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Optical control of gallium nanoparticle growth

Optical control of gallium nanoparticle growth
Optical control of gallium nanoparticle growth
We report that low-intensity light can dramatically influence and regulate the nanoparticle self-assembly process: Illumination of a substrate exposed to a beam of gallium atoms results in the formation of gallium nanoparticles with a relatively narrow size distribution. Very low light intensities, below the threshold for thermally induced evaporation, exert considerable control over nanoparticle formation.
deposition, light-assisted self-assembly, nanoparticles, gallium
0003-6951
1643-1645
MacDonald, K.F.
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Fedotov, V.
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Pochon, S.
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Ross, K.J.
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Stevens, G.C.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Brocklesby, W.S.
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Emel'yanov, V.I.
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MacDonald, K.F.
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Fedotov, V.
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Pochon, S.
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Ross, K.J.
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Stevens, G.C.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Brocklesby, W.S.
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Emel'yanov, V.I.
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MacDonald, K.F., Fedotov, V., Pochon, S., Ross, K.J., Stevens, G.C., Zheludev, N.I., Brocklesby, W.S. and Emel'yanov, V.I. (2002) Optical control of gallium nanoparticle growth. Applied Physics Letters, 80 (9), 1643-1645. (doi:10.1063/1.1456260).

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Abstract

We report that low-intensity light can dramatically influence and regulate the nanoparticle self-assembly process: Illumination of a substrate exposed to a beam of gallium atoms results in the formation of gallium nanoparticles with a relatively narrow size distribution. Very low light intensities, below the threshold for thermally induced evaporation, exert considerable control over nanoparticle formation.

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Published date: 4 March 2002
Keywords: deposition, light-assisted self-assembly, nanoparticles, gallium
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Quantum, Light & Matter Group

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Local EPrints ID: 28679
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/28679
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: bed4feb7-04c0-48b9-a7af-a6538df47115
ORCID for K.F. MacDonald: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-2976
ORCID for N.I. Zheludev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6636
ORCID for W.S. Brocklesby: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-6712

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Date deposited: 03 May 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:10

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Author: K.F. MacDonald ORCID iD
Author: V. Fedotov
Author: S. Pochon
Author: K.J. Ross
Author: G.C. Stevens
Author: N.I. Zheludev ORCID iD
Author: W.S. Brocklesby ORCID iD
Author: V.I. Emel'yanov

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