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Title: Two mechanisms of nanoparticle generation in picosecond laser ablation in liquids: the origin of the bimodal size distribution

Abstract

The synthesis of chemically clean and environmentally friendly nanoparticles through pulsed laser ablation in liquids has shown a number of advantages over conventional chemical synthesis methods and has evolved into a thriving research field attracting laboratory and industrial applications. The fundamental understanding of processes leading to the nanoparticle generation, however, still remains elusive. In particular, the origin of bimodal nanoparticle size distributions in femto- and picosecond laser ablation in liquids, where small nanoparticles (several nanometers) with narrow size distribution are commonly observed to coexist with larger (tens to hundreds of nanometers) ones, has not been explained so far. In this paper, joint computational and experimental efforts are applied to understand the mechanisms of nanoparticle formation in picosecond laser ablation in liquids and to explain the bimodal nanoparticle size distributions. The results of a large-scale atomistic simulation reveal the critical role of the dynamic interaction between the ablation plume and the liquid environment, leading to the generation of large nanoparticles through a sequence of hydrodynamic instabilities at the plume-liquid interface and a concurrent nucleation and growth of small nanoparticles in an expanding metal-liquid mixing region. The computational predictions are supported by a series of stroboscopic videography experiments showing the emergence ofmore » small satellite bubbles surrounding the main cavitation bubble generated in single pulse experiments. Lastly, carefully timed double pulse irradiation triggers expansion of secondary cavitation bubbles indicating, in accord with the simulation results, the presence of localized sites of laser energy deposition (possibly large nanoparticles) injected into the liquid at the early stage of the bubble formation.« less

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  1. Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  2. Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Essen (Germany). Technical Chemistry I and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)
  3. Friedrich-Alexander Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen (Germany). Inst. of Photonic Technologies
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1510258
Grant/Contract Number:  
DMR-1610936; CMMI-1663429
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nanoscale
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Shih, Cheng-Yu, Streubel, René, Heberle, Johannes, Letzel, Alexander, Shugaev, Maxim V., Wu, Chengping, Schmidt, Michael, Gökce, Bilal, Barcikowski, Stephan, and Zhigilei, Leonid V. Two mechanisms of nanoparticle generation in picosecond laser ablation in liquids: the origin of the bimodal size distribution. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/C7NR08614H.
Shih, Cheng-Yu, Streubel, René, Heberle, Johannes, Letzel, Alexander, Shugaev, Maxim V., Wu, Chengping, Schmidt, Michael, Gökce, Bilal, Barcikowski, Stephan, & Zhigilei, Leonid V. Two mechanisms of nanoparticle generation in picosecond laser ablation in liquids: the origin of the bimodal size distribution. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR08614H
Shih, Cheng-Yu, Streubel, René, Heberle, Johannes, Letzel, Alexander, Shugaev, Maxim V., Wu, Chengping, Schmidt, Michael, Gökce, Bilal, Barcikowski, Stephan, and Zhigilei, Leonid V. Thu . "Two mechanisms of nanoparticle generation in picosecond laser ablation in liquids: the origin of the bimodal size distribution". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR08614H. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1510258.
@article{osti_1510258,
title = {Two mechanisms of nanoparticle generation in picosecond laser ablation in liquids: the origin of the bimodal size distribution},
author = {Shih, Cheng-Yu and Streubel, René and Heberle, Johannes and Letzel, Alexander and Shugaev, Maxim V. and Wu, Chengping and Schmidt, Michael and Gökce, Bilal and Barcikowski, Stephan and Zhigilei, Leonid V.},
abstractNote = {The synthesis of chemically clean and environmentally friendly nanoparticles through pulsed laser ablation in liquids has shown a number of advantages over conventional chemical synthesis methods and has evolved into a thriving research field attracting laboratory and industrial applications. The fundamental understanding of processes leading to the nanoparticle generation, however, still remains elusive. In particular, the origin of bimodal nanoparticle size distributions in femto- and picosecond laser ablation in liquids, where small nanoparticles (several nanometers) with narrow size distribution are commonly observed to coexist with larger (tens to hundreds of nanometers) ones, has not been explained so far. In this paper, joint computational and experimental efforts are applied to understand the mechanisms of nanoparticle formation in picosecond laser ablation in liquids and to explain the bimodal nanoparticle size distributions. The results of a large-scale atomistic simulation reveal the critical role of the dynamic interaction between the ablation plume and the liquid environment, leading to the generation of large nanoparticles through a sequence of hydrodynamic instabilities at the plume-liquid interface and a concurrent nucleation and growth of small nanoparticles in an expanding metal-liquid mixing region. The computational predictions are supported by a series of stroboscopic videography experiments showing the emergence of small satellite bubbles surrounding the main cavitation bubble generated in single pulse experiments. Lastly, carefully timed double pulse irradiation triggers expansion of secondary cavitation bubbles indicating, in accord with the simulation results, the presence of localized sites of laser energy deposition (possibly large nanoparticles) injected into the liquid at the early stage of the bubble formation.},
doi = {10.1039/C7NR08614H},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 15,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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