Laser-driven phase transitions in aqueous colloidal gold nanoparticles under high pressure: picosecond pump–probe study

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 4994-5004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuichi Hashimoto ◽  
Tetsuro Katayama ◽  
Kenji Setoura ◽  
Michael Strasser ◽  
Takayuki Uwada ◽  
...  

Pulsed-laser illumination of aqueous gold colloids under high pressure enables evaporation from liquid droplets surrounded by a supercritical water layer.

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1266-1269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P. Gulka ◽  
Alexis C. Wong ◽  
David W. Wright

The mechanism behind self-assembly and disassembly of gold colloids driven by addition of a phosphonium was characterized using 31P NMR.


Langmuir ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (31) ◽  
pp. 9504-9513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuro Katayama ◽  
Kenji Setoura ◽  
Daniel Werner ◽  
Hiroshi Miyasaka ◽  
Shuichi Hashimoto

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (17) ◽  
pp. 10796-10803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Schürmann ◽  
Ilko Bald

The kinetics of adsorption and photofragmentation of DNA nucleobase analogues on gold nanoparticles is evaluated towards an improvement of cancer photothermal therapy.


2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (7) ◽  
pp. 1518-1423
Author(s):  
Adina Turcu Stiolica ◽  
Mariana Popescu ◽  
Maria Viorica Bubulica ◽  
Carmen Nicoleta Oancea ◽  
Claudiu Nicolicescu ◽  
...  

Gold nanoparticles are considered the newest drug carriers for different diseases. Therefore it is appropriate continuous optimization of their preparation. In this study, gold colloids with an average size of 1 - 26 nm were obtained by the reduction of tetrachloroauric acid with trisodium citrate. The nanomaterials were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering technique. In addition, zeta potential was measured for samples synthesized in order to determine the stability of the colloids. A Two-level Full Factorial design was chosen to determine the optimum set of process parameters (chloroauric acid concentration and sodium citrate concentration) and their effect on various gold nanoparticles characteristics (size and zeta potential). These effects were quantified using Design of Experiments (DoE) with 5 runs and 1 centerpoint. The selected objective and process model in this investigation are screening and interaction. Findings from this research show that to obtain particles larger than 35 nm, it is recommended to increase sodium citrate concentration, at low chloroauric acid values. These conditions will help to achieve smaller zeta potential, too.


Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Akun Liang ◽  
Robin Turnbull ◽  
Enrico Bandiello ◽  
Ibraheem Yousef ◽  
Catalin Popescu ◽  
...  

We report the first high-pressure spectroscopy study on Zn(IO3)2 using synchrotron far-infrared radiation. Spectroscopy was conducted up to pressures of 17 GPa at room temperature. Twenty-five phonons were identified below 600 cm−1 for the initial monoclinic low-pressure polymorph of Zn(IO3)2. The pressure response of the modes with wavenumbers above 150 cm−1 has been characterized, with modes exhibiting non-linear responses and frequency discontinuities that have been proposed to be related to the existence of phase transitions. Analysis of the high-pressure spectra acquired on compression indicates that Zn(IO3)2 undergoes subtle phase transitions around 3 and 8 GPa, followed by a more drastic transition around 13 GPa.


1996 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Gu ◽  
Sizu Fu ◽  
Jiang Wu ◽  
Songyu Yu ◽  
Yuanlong Ni ◽  
...  

The experimental progress of laser equation of state (EOS) studies at Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma (SILP) is discussed in this paper. With a unique focal system, the uniformity of the laser illumination on the target surface is improved and a laser-driven shock wave with good spatial planarity is obtained. With an inclined aluminum target plane, the stability of shock waves are studied, and the corresponding thickness range of the target of laser-driven shock waves propagating steadily are given. The shock adiabats of Cu, Fe, SiO2 are experimentally measured. The pressure in the material is heightened remarkably with the flyer increasing pressure, and the effect of the increasing pressure is observed. Also, the high-pressure shock wave is produced and recorded in the experimentation of indirect laser-driven shock waves with the hohlraum target.


2001 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 941-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hirano ◽  
S. Uehara ◽  
A. Mori ◽  
A. Onodera ◽  
K. Takemura ◽  
...  

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