Ultra-Fast High-Precision Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis using Laser-Accelerated Protons
Abstract
Laser-driven proton acceleration, as produced during the interaction of a high-intensity (I > 1 × 1018 W/cm2), short pulse (<1 ps) laser with a solid target, is a prosperous field of endeavor for manifold applications in different domains, including astrophysics, biomedicine and materials science. These emerging applications benefit from the unique features of the laser-accelerated particles such as short duration, intense flux and energy versatility, which allow obtaining unprecedented temperature and pressure conditions. In this paper, we show that laser-driven protons are perfectly suited for producing, in a single sub-ns laser pulse, metallic nanocrystals with tunable diameter ranging from tens to hundreds of nm and very high precision. Our method relies on the intense and very quick proton energy deposition, which induces in a bulk material an explosive boiling and produces nanocrystals that aggregate in a plasma plume composed by atoms detached from the proton-irradiated surface. The properties of the obtained particles depend on the deposited proton energy and on the duration of the thermodynamical process. Suitably controlling the irradiated dose allows fabricating nanocrystals of a specific size with low polydispersity that can easily be isolated in order to obtain a monodisperse nanocrystal solution. Molecular Dynamics simulations confirm our experimentalmore »
- Authors:
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- EMT Research Center, Varennes, Quebec (Canada). Institut National de la Recherche Scientifque (INRS)
- ENEA, Rome (Italy)
- EMT Research Center, Varennes, Quebec (Canada). Institut National de la Recherche Scientifque (INRS); Univ. of Bordeaux, Talence (France). CELIA
- EMT Research Center, Varennes, Quebec (Canada). Institut National de la Recherche Scientifque (INRS); ENEA Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety Department, Frascati (Italy)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); European Research Council (ERC); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1816867
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; 654148; RGPIN-2018-05772
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; Plasma-based accelerators; Ultrafast lasers
Citation Formats
Barberio, M., Giusepponi, S., Vallières, S., Scisció, M., Celino, M., and Antici, P. Ultra-Fast High-Precision Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis using Laser-Accelerated Protons. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-65282-9.
Barberio, M., Giusepponi, S., Vallières, S., Scisció, M., Celino, M., & Antici, P. Ultra-Fast High-Precision Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis using Laser-Accelerated Protons. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65282-9
Barberio, M., Giusepponi, S., Vallières, S., Scisció, M., Celino, M., and Antici, P. Fri .
"Ultra-Fast High-Precision Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis using Laser-Accelerated Protons". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65282-9. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1816867.
@article{osti_1816867,
title = {Ultra-Fast High-Precision Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis using Laser-Accelerated Protons},
author = {Barberio, M. and Giusepponi, S. and Vallières, S. and Scisció, M. and Celino, M. and Antici, P.},
abstractNote = {Laser-driven proton acceleration, as produced during the interaction of a high-intensity (I > 1 × 1018 W/cm2), short pulse (<1 ps) laser with a solid target, is a prosperous field of endeavor for manifold applications in different domains, including astrophysics, biomedicine and materials science. These emerging applications benefit from the unique features of the laser-accelerated particles such as short duration, intense flux and energy versatility, which allow obtaining unprecedented temperature and pressure conditions. In this paper, we show that laser-driven protons are perfectly suited for producing, in a single sub-ns laser pulse, metallic nanocrystals with tunable diameter ranging from tens to hundreds of nm and very high precision. Our method relies on the intense and very quick proton energy deposition, which induces in a bulk material an explosive boiling and produces nanocrystals that aggregate in a plasma plume composed by atoms detached from the proton-irradiated surface. The properties of the obtained particles depend on the deposited proton energy and on the duration of the thermodynamical process. Suitably controlling the irradiated dose allows fabricating nanocrystals of a specific size with low polydispersity that can easily be isolated in order to obtain a monodisperse nanocrystal solution. Molecular Dynamics simulations confirm our experimental results.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-65282-9},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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