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Pulsed laser ablation in liquid media (PLALM) is a prominent technique for the controlled fabrication of nanomaterials via rapid reactive quenching of ablated species at the interface between the plasma and liquid. Results on nanoparticles and nanocrystals formed by PLALM of silver (Ag) and antimony (Sb) solid targets in different liquid environments (Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate, distilled water) are presented. These experiments were done by irradiating solid targets of Ag and Sb with a nanosecond pulsed Nd:YAG laser output of wavelength 532 nm. Nanoparticles of silver and nanocrystals of antimony oxide (Sb2O3) obtained were characterized using UV-Vis spectrometry, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray Energy Dispersion Analysis (EDAX) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). The morphology of nanomaterials formed is studied as a function of surfactant environment. The silver nanoparticles obtained were spherical of size in the order of 10–35 nm in solution of SDS having different concentrations. In case of the Sb target, ablation was performed in two different molarities of SDS solution and distilled water. Nanocrystals of Sb2O3 in powder form having cubic and orthorhombic phases were formed in SDS solution and as fibers of nanocrystals of cubic Sb2O3 in distilled water.
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The authors are thankful to PAICYT-UANL, PROMEP, and SEP-CONACYT-Mexico (project 106955) for the financial assistance. One of the authors, M.I. Mendivil is grateful to CONACYT-Mexico for providing a research Fellowship.
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Mendivil, M.I., Krishnan, B., Sanchez, F.A. et al. Synthesis of silver nanoparticles and antimony oxide nanocrystals by pulsed laser ablation in liquid media. Appl. Phys. A 110, 809–816 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7157-2
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