From Nanocrystal Synthesis to Nanomanufacturing: Laser Ablation in Liquid

2012 ◽  
pp. 879-970
Keyword(s):  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Laser Ablation In Liquid ◽  
Nanocrystal Synthesis

scholarly journals Short-Pulse Lasers: A Versatile Tool in Creating Novel Nano-/Micro-Structures and Compositional Analysis for Healthcare and Wellbeing Challenges

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 712
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al-Kattan ◽  
David Grojo ◽  
Christophe Drouet ◽  
Alexandros Mouskeftaras ◽  
Philippe Delaporte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Surface Engineering ◽  
Short Pulse ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Compositional Analysis ◽  
Periodic Patterns ◽  
Laser Ablation In Liquid ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Direct Laser ◽  
Contact Free

Driven by flexibility, precision, repeatability and eco-friendliness, laser-based technologies have attracted great interest to engineer or to analyze materials in various fields including energy, environment, biology and medicine. A major advantage of laser processing relies on the ability to directly structure matter at different scales and to prepare novel materials with unique physical and chemical properties. It is also a contact-free approach that makes it possible to work in inert or reactive liquid or gaseous environment. This leads today to a unique opportunity for designing, fabricating and even analyzing novel complex bio-systems. To illustrate this potential, in this paper, we gather our recent research on four types of laser-based methods relevant for nano-/micro-scale applications. First, we present and discuss pulsed laser ablation in liquid, exploited today for synthetizing ultraclean “bare” nanoparticles attractive for medicine and tissue engineering applications. Second, we discuss robust methods for rapid surface and bulk machining (subtractive manufacturing) at different scales by laser ablation. Among them, the microsphere-assisted laser surface engineering is detailed for its appropriateness to design structured substrates with hierarchically periodic patterns at nano-/micro-scale without chemical treatments. Third, we address the laser-induced forward transfer, a technology based on direct laser printing, to transfer and assemble a multitude of materials (additive structuring), including biological moiety without alteration of functionality. Finally, the fourth method is about chemical analysis: we present the potential of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, providing a unique tool for contact-free and space-resolved elemental analysis of organic materials. Overall, we present and discuss the prospect and complementarity of emerging reliable laser technologies, to address challenges in materials’ preparation relevant for the development of innovative multi-scale and multi-material platforms for bio-applications.

scholarly journals Template-free, single step preparation of hollow Coo nano spheres using pulsed laser ablation in liquid environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 103317
Author(s):  
Muidh Alheshibri ◽  
Sultan Akhtar ◽  
Abbad Al Baroot ◽  
Khaled Elsayed ◽  
Hassan S Al Qahtani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Pulsed Laser Ablation ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Laser Ablation In Liquid ◽  
Liquid Environment ◽  
Template Free

scholarly journals Synthesis of gold, platinum, and gold-platinum alloy nanoparticle colloids with high-power megahertz-repetition-rate lasers: the importance of the beam guidance method

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich Waag ◽  
René Streubel ◽  
Bilal Gökce ◽  
Stephan Barcikowski
Keyword(s):  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Noble Metals ◽  
Saline Water ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Laser Ablation In Liquid ◽  
Platinum Alloy ◽  
Lower Productivity ◽  
Pattern Length ◽  
Scan Pattern ◽  
Gold Platinum

AbstractNanoparticles of noble metals and their alloys are of particular interest for biomedicine and catalysis applications. The method of laser ablation of bulk metals in liquids gives facile access to such particles as  high-purity colloids and is already used in industrial research. However, the method still lacks sufficient productivity for industrial implementation into series production. The use of innovative laser technology may help to further disseminate this colloid synthesis method in the near future. Ultrashort-pulsed lasers with high powers and megahertz-repetition-rates became available recently, but place high demands on the accurate optical laser pulse delivery on the target. Full lateral pulse separation is necessary to avoid a reduction of nanoparticle productivity due to pulse shielding. In this study, we compare flexible but rather slow galvanometer scanning with much faster but more expensive polygon-wheel scanning in their performance in the production of colloidal nanoparticles by laser ablation in liquid. Both beam guidance technologies are applied in the laser ablation of gold, platinum, and a gold-rich platinum alloy in micromolar saline water. We found that the dimensions of the scan pattern are crucial. A threshold pattern length exists, at which one scan technology becomes more productive than the other one. In addition, a much lower productivity was found for the ablation of gold compared to that of platinum. Alloying gold with only 10 at.% of platinum improved the productivity nearly to the level of platinum, reaching 8.3 g/h.

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