Direct ultrafast laser ablation of solids and laser cracking of streaming microparticles is used to fabricate nanocores in a continuous process. Without using any chemical precursors, the nanocores are generated in liquid and gaseous media. Nano-analytical instrumentation is applied for production rate determination and nanomaterial characterization using online-measurement of the particle diameter and optical resonance phenomena. Furthermore, methods to control the nanoparticle size distribution are demonstrated.

Topics
Resonance phenomena, General procedures and instrumentation, Ultrafast lasers, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticle
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