Four-Wave-Mixing Approach to In Situ Detection of Nanoparticles

Gerakis, Alexandros; Yeh, Yao -Wen; Shneider, Mikhail N.; Mitrani, James M.; Stratton, Brentley C.; Raitses, Yevgeny

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.014031

Title: Four-Wave-Mixing Approach to In Situ Detection of Nanoparticles

Journal Article · 29 January 2018 · Physical Review Applied

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.014031 · OSTI ID:1420375

Gerakis, Alexandros ^[1]; Yeh, Yao -Wen ^[2]; Shneider, Mikhail N. ^[2]; Mitrani, James M. ^[1]; Stratton, Brentley C. ^[1]; Raitses, Yevgeny ^[1]

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)

Here, we report on the development and experimental validation of a laser-based technique which uses coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering (CRBS) to detect nanoparticles with characteristic sizes ranging from the atomic scale to tens of nanometers. This technique is aimed (nonexclusively) at the detection of nanoparticles produced by volumetric nanoparticle synthesis methods. Using CRBS, carbon nanoparticles of dimensions less than 10 nm and concentrations of 10¹⁰ cm^–3 are detected in situ in a carbon arc discharge with graphite electrodes. This four-wave-mixing approach should enable advances in the understanding of nanoparticle growth that could potentially lead to improved modeling of the growth mechanisms, and thus to improve synthesis selectivity of nanoparticles and yield.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466

OSTI ID:: 1420375

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1418392

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Vol. 9, Issue 1; ISSN 2331-7019

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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