Bimodal Nanoparticle Size Distributions Produced by Laser Ablation of Microparticles in Aerosols

Silver nanoparticles were produced by laser ablation of a continuously flowing aerosol of microparticles in nitrogen at varying laser fluences. Transmission electron micrographs were analyzed to determine the effect of laser fluence on the nanoparticle size distribution. These distributions exhibited bimodality with a large number of particles in a mode at small sizes (3–6-nm) and a second, less populated mode at larger sizes (11–16-nm). Both modes shifted to larger sizes with increasing laser fluence, with the small size mode shifting by 35% and the larger size mode by 25% over a fluence range of 0.3–4.2-J/cm². Size histograms for each mode were found to be well represented by log-normal distributions. The distribution of mass displayed a striking shift from the large to the small size mode with increasing laser fluence. These results are discussed in terms of a model of nanoparticle formation from two distinct laser–solid interactions. Initially, laser vaporization of material from the surface leads to condensation of nanoparticles in the ambient gas. Material evaporation occurs until the plasma breakdown threshold of the microparticles is reached, generating a shock wave that propagates through the remaining material. Rapid condensation of the vapor in the low-pressure region occurs behind the traveling shock wave. Measurement of particle size distributions versus gas pressure in the ablation region, as well as, versus microparticle feedstock size confirmed the assignment of the larger size mode to surface-vaporization and the smaller size mode to shock-formed nanoparticles.     

Evaluation of Morphology and Size Distribution of Silicon and Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles Generated by Laser Ablation

Nanometer-sized particles of silicon and titanium oxide were generated by irradiating solid targets using a nanosecond pulsed-Nd : YAG laser in a low pressure atmosphere. A low pressure differential mobility analyzer (LP-DMA) was used to classify the size of the generated particles. The LP-DMA and electron microscopes (SEM and TEM) were used to measure the change in the size distribution and morphology of the generated particles with laser power density and system pressure. The size distribution of both silicon and titanium oxide ranged from two to one hundred nanometers in diameter depending on the laser power density and pressure. From the high resolution TEM observation and electron diffraction, it was found that the generated titanium oxide nanoparticles were composed of a core of faceted metallic single crystals with an oxide layer 'shell.     

Synthesis of Nanometer Glass and Crystal Particles by Excimer Laser Ablation

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Ar环境下脉冲激光烧蚀粒子阻尼系数的空间分布

在10 Pa的Ar环境气体中,采用脉冲激光烧蚀技术,分别在半径为2.0,2.5,3.0,3.5和4.0 cm的半圆环不同角度处的衬底上制备了一系列含有纳米晶粒的Si晶薄膜。使用扫描电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪和拉曼光谱仪对其表面形貌和微观结构进行分析表征。结果表明,纳米Si晶粒的平均尺寸和烧蚀粒子的阻尼系数均相对于羽辉轴向呈对称分布,并随着与羽辉轴向夹角的增大而减小;同时,随着衬底半径的增加,晶粒平均尺寸和阻尼系数均逐渐减小。     

Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation

This review concerns nanoparticles collected in the form of nanopowder or a colloidal solution by laser ablating a solid target that lies in a gaseous or a liquid environment. The paper discusses the advantages of the method as compared with other methods for nanoparticle synthesis, outlines the factors on which the properties of the produced nanoparticles depend, explains the mechanisms and models involved in the generation of nanoparticles by laser ablation, clarifies the differences between nanoparticle generation in gaseous and liquid environments, presents some experimental desigins and equipment used by the several groups for nanoparticle generation by laser ablation, describes the techniques used for “tuning” the width of the nanoparticles size distribution, and finally presents a few interesting examples of nanoparticles generated by laser ablation.     

靶结构对烧蚀模式激光推进效应影响的数值模拟

 强激光辐照于固体平面靶产生高温、高压等离子体喷射,进而对固体靶产生力学推进效应,这是烧蚀模式激光推进的基本原理。采用针对高温气体（等离子体）电离度的一种近似计算方法,以及具有五阶精度的广义Godunov差分格式-加权本质无振荡格式WENO（Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory Schemes）,对强激光烧蚀固体靶产生等离子体喷射推进效应进行数值模拟。计算了固体靶面横向尺寸与激光光斑大小对推进效应影响的耦合关系,以及不同靶面结构烧蚀压力随时间的变化及其推进效应参数变化。数值模拟结果表明,靶面横向尺寸与光斑大小具有最优耦合值;固体靶面增加约束喷管结构对激光推进效应明显增大,并且随着约束喷管位置的不同,对激光推进效应增大的影响也有较大差异。     

飞秒激光烧蚀合成Y_2O_3∶Pr~(3+),Yb~(3+)上转换发光材料

利用飞秒激光烧蚀方法合成了Y2O3∶Pr3+,Yb3+纳米颗粒并对其上转换发光性质进行了研究。对合成产物的形貌分析显示,在一定的激光烧蚀功率密度下,即可制备出小尺寸的纳米颗粒,提高激光功率密度可以得到更高的纳米颗粒产量,所获得的纳米颗粒尺寸小于50 nm。荧光测试结果表明,Y2O3∶Pr3+,Yb3+纳米颗粒具有510 nm为中心的上转换发光带,上转换发光随纳米颗粒数量的增加而增强。     

长脉冲高能激光对金属靶材烧蚀实验研究

为研究长脉冲高能激光与金属靶材相互作用的机理,使用2种激光器对铝、钢、铜和钛靶材进行烧蚀试验。记录靶材穿透时的激光轰击次数,测量穿过通孔的激光能量和孔的面积,得到不同材料在不同能量密度下的烧蚀率。实验表明：能量密度低的激光束,即使对靶材可能有烧蚀作用,它的烧蚀率要比能量密度高的激光束小很多。能量密度达到造成液态质量迁移条件的长脉冲激光,可获得较大的烧蚀率和截面积较大的通孔。     

Synthesis of Nano-Cadmium Sulfide by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid Environment

A pulsed laser-assisted in liquid environment method has been developed successfully to synthesize size-tunable (5–12 nm) and different shapes (sphere, rod, rope) of nano II–VI semiconductor (cadmium sulfide). This method can be carried out in two ways; the first one is the top-down technique, which has been discussed in publications in the last few decades, and the other one is the bottom-up technique, which appears for the first time in this paper. X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy confirm that the nanoparticles are crystalline. The methods lead to the production of nanomaterials, which are important for photonics and biosensing applications. Both synthesized methods can be applied in all materials because of their ability to ablate almost all kinds of materials due to the ultrahigh energy density and control over the growth process by manipulating the process parameters such as intensity, wavelength, and so on.     

聚四氟乙烯材料表面激光改性与刻蚀

利用波长为248 nm的准分子激光束在不同激光能量密度下照射聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)材料的表面,并用扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、拉曼(Raman)光谱等手段对激光处理前后样品的表面形貌、化学成分和结构进行测量和分析,进而对激光与聚四氟乙烯相互作用的机理进行了研究。实验结果表明,激光辐照使聚四氟乙烯表面产生去氟效应,导致表面碳化、分子链的交联以及含氧基团的产生,随着激光能量密度的增加,C=C双键逐渐形成。这些结构的变化可以导致表面硬度和粘结性增强。激光能量密度的大小对照射后样品表面的物理性质和化学结构有着重要的影响,它是聚合物表面激光改性和烧蚀的关键因素。     

Nd：YAG激光器切割金刚石膜的特性研究

采用Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器对金刚石膜进行切割，研究了激光器在不同输出功率下切割金刚石膜的速率和切割深度与时间的关系，以及Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器切割的金刚石膜在成份和形状上的变化特点，给出了比较理想的切割工艺条件。     

308nm准分子激光对C60薄膜的刻蚀特性研究

测量在空气和真空中３０８ｎｍ准分子激光对Ｃ６０薄膜的刻蚀速率和刻蚀阈值，讨论了环境中氧气对刻蚀特性的影响。     

A New Synthetical Model of High-Power Pulsed Laser Ablation

We develop a new synthetical model of high-power pulsed laser ablation, which considers the dynamic absorptance, vaporization, and plasma shielding. And the corresponding heat conduction equations with the initial and boundary conditions are given. The numerical solutions are obtained under the reasonable technical parameter conditions by taking YBa2CusO7 target for example. The space-dependence and time-dependence of temperature in target at a certain laser fluence are presented, then, the transmitted intensity through plasma plume, space-dependence of temperature and ablation rate for different laser fluences are significantly analyzed. As a result, the satisfactorily good agreement between our numerical results and experimental results indicates that the influences of the dynamic absorptance, vaporization, and plasma shielding cannot be neglected. Taking all the three mechanisms above simultaneously into account for the first time, we cause the present model to be more practical.     

A Study on Yttrium Containing Fullerene YC＿（82） Using Laser Ablation Mass Spectroscopy

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A New Synthetical Model of High-Power Pulsed Laser Ablation

We develop a new synthetical model of high-power pulsed laser ablation, which considers the dynamic absorptance, vaporization, and plasma shielding. And the corresponding heat conduction equations with the initial and boundary conditions are given. The numerical solutions are obtained under the reasonable technical parameter conditions by taking YBa₂Cu₃O₇ target for example. The space-dependence and time-dependence of temperature in target at a certain laser fluence are presented, then, the transmitted intensity through plasma plume, space-dependence of temperature and ablation rate for different laser fluences are significantly analyzed. As a result, the satisfactorily good agreement between our numerical results and experimental results indicates that the influences of the dynamic absorptance, vaporization, and plasma shielding cannot be neglected. Taking all the three mechanisms above simultaneously into account for the first time, we cause the present model to be more practical.     

脉冲激光诱导Cu靶产生发光羽的特性分析

通过在不同的环境气压下拍摄脉冲激光烧蚀金属Cu诱导产生的发光羽,获取了不同区域具有不同颜色特征的发光羽照片.结果发现:发光羽的颜色随环境气压的改变而变化.采用空间分辨光谱技术,测定了激光诱导金属Cu靶产生发光羽辐射强度的空间分布,以及不同烧蚀环境气压对发光羽辐射强度的影响.研究了脉冲激光烧蚀Cu表面诱导发光的动力学过程,建立了可能的发光羽分区模型,对发光羽的不同区域发光粒子的激发机理进行了探讨,并用之定性地解释了所观察的实验现象.结果分析表明:脉冲激光诱导Cu产生的发光羽可以分为三个区域,不同区域的发光机理不同,Cu原子和Cu离子的激发机理不完全相同.     

Laser ion source activities at Brookhaven National Laboratory

In Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), we have been developing laser ion sources for diverse accelerators. Tabletop Nd:YAG lasers with up to several Joules of energy are mainly used to create ablation plasmas for stable operations. The obtained charge states depend on laser power density and target species. Two types of ion extraction schemes, direct plasma injection scheme (DPIS) and conventional static extraction, are used depending on the application. We optimized and selected a suitable laser irradiation condition and a beam extraction scheme to meet the requirement of the following accelerator system. We have demonstrated to accelerate more than 5?×?10¹⁰ of C⁶⁺ ions using the DPIS. We successfully commissioned a low-charge ion beam provider to the user facilities in BNL. To achieve higher current, higher charge state and lower emittance, further studies will continue.     

激光烧蚀金属表面产生的发射光谱分析

用观测时间和空间分辨发射光谱的方法研究了脉冲激光烧蚀金属铝靶过程中产生的等离子体羽的特性，计算了其膨胀速度，讨论了大气中等离子体点燃的机制。     

低真空下紫外激光烧蚀铜诱导发光的机理

采用时间与空间分辨的光谱测量技术,测量了在低真空下XeCl紫外激光烧蚀金属Cu诱导产生等离子体发光羽的发射光谱随时间和空间的强度分布,利用快速同步照相的方法获得了发光羽的相片,结果发现发光羽的不同区域有不同的颜色特征。根据实验结果建立了非常可能的激光烧蚀诱导发光的理论模型,认为不同区域的主要发光机理不同,连续辐射背景光来自近靶处高能电子的运动而产生的轫致辐射;原子线的产生来自电子碰撞传能以及电子与离子的复合激发;离子线的产生来自电子与离子碰撞传能激发。此模型不仅能解释单一激发模型所能解释的实验现象,而且还能够很好地解释单一模型所不能解释的实验现象,低真空下紫外激光烧蚀铜诱导发光的机理与常压下相似,在此实验条件下可以更准确地揭示诱导发光的机理。     

激光烧蚀-双光束二极管激光原子吸收光谱法测定固体样品中的铀同位素比

以两个二极管激光作为光源 ,采用激光烧蚀 双光束二极管激光原子吸收光谱法测定了2 3 5U/ 2 3 8U同位素比。实验对用于样品烧蚀的Nd :YAG激光聚焦点位置进行了优化 ,在同时满足一定原子化程度和较高2 3 5U 6 82 6 736nm信背比的原则下 ,选择了聚焦点位置低于样品表面 0 4cm作为分析条件。测量2 3 5U/ 2 3 8U同位素比的精密度和准确度分别为 5 %和 2 % ,2 3 5U检测限为 18μg·g-1。结果表明 ,双光束检测法能消除激光烧蚀脉冲间信号波动对测量重现性的影响 ,比早先报道的单光束检测法在精密度和准确度上有了很大的改善