Investigating optical properties, morphology and size of silver nanoparticles prepared by nanosecond Nd:YAG laser in liquid

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Ehsan Naderi-Samani ¹ , Reza Shoja Razavi ² , Mahdi Gholampour ³ , Mahdi PouladZadeh ⁴ , Hamed Naderi-Samani ⁵

1 - Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing Technologies, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Iran.
2 - Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing Technologies, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Iran.
3 - Physics group, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing Technologies, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Iran
5 - Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing Technologies, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Iran

Received: 2023-05-22 Accepted : 2024-09-22 Published : 2024-10-07

Keywords: Synthesis of silver nanoparticles, Laser ablation method, Colloidal solution,

Abstract :

In this study, the effect of wavelength, liquid temperature and synthesis environment on the nature of silver nanoparticles prepared by laser ablation in liquid (LAL) using nanosecond Nd:YAG laser was investigated. Silver nanoparticles were synthesized using the LAL method at wavelengths of 532 nm and 1064 nm, at ambient temperature and ice bath in distilled water, and the best results were related to the wavelength of 1064 nm and ambient temperature. After finding the optimal wavelength and temperature (wavelength 1064 nm and ambient temperature), silver nanoparticles were synthesized in distilled water, acetone, cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). For the characterization of synthesized nanoparticles from ultraviolet visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), dynamic light Scattering (DLS), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) ), high Resolution-Transmission Electron Microscopy (HR-TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used. The results showed that the size and yield of synthesized silver nanoparticles are affected by laser wavelength, liquid temperature and synthesis environment. Nanoparticles synthesized in different environments have nanometer particle size and spherical morphology. The highest production efficiency of nanoparticles in SDS solution equals 33.8 ppm. According to HR-TEM and XRD analysis, the size of nanoparticles and crystallite of silver nanoparticles synthesized in an acetone environment were 65 nm and 44 nm, respectively.

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