Classification and characterization of gold and nickel nanoparticles with a differential mobility analyzer

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-215

  Naono, Yasutomo ^a   Kawabata, Sayuri ^a   Huh, Seung H ^a   Nakajima, Atsushi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential mobility analyzer; Gold; Laser ablation; Magnetism; Nanoparticles; Nickel; Size selection

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERROMAGNETISM; GOLD; INERT GASES; LASER ABLATION; MAGNETISM; NICKEL;

BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZER; NANOPARTICLES; SIZE SELECTION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33645880140     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stam.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Valden M., Lai X., and Goodman D.W. Onset of catalytic activity of gold clusters on titania with the appearance of nonmetallic properties. Science 281 (1998) 1647-1650
2. Inoue M., and Ohtaka K. Surface enhanced Raman scattering by metal spheres I: cluster effect. J. Phys. Soc. Jpn 52 (1983) 3853-3864
3. Empedocles S.A., and Bawendi M.G. Quantum-confined stark effect in single CdSe nanocrystallite quantum dots. Science 278 (1997) 2114-2117
4. Takeoka S., Fujii M., and Hayashi S. Size-dependent photoluminescence from surface-oxidized Si nanocrystals in a weak confinement regime. Phys. Rev. B 62 (2000) 16820-16825
5. Pascual J.I., Mendez J., Gomez-Herrero J., Baro A.M., Garcia N., Landman U., Luedtke W.D., Bogachek E.N., and Cheng H.-P. Properties of metallic nanowires: from conductance quantization to localization. Science 267 (1995) 1793-1795
6. In: Harberland H. (Ed). Clusters of Atoms and Molecules I, and of Atoms and Molecules II (1994), Springer, Berlin
7. Billas I.M.L., Châtelain A., and de Heer W.A. Magnetism from the atom to the bulk in iron, cobalt, and nickel clusters. Science 265 (1994) 1682-1684
8. Huh S.H., Kim H.K., Park J.W., and Lee G.H. Critical cluster size of metallic Cr and Mo nanoclusters. Phys. Rev. B 62 (2000) 2937-2943
9. Morales A.M., and Lieber C.M. A laser ablation method for the synthesis of crystalline semiconductor nanowires. Science 279 (1998) 208-211
10. Lee S.-M., Cho S.-N., and Cheon J. Anisotropic shape control of colloidal inorganic nanocrystals. Adv. Mater. 15 (2003) 441-444
11. Knutson E.O., and Whitby K.T. Aerosol classification by electric mobility: apparatus, theory, and applications. J. Aerosol Sci. 6 (1975) 443-451
12. Seto T., Nakamoto T., Okuyama K., Adachi M., Kuga Y., and Takeuchi K. Size distribution measurement of nanometer-sized aerosol particles using DMA under low-pressure conditions. J. Aerosol Sci. 28 (1997) 193-206
13. Seto T., Kawakami Y., Suzuki N., Hirasawa M., and Aya N. Laser synthesis of uniform silicon single nanodots. Nano Lett. 1 (2001) 315-318
14. Orii T., Hirasawa M., Seto T., Aya N., and Onari S. Temperature dependence of photoluminescence from mono-dispersed Si nanoparticles. Eur. Phys. J. D 24 (2003) 119-122
15. Sakiyama K., Koga K., Seto T., Hirasawa M., and Orii T. Formation of size-selected Ni/NiO core-shell particles by pulsed laser ablation. J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (2004) 523-529
16. Kuga Y., Okauchi K., Takeda D., Ohira Y., and Ando K. Classification performance of a low pressure differential mobility analyzer for nanometer-sized particles. J. Nanopart. Res. 3 (2001) 175-183
17. Davies C.N. Definitive equations for the fluid resistance of spheres. Proc. Phys. Soc. 57 (1945) 259-270
18. Granqvist C.G., and Buhrman R.A. Ultrafine metal particles. J. Appl. Phys. 47 (1976) 2200
19. Kawakami Y., Ozawa E., and Seto T. Synthesis, classification and reshaping of gold nanoparticles. Trans. Mater. Res. Soc. Jpn 27 (2002) 169-172
20. Jarrold M.F., and Constant V.A. Silicon cluster ions: evidence for a structural transition. Phys. Rev. Lett. 67 (1991) 2994-2997
21. von Helden G., Hsu M.-T., Kemper P.R., and Bowers M.T. Structures of carbon cluster ions from 3 to 60 atoms: linear to rings to fullerenes. J. Chem. Phys. 95 (1991) 3835-3837
22. Shvartsburg A.A., and Jarrold M.F. An exact hard-spheres scattering model for the mobilities of polyatomic ions. Chem. Phys. Lett. 261 (1996) 86-91
23. Amekura H., Fudamoto Y., Takeda Y., and Kishimoto N. Curie transition of superparamagnetic nickel nanoparticles in silica glass: a phase transition in a finite size system. Phys. Rev. B 71 (2005) 172404-172414