Critical Time to Nucleation: Graphite and Silicon Nanoparticle Generation by Laser Ablation

Femtosecond laser ablation hydrodynamics has been analyzed numerically. The nucleation process of two materials (silicon and graphite) in an expanding plume produced by a femtosecond laser ablation is analyzed within the framework of the Zeldovich-Raizer theory (RZ theory). RZ theory is the most app...

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Main Authors: Sid Senadheera, Bo Tan, Krishnan Venkatakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/590763