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Parameters Influencing the Absorbance of Gold-Silver Alloy Nanomaterials Using the Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid (PLAL) Approach: a Review

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Laser ablation is one of the promising methods that can be used to synthesize nanomaterials and improve the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of gold-silver alloy nanomaterials. Parameters (laser wavelength, exposure time, laser pulse duration, repetition rate, and energy density of laser) and medium of ablation ambient parameters (mixing ratio, liquid, and ambient gas) could affect the formation and SPR of gold-silver alloy nanomaterials. The parameters that can affect the synthesis of Au–Ag alloy nanomaterials were energy density, SPR, laser wavelength, and pulse repetition rate. The method of using ambient gas instead of liquid was known as pulsed laser ablation deposition (PLAD). It is the simplest way to change the SPR by adjusting the pressure of the gas in the atmosphere. Finally, this review provided useful knowledge for newcomers and scholars and good references to conduct future laboratory works.

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The authors would like to express their gratitude towards the Institute of Nano Optoelectronics Research (INOR), and Technology as well as the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), for offering the research facilities.

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    Hameed Naser, Z. Hassan, Sabah M. Mohammad & Nabeel Z. Al-Hazeem

  2. Directorate of Material Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

    Hameed Naser & Haider Mohammed Shanshool

  3. Gifted Students School in Anbar, Gifted Guardianship Committee, Ministry of Education, 31001, Ramadi, Iraq

    Nabeel Z. Al-Hazeem

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Naser, H., Hassan, Z., Mohammad, S.M. et al. Parameters Influencing the Absorbance of Gold-Silver Alloy Nanomaterials Using the Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid (PLAL) Approach: a Review. Braz J Phys 52, 100 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13538-022-01072-0

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