Laser fragmentation in liquid medium: a new way for the synthesis of PbTe nanoparticles

C Chubilleau; B Lenoir; S Migot; A Dauscher

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.057

Laser fragmentation in liquid medium: a new way for the synthesis of PbTe nanoparticles

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2011 May 1;357(1):13-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.057. Epub 2011 Jan 22.

Authors

C Chubilleau¹, B Lenoir, S Migot, A Dauscher

Affiliation

¹ Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS-Nancy Université-UPVM, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy, Parc de Saurupt, 54042 Nancy, France. caroline_chubilleau@yahoo.fr

PMID: 21333997
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.057

Abstract

Synthesis of PbTe nanoparticles has been performed by pulsed laser fragmentation of PbTe micron-sized powders in distilled water with a Nd:YAG laser. The influence of various experimental parameters (wavelength, treatment duration, and output energy) on the yield of fragmentation, the size and the crystallographic structure of the nanoparticles produced has been investigated. Characterization of the nanopowders was performed by X-ray diffraction analyses and transmission electron microscopy observations. Thanks to a careful control of the synthesis parameters, PbTe nanoparticles with an average diameter close to 6 nm and exhibiting a sharp distribution in size have been produced.