Laser-induced self-organization of filaments from Ag nanoparticles

✍ Scribed by V.I. Yusupov; V.M. Chudnovskii; I.V. Kortunov; V.N. Bagratashvili

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 154 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1612-2011
• DOI: 10.1002/lapl.201010124

✦ Synopsis

Medium power (0.3 -8.0 W) 970 nm in wavelength laser irradiation of water with added Ag nanoparticles (in the form of Ag-albumin complexes) through 400 μm optical fiber stimulates self-organization of filaments of Ag nanoparticles for a few minutes. These filaments represent themselves long (up to 14 cm) liquid gradient fibers with unexpectedly thin (10 -80 μm) core diameter. They are stable in the course of laser irradiation being destroyed after laser radiation off. Such effect of filaments of Ag nanoparticles self-organization is rationalized by the peculiarities of laser-induced hydrodynamic processes developed in water in presence of laser light and by formation of liquid fibers.

Micro-image (in transmission mode) of filament of Ag nanoparticles fabricated in water nearby optical fiber tip at 2.5 W of laser power