Tuning of the characteristics of Au nanoparticles produced by solid target laser ablation into water by changing the irradiation parameters

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 937-943

  Kalyva, Maria ^a   Bertoni, Giovanni ^a   Milionis, Athanasios ^a   Cingolani, Roberto ^a   Athanassiou, Athanassia ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colloidal solution; Gold nanoparticles; Laser ablation; Plasmon resonance absorption; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DEIONIZED WATER; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LASER PULSES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TUNING; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

AU NANOPARTICLE; AVERAGE SIZE; COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IRRADIATION PARAMETERS; LASERS ABLATIONS; PLASMON RESONANCE ABSORPTION; SIZE AND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLID TARGETS;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 78649455235     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20868     Document Type: Article

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