Generation of stable colloidal gold nanoparticles by ultrashort laser-induced melting and fragmentation

Materials Research Express

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Vasa, Parinda ^a   Sharma, Rahul ^a   Singh, Mamraj ^a   Dharmadhikari, Aditya K ^b   Dharmadhikari, Jayashree A ^c   Mathur, Deepak ^b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Laser induced fragmentation and melting; Narrow size distributions

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; IRRADIATION; MELTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PUMPING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

COLLOIDAL GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; LASER INDUCED; LASER PARAMETERS; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POTENTIAL UTILITY; PUMP LASER WAVELENGTH;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84953270408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/1/3/035028     Document Type: Article

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