The influence of thin film grain size on the size of nanoparticles generated during UV femtosecond laser ablation of thin gold films

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 278, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-91

  Haustrup, N ^a   O'Connor, G M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser ablation; Gold; Grain; Microstructure; Nanoparticles; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEPOSITION RATES; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; GOLD; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SAPPHIRE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

ABLATION THRESHOLDS; FABRICATION METHOD; FILM GRAIN; FILM MICROSTRUCTURES; NANOPARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE SETS; THIN GOLD FILM; THIN-FILM GRAIN;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84878550281     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.10.201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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