The fabrication of periodic metal nanodot arrays through pulsed laser melting induced fragmentation of metal nanogratings

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 28, 2009, Pages

  Xia, Qiangfei ^a   Chou, Stephen Y ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MELTING; LIQUID CYLINDERS; METAL NANO DOTS; NANO-DOT ARRAYS; NANO-GRATINGS; NANODOTS; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PULSED LASER; RAYLEIGH INSTABILITY; SUBSTRATE SURFACE;

EXCIMER LASERS; GAS LASERS; LASER PULSES; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SMELTING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

METAL MELTING;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT; TIN; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HEATING; LASER; LIQUID; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 67651202066     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/28/285310     Document Type: Article

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