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Single laser pulse effects on suspended-Au-nanoparticle size distributions and morphology

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Author(s)

Richard E. Cavicchi, Douglas C. Meier, Cary Presser, Suvajyoti S. Guha

Abstract

Samples of suspended gold nanoparticles in the diameter range 10 nm to 100 nm were subjected to a single 7 ns pulse from a 532 nm laser to determine the effects of laser power on particle size distribution, mean size, and morphology. The experimental techniques used were dynamic light scattering (DLS), electrospray-dynamic mass analysis (ES-DMA) which provides particle size distributions, ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-VIS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). For 60 nm particles, a laser pulse of 10 mJ/cm2 was sufficient to produce observable changes. In the range 10 mJ/cm2 – 72 mJ/cm2 DLS indicated very little change in mean particle size, but a more than threefold reduction in the polydispersity index (significantly tightened distribution) and a decrease in scattering intensity. TEM showed that the particles became highly spherical and that there was a growing population of particles
Citation
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume
117

Keywords

nanoparticles, gold, laser ablation, transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, differential mobility analysis, ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy

Citation

Cavicchi, R. , Meier, D. , Presser, C. and Guha, S. (2013), Single laser pulse effects on suspended-Au-nanoparticle size distributions and morphology, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=912928 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created April 30, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017