V. N. Bagratashvili
A. O. Rybaltovskii
S. S. Ilyukhin
O. L. Zakharkina
V. Y. Panchenko
P. S. Timashev
M. A. Timofeev
S. I. Tsypina
V. I. Yusupov
A. B. Evlyukhin
B. N. Chichkov

Laser-induced growth and self-organization of silver nanoparticles in colloidal polymers

Laser Physics
12
24
126001
2014
Type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz (reviewed)
Abstract
The effects of CW laser radiation with a wavelength of λ = 532 nm on ethyl methacrylate copolymer films doped with the Ag(hfac)COD silver precursor were studied. Laser heating of the polymer composite (up to 150–170 °C), induced by the formation of highly absorbing silver nanoparticles (NPs), brings about an accelerated photo-thermochemical decomposition of the precursor, plastification of the polymer, local transition of the composite matrix to a colloidal state and intense thermocapillary convection in the dynamic active colloid formed. As a result, a directed transport of silver NPs from the center of the laser beam to its periphery takes place, leading to the formation of a ring structure with a very high concentration of silver NPs.