Pulsed laser ablation

Y. Wu, C.H.M. Maree, R.F. Haglund Jr., J.D. Hamilton, M.A. Morales Paliza, M.B. Huang, L.C. Feldman, and R.A. Weller, Resistivity and oxygen content of indium-tin oxide films deposited at room temperature by pulsed-laser ablation, J. Appl. Phys., 86 991-994 (1999). 

Pulsed laser ablation deposition technique (PLAI) technique)... 

Figure 6.17. Scheme, according to Roman etal. (1997), of the deposition of nano-laminate coatings via the pulsed laser ablation technique. 1 Vacuum, chamber, 2 Ti-6A1-4V substrate holder and heater, 3 deposit (nanometer range), 4 laser-induced plasma, 5 target (TiB2/TiN),... 

Ka, I. Le Borgne, V. Ma, D. El Khakani, M. A., Pulsed laser ablation based direct synthesis of single-wall carbon nanotube/Pbs quantum dot nanohybrids exhibiting strong, spectrally wide and fast photoresponse. Adv. Mater. 2012, n/a-n/a. 

Iwabuchi A, Choo CK, Tanaka K Titania Nanoparticles Prepared with Pulsed Laser Ablation of Rutile Single Crystals in Water J Phys Chem B 108 10863-10871... 

L.-C. Chen, Particulates Generated by Pulsed Laser Ablation. In Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films, ed. by D.B. Chrisey, G.H. Hubler (Wiley, New York Chichester Brisbane Toronto Singapore 1994) pp 167-198... 

Pulsed laser ablation has been developed in many fields for the fabrication of thin films of oxide materials, in particular high Tc cuprate superconductors. In these materials, the increase of the carrier concentration can be obtained in many cases by chemical doping (cationic or anionic), in order to induce superconductivity. 

Rare earth silicates exhibit potential applications as stable luminescent materials for phosphors, scintillators, and detectors. Silica and silicon substrates are frequently used for thin films fabrication, and their nanostructures including monodisperse sphere, NWs are also reliable templates and substrates. However, the composition, structure, and phase of rare earth silicates are rather complex, for example, there are many phases like silicate R2SiOs, disilicate R2Si207 (A-type, tetragonal), hexagonal Rx(Si04)602 oxyapatite, etc. The controlled synthesis of single-phase rare earth silicate nanomateriais can only be reached with precisely controlled experimental conditions. A number of heat treatment based routes, such as solid state reaction of rare earth oxides with silica/silicon substrate, sol-gel methods, and combustion method, as well as physical routes like pulsed laser ablation, have been applied to prepare various rare earth silicate powders and films. The optical properties of rare earth silicate nanocrystalline films and powders have been studied. 

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