Issue 3, 2014

Ordered Au nanocrystals on a substrate formed by light-induced rapid annealing

Abstract

Light-induced rapid annealing (LIRA) is a widely used method to modify the morphology and crystallinity of noble metal nanoparticles, and the nanoparticles generally evolve into nanospheres. It is rather challenging to form faceted Au nanocrystals on a substrate using LIRA. Here the formation of spatially ordered Au nanocrystals using a continuous wave infrared laser is reported, assisted by a metamaterial perfect absorber. Faceted Au nanocrystals in truncated-octahedral or multi-twinned geometries can be obtained. The evolution of morphology and crystallinity of the Au nanoparticles during laser annealing is also revealed, where the crystal grain growth and the surface melting are shown to play key roles in nanocrystal formation. The evolution of morphology also gives the freedom of tuning the absorption spectrum of the metamaterial absorber. These findings provide a novel way for tailoring the morphology and crystallinity of metallic nanoparticles and may pave the way to fabricate refined nano-devices in many potential applications for optics, electronics, catalysis, surface-chemistry and biology.

Graphical abstract: Ordered Au nanocrystals on a substrate formed by light-induced rapid annealing

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Oct 2013
Accepted
20 Nov 2013
First published
26 Nov 2013

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 1756-1762

Ordered Au nanocrystals on a substrate formed by light-induced rapid annealing

X. Chen, Y. Chen, J. Dai, M. Yan, D. Zhao, Q. Li and M. Qiu, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 1756 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05745C

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