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A Method to Fabricate Disconnected Silver Nanostructures in 3D
Published on: November 27, 2012
Laser fabrication of 2D and 3D metal nanoparticle structures and arrays
A I Kuznetsov1, R Kiyan, B N Chichkov
1Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithalle 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany. a.kuznetsov@lzh.de
Optics Express
|October 14, 2010
Abstract:
A novel method for fabrication of 2D and 3D metal nanoparticle structures and arrays is proposed. This technique is based on laser-induced transfer of molten metal nanodroplets from thin metal films. Metal nanoparticles are produced by solidification of these nanodroplets. The size of the transferred nanoparticles can be controllably changed in the range from 180 nm to 1500 nm. Several examples of complex 2D and 3D microstructures generated form gold nanoparticles are demonstrated.
