Laser-induced shape transformation of gold nanoparticles below the melting point: The effect of surface melting

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Inasawa, S
Sugiyama, M
Yamaguchi, Y
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[1] Univ Tokyo, Sch Engn, Dept Chem Syst Engn, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Sch Engn, Dept Elect Engn, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
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10.1021/jp045167j
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Relatively large gold nanoparticles (mean diameter of major axis 38.2 nm, mean aspect ratio 1.29) in aqueous solution were found to undergo shape transformations from ellipsoids to spheres at ca. 940 degreesC, which is much lower than their melting point, ca. 1060 degreesC. The shape transformation of gold nanoparticles induced by a single pulse of a Nd:YAG laser (lambda = 355 nm, pulse width = 30 ps) was directly observed by a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Analysis of the experimental data showed that the threshold energy for photothermally induced shape transformation was on the order of 40 0 for a particle, which is smaller than the energy, 67 0, required for its complete melting. Estimations based on the heat balance and surface melting model revealed that the temperature which particles reach after a single laser pulse was about 940 degreesC, with the thickness of the liquid layer on the surface of the solid core being 1.4 nm. We also examined thermally induced shape transformation of gold nanoparticles on Si substrates; above 950 degreesC they changed their shapes to spheres, which supported our estimation. Due to the surface melting of particles, their shape transformation occurs at a temperature much lower than their melting point.
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