Synthesis of TiO2 nanoscale rods with MHz femtosecond laser irradiation of single crystal surface and characterisation
Author(s) -
M. Sivakumar,
Bo Tan,
Krishnan Venkatakrishnan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.3600705
Subject(s) - materials science , femtosecond , nanorod , irradiation , rod , laser , single crystal , nanoscopic scale , rutile , optics , crystal (programming language) , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , crystallography , chemistry , programming language , pathology , computer science , nuclear physics , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , engineering , chromatography
Growth of nanoscale rods on single crystal rutile TiO2 surface irradiated by MHz pulse repetition rate femtosecond laser in nitrogen environment without a catalyst or template is reported. The rods are of 100 nm in width to 1 micron length. Microraman analysis of the laser irradiated surface shows only a decrease in the intensity of active modes as compared to untreated surface. The growth of TiO2 nanorods can be explained by a method combining nanoparticles formation due to expulsion of molten material from laser irradiated spot and their subsequent growth by vapor-liquid-solid process
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