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Luminescent amorphous silicon carbide ultrafine nanoparticles fabricated by pulsed-laser ablation

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Bulk quantities of amorphous silicon carbide(SiC) ultrafine nanoparticles have been prepared via pulsed-laser ablation on a polished 3C–SiC polycrystalline target immersed in de-ionized water. The diameter of the nanoparticles is ~10 ± 2.0 nm. The surface of the nanoparticles binds to the –H and –OH groups in water, suggesting that the ultrafine nanoparticles are hydrophilic. A direct band gap energy of 5.3 eV and an indirect band gap energy of 2.4 eV were determined via the ultraviolet–visible absorption characterization, which implies that the nanoparticles are of SiC. As excited at 320 nm, the suspension exhibited strong and stable violet emissions centered at 430 nm.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support by the Natural Science Foundation of Education Department of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant Nos.12KJB140012 and 14KJB510036).

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    Jun Zhu, Shan Hu, Wei Wang, Wei-wei **a, Hai-tao Chen & **ao-bing Chen

  2. National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nan**g University, Nan**g, 210093, People’s Republic of China

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Zhu, J., Hu, S., Wang, W. et al. Luminescent amorphous silicon carbide ultrafine nanoparticles fabricated by pulsed-laser ablation. Appl. Phys. A 123, 244 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-0888-3

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