Silicon nanoparticles generated by femtosecond laser ablation in a liquid environment

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 573-580

  Semaltianos, N G ^a   Logothetidis, S ^a   Perrie, W ^b   Romani, S ^b   Potter, R J ^b   Edwardson, S P ^b   French, P ^c   Sharp, M ^c   Dearden, G ^b   Watkins, K G ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser ablation; Raman spectroscopy; Silicon nanoparticles; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DEIONIZED WATER; LASER ABLATION; NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; LOG-NORMAL FUNCTIONS; MEDIAN DIAMETERS; NANOPARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PHONON QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; SILICON NANOPARTICLES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 77953590973     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9625-y     Document Type: Article

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