Characterization of nanoscale clusters fabricated by pulsed laser irradiation of thin Au films

被引:9
作者
Fang, Yi [1 ]
Hou, Yanbing [1 ]
Teng, Feng [1 ]
Lou, Zhidong [1 ]
Tang, Aiwei [1 ]
Zhang, Bo [1 ]
Meng, Lingchuan [1 ]
Ning, Yu [1 ]
Lu, Longfeng [1 ]
机构
[1] Beijing Jiaotong Univ, Key Lab Luminescence & Opt Informat, Minist Educ, Inst Optoelect Technol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
关键词
Au nanoclusters; Pulsed laser irradiation; Extinction curve; SURFACE-PLASMON RESONANCE; GROWTH; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPY; ENHANCEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; CELLS;
D O I
10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.02.090
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The characterization of Au nanoclusters (AuNCs) on indium-tin-oxide (ITO) substrates fabricated by nanosecond pulsed laser irradiations of thin Au films is reported. By several hundreds of pulsed laser irradiations of 2.5 x 10(7) W cm(-2) and 5 x 10(7) W cm(-2) intensity in 1 min, the nanoscale clusters are formed in an ultrafast melting, collecting, growing-up and solidification process of 5, 7.5 and 10 nm Au films. The mean diameter and size distribution of nanoclusters are quantified by the statistical analysis on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images. The melt dynamics and temperature changes of Au film under pulsed laser irradiation are obtained by quantitative evaluation. The extinction spectra of the initial Au films and formed Au nanoclusters on the ITO surface have also been measured. It has been found that the mean diameter, the surface density and extinction spectra of the induced AuNCs are influenced by the thickness of Au films and the laser intensity. The evolutional mechanism of the nanoscale clusters formation is discussed by the comparison on the morphology of the Au films with and without laser irradiations. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:625 / 631
页数:7
相关论文
共 29 条
[1]   HOW CAN A PARTICLE ABSORB MORE THAN THE LIGHT INCIDENT ON IT [J].
BOHREN, CF .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 1983, 51 (04) :323-327
[2]   Design principles for particle plasmon enhanced solar cells [J].
Catchpole, K. R. ;
Polman, A. .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2008, 93 (19)
[3]   Fabrication of sphere-like Au nanoparticles on substrate with laser irradiation and their polarized localized surface plasmon behaviors [J].
Chen, Cheng-Yen ;
Wang, Jyh-Yang ;
Tsai, Fu-Ji ;
Lu, Yen-Cheng ;
Kiang, Yean-Woei ;
Yang, C. C. .
OPTICS EXPRESS, 2009, 17 (16) :14186-14198
[4]   Determining the size and shape dependence of gold nanoparticle uptake into mammalian cells [J].
Chithrani, BD ;
Ghazani, AA ;
Chan, WCW .
NANO LETTERS, 2006, 6 (04) :662-668
[5]   Why gold nanoparticles are more precious than pretty gold: Noble metal surface plasmon resonance and its enhancement of the radiative and nonradiative properties of nanocrystals of different shapes [J].
Eustis, S ;
El-Sayed, MA .
CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS, 2006, 35 (03) :209-217
[6]   Dynamics of ultrathin metal films on amorphous substrates under fast thermal processing [J].
Favazza, Christopher ;
Kalyanaraman, Ramki ;
Sureshkumar, Radhakrishna .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 2007, 102 (10)
[7]   Matter of age: growing anisotropic gold nanocrystals in organic media [J].
Gaikwad, Anil V. ;
Verschuren, Peter ;
Kinge, Sachin ;
Rothenberg, Gadi ;
Eiser, Erika .
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2008, 10 (07) :951-956
[8]  
Gennes P., 2003, CAPILLARITY WETTING, DOI [DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-21656-0, 10.1007/978-0-387-21656-0]
[9]   A localized surface plasmon resonance biosensor: First steps toward an assay for Alzheimer's disease [J].
Haes, AJ ;
Hall, WP ;
Chang, L ;
Klein, WL ;
Van Duyne, RP .
NANO LETTERS, 2004, 4 (06) :1029-1034
[10]   A nanoscale optical blosensor: Sensitivity and selectivity of an approach based on the localized surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy of triangular silver nanoparticles [J].
Haes, AJ ;
Van Duyne, RP .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2002, 124 (35) :10596-10604