Laser-assisted fabrication of gold nanoparticle-composed structures embedded in borosilicate glass

• Nikolay Nedyalkov,
• Mihaela Koleva,
• Nadya Stankova,
• Rosen Nikov,
• Mitsuhiro Terakawa,
• Yasutaka Nakajima,
• Lyubomir Aleksandrov and
• Reni Iordanova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2454–2463, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.244

• oscillating in the UV [18] but more often by femtosecond lasers [15][16][17][22]. Nanosecond laser irradiation has rarely been reported as a source of metal reduction in glasses [23]. The studies cited indicated that the performance, i.e., the optimal process conditions, depends strongly on the glass type and

The role of morphology and coupling of gold nanoparticles in optical breakdown during picosecond pulse exposures

• Yevgeniy R. Davletshin and
• J. Carl Kumaradas

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 869–880, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.79

• ]) since the photon energy at this time-scale is transferred to the electrons in the gold nanoparticle and diffusion is minimized [39][40]. The gold nanoparticles therefore retain their optical properties during LIB with pulses shorter than 10 ps. Compared to femtosecond lasers, ultrashort picosecond

Current state of laser synthesis of metal and alloy nanoparticles as ligand-free reference materials for nano-toxicological assays

• Christoph Rehbock,
• Jurij Jakobi,
• Lisa Gamrad,
• Selina van der Meer,
• Daniela Tiedemann,
• Ulrike Taylor,
• Wilfried Kues,
• Detlef Rath and
• Stephan Barcikowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1523–1541, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.165

• resulting nanoparticles. However they are limited to femtosecond lasers, have a comparably low productivity, and requires a two-step process. The second strategy involves direct PLAL from the corresponding alloy targets [28][139] an approach adapted to fabricate AuAg alloy nanoparticles in a flow-through

Challenges in realizing ultraflat materials surfaces

• Takashi Yatsui,
• Wataru Nomura,
• Fabrice Stehlin,
• Olivier Soppera,
• Makoto Naruse and
• Motoichi Ohtsu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 875–885, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.99

• laser power density of approx. 1 W·cm−2 was 1015 times smaller than that associated with multi-photon processes using ultra-short pulse (femtosecond) lasers [35]. Therefore, the DPP etching process cannot be attributed to conventional multi-photon excitation processes [36]. A comparison of atomic force

Substrate-mediated effects in photothermal patterning of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers with microfocused continuous-wave lasers

• Anja Schröter,
• Mark Kalus and
• Nils Hartmann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 65–74, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.8

• substrate on the overall patterning process and provide new perspectives in photothermal laser patterning of ultrathin organic coatings. Keywords: femtosecond lasers; nonlinear laser processing; self-assembled monolayers; subwavelength patterning; ultrathin resists; Introduction In the past decades, self