Synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles during femtosecond laser ablation of gold in water
Abstract
Femtosecond laser radiation has been used to ablate a gold target in pure deionized water to produce colloidal gold nanoparticles. We report evidence for two different mechanisms of material ablation in the liquid environment, whose relative contributions determine the size distribution of the produced particles. The first mechanism, associated with thermal-free femtosecond ablation, manifests itself at relatively low laser fluences F<400 J/cm2 and leads to very small (3–10 nm) and almost monodispersed gold colloids. The second one, attributed to the plasma-induced heating and ablation of the target, takes place at high fluences and gives rise to a much larger particle size and broad size distribution. The fabricated nanoparticles exhibit plasmon-related optical absorption peak and are of significance for biosensing applications.
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Kabashin et al. analysed effects of femtosecond pulses on Au NPs in deionised water.
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Plasma-induced heating leads to a broader size distribution and larger particle size.
“That is, thermal free ablation leads to colloids with sizes ranging from 3 to 10 nm, and plasma-induced heating leads to a broader size distribution and larger particle size.”
Thermal free ablation leads to colloids with sizes ranging from 3 to 10 nm.
“That is, thermal free ablation leads to colloids with sizes ranging from 3 to 10 nm, and plasma-induced heating leads to a broader size distribution and larger particle size.”
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- Authors
- Kabashin, A. V., & Meunier, M.
- Affiliations
- Polytechnique Montréal (CA)
- Laser Processing Laboratory, Department of Engineering Physics, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Case Postale 6079, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal (Québec), H3C 3A7 Canada
- ORCID
- Kabashin, A. V.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 2003-12-15
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 7941-7943
- ISSN
- 0021-8979 (ISSN-L)
- 1089-7550
- OpenAlex
- W2091838176
- Cited by
- 568
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 7.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Physics (publishedVersion)
- PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Laser Material Processing Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
- Keywords
- gold nanoparticles, femtosecond laser ablation, laser ablation in liquid, ablation mechanism, particle size distribution, plasmon absorption, biosensing
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