THOMPSON, N. D'ANGELO and R. L. MERLINO
The Interaction of Stationary and Moving Objects with Dusty Plasmas,
Phys. Plasmas 6, 1421-1426, 1999.  objindust.pdf

83. Q-Z LUO, N. DANGELO, AND R. L. MERLINO
Experimental Study Shock Formation in a Dusty Plasma, 
Phys. Plasmas 6, 3455-3458, (1999).diashocks.pdf

84. Q-Z LUO, N. DANGELO, AND R. L. MERLINO
Ion Acoustic Shock Formation in a Converging Magnetic Field Geometry,
Physics of Plasmas 7, 2370-2371 (2000).  gradBshocks.pdf

85. Q-Z LUO, N. DANGELO, AND R. L. MERLINO
The Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in a Plasma with Negatively Charged Dust
Physics of Plasmas 8, 31-35 (2001).  dustykh.pdf 

86. E. THOMAS AND R. L. MERLINO
Dust Particle Motion in the Vicinity of Dust Acoustic Waves
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 29, 152-157 (2001).

87. E. AGRIMSON, N. D'ANGELO, AND R. L. MERLINO
Excitation of Ion-Acoustic-Like Waves by 
Sub-Critical Currents in a Plasma Having Equal Electron and Ion Temperatures.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5282-5285 (2001)  smia.pdf

88. G. GANGULI, R. L. MERLINO AND A SEN
Oscillations in a Dusty Plasma Medium
To appear in  Reviews of Radio Science, 2002.
RRS_20011.pdf

89. E. AGRIMSON, N. D'ANGELO, AND R. L. MERLINO
Effect of Parallel Velocity Shear on the Excitation of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves.
Phys. Lett. A 293, 260-265 (2002).  sdeic.pdf

90. R. L. MERLINO
Electrostatic Ion Cyclotron Waves Driven by Parallel Velocity Shear
Phys. Plasmas, in press. [pvseic.pdf]

91. E. Agrimson, S. Kim, N. D'Angelo, and R. L. Merlino
Effect of parallel velocity shear on the electrostatic ion cyclotron instability in
filamentary current channels
Phys. Plasmas 10, 3850-3852 (2003).  [fqseic] 

92. R. L. Merlino

Electrostatic Ion Cyclotron Waves Driven by Parallel Velocity Shear

Phys. Plasmas 9, 1824-1825 (2002).

93. K. AVINASH, A. BHATTACHARJEE, AND R. L. MERLINO

Effect of Charge Reduction on Shielding in Dusty Plasmas

Phys. Plasmas, 10, 2663-2666 (2003). 

94. S. I. POPEL, A. P. GOLUB, T. V. LOSSEVA, S. N. ANDREEV, R. L. MERLINO, AND R. BINGHAM

Landau Damping in Formation and Propagation of Dust Ion Acoustic Perturbations in Complex Plasmas

Proceedings of the 29th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Montreux  17 – 21 June 2002 ECA Vol. 26B, P-4.202 (2002).

95. E. AGRIMSON, SU-HYUN KIM, N. D’ANGELO AND R. L. MERLINO
Effect of Parallel Velocity Shear on the Electrostatic Ion Cyclotron Instability in Filamentary Current Channels.
Phys. Plasmas, 10, 3850-3852 (2003).

102. S. I. POPEL, T. V. LOSSEVA, A. P. GOLUB, R. L. MERLINO AND S. N. ANDREEV,    Dust ion acoustic shocks in a Q machine device, Contrib. Plasmas Phys. 45, 461-475      (2005) DOI 10.1002/ctpp.200510052

103.     ROBERT L, MERLINO, Experimental investigations of dusty plasmas, NEW VISTAS IN       DUSTY PLASMAS:  FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE   PHYSICS OF DUSTY PLASMAS, edited by L. Buofendi, M. Mikikian and P. K. Shukla,   AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 799, Melville, New York, 2005, America Institute of Physics, pp. 3-11.

104.     SU-HYUN KIM, ROBERT L. MERLINO AND GURUDAS I. GANGULI, Generation of  ‘spiky’ potential structures associated with multi-harmonic electrostatic ion cyclotron   waves, Phys. Plasmas 13, 012901 (2006).

105.     SU-HYUN KIM AND ROBERT L. MERLINO, Charging of dust grains in a plasma with  negative ions, Phys. Plasmas 13, 052118 (2006).

106.     ROBERT L. MERLINO and    SU-HYUN KIM, Charge neutralization of dust particles in a plasma with negative ions, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 091501 (2006).

107. Su-Hyun Kim and Robert L. Merlino, Electron attachment to C₇F₁₄ and SF₆ in a thermally ionized potassium plasma, Phys. Rev. E 76, 035401(R), 2007 (PDF)

108. M. Rosenberg and R. L. Merlino, Ion acoustic instability in a dusty negative ion plasma, Planet. Space Sci. 55, 1464, (2007).

110. R, L. Merlino Understanding Langmuir probe current-voltage characteristics, Am. J. Phys. 75, 1078 (2007).

111. E. Thomas, R. Fisher, and R. L. Merlino, Observations of dust acoustic waves driven at high frequencies: Finite dust temperature effects and wave interference, Phys. Plasmas 14, 123701 (2007)