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Study of titania nanorod films deposited by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation as a function of laser fluence

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Chemically synthesized brookite titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanorods with average diameter and length dimensions of 3–4 nm and 35–50 nm, respectively, were deposited by the matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation technique. A toluene nanorod solution was frozen at the liquid-nitrogen temperature and irradiated with a KrF excimer laser (λ=248 nm, τ=20 ns) at the repetition rate of 10 Hz, at different fluences (25 to 350 mJ/cm2). The deposited films were structurally characterized by high-resolution scanning and transmission electron microscopy. 〈100〉 single-crystal Si wafers and carbon-coated Cu grids were used as substrates. Structural analyses evidenced the occurrence of brookite-phase crystalline nanospheres coexisting with individually distinguishable TiO2 nanorods in the films deposited at fluences varying from 50 to 350 mJ/cm2. Nanostructured TiO2 films comprising only nanorods were deposited by lowering the laser fluence to 25 mJ/cm2. The observed shape and phase transitions of the nanorods are discussed taking into account the laser-induced heating effects, reduced melting temperature and size-dependent thermodynamic stability of nanoscale TiO2.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Salento, Via Arnesano, 73100, Lecce, Italy

    A. P. Caricato, M. Cesaria, A. Luches & M. Martino

  2. National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL), Istituto Nanoscienze, CNR, Via Arnesano km 5, 73100, Lecce, Italy

    M. R. Belviso & P. D. Cozzoli

  3. Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, IMM-CNR, Via Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy

    M. Catalano, M. G. Manera, R. Rella & A. Taurino

  4. Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Via Arnesano, 73100, Lecce, Italy

    P. D. Cozzoli

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Caricato, A.P., Belviso, M.R., Catalano, M. et al. Study of titania nanorod films deposited by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation as a function of laser fluence. Appl. Phys. A 105, 605–610 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-011-6597-4

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