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Metal and Alloy Nanoparticles Formed by Laser-Induced Nucleation Method

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Tightly focused high-energy femtosecond pulsed laser can create an intense optical field near the focal point. When this intense optical field is formed in the aqueous solution, solvated electrons and radicals are generated by laser-induced photochemical decomposition of water molecules. Due to the strong reducing power of solvated electrons, metal ions in the solution are reduced to form nanoparticles (NPs). In addition, sequential pulsed-laser irradiation causes fragmentation of the formed NPs similar to a scheme of pulsed-laser ablation in liquid, in which the surface of the NPs is negatively charged, resulting in a stable colloidal suspension of NPs without the addition of dispersants. We named this laser-induced physicochemical NP synthesis method as laser-induced nucleation method. By utilizing this technique, we have succeeded in fabricating not only various noble metal NPs but also solid-solution alloy NPs, which are difficult to fabricate by conventional thermal equilibrium methods due to their immiscible nature. The constituent elements in alloy NPs are the uniformly distributed, and the elemental composition reflects the mixing ratio of the ions in the solution. In this chapter, the reactions in the laser-induced NP formation and some examples for metal and solid-solution alloy NPs produced by the laser-induced nucleation method are introduced.

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    Takahiro Nakamura

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  1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

    Yoshie Ishikawa

  2. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Takahiro Nakamura

  3. >National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Takasaki, Japan

    Morihisa Saeki

  4. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

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  5. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan

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  6. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan

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  7. Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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Nakamura, T. (2022). Metal and Alloy Nanoparticles Formed by Laser-Induced Nucleation Method. In: Ishikawa, Y., et al. High-Energy Chemistry and Processing in Liquids. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7798-4_2

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