Study on the productivity of silicon nanoparticles by picosecond laser ablation in water: Towards gram per hour yield

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 3117-3127

  Intartaglia, Romuald ^a   Bagga, Komal ^a   Brandi, Fernando ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

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EID: 84893967209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.003117     Document Type: Article

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