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Femtosecond laser sintering of copper nanoparticles

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The ultrafast melting of copper nanoparticles (NPs) induced by a femtosecond laser pulse with duration of 100 fs and wavelength of 800 nm is investigated theoretically and experimentally. The Cu pattern fabricated from sintering of a Cu NP-dispersed film by the femtosecond laser at a repetition rate of 80 MHz is experimentally studied. A one-dimensional two-temperature model with temperature-dependent material properties, including the extended Drude model for dynamic optical properties and the thermophysical properties, is employed to simulate the particles ultrafast melting and re-solidification process.

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The authors would like to thank the MOST 103-2218-E-006-015 and MOST 103-2218-E-009-025-MY2 for support of this research.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, No. 1001, Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan

    C. W. Cheng

  2. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA

    J. K. Chen

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Cheng, C.W., Chen, J.K. Femtosecond laser sintering of copper nanoparticles. Appl. Phys. A 122, 289 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9814-3

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