Nanomaterials: Processing and Characterization with Lasers

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Wiley, 2012. — 798 p.The first in-depth treatment of the synthesis, processing, and characterization of nanomaterials using lasers, ranging from fundamentals to the latest research results, this handy reference is divided into two main sections. After introducing the concepts of lasers, nanomaterials, nanoarchitectures and laser-material interactions in the first three chapters, the book goes on to discuss the synthesis of various nanomaterials in vacuum, gas and liquids. The second half discusses various nanomaterial characterization techniques involving lasers, from Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopies to light dynamic scattering, laser spectroscopy and such unusual techniques as laser photo acoustic, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, ultrafast dynamics and laser-induced thermal pulses. The specialist authors adopt a practical approach throughout, with an emphasis on experiments, set-up, and results. Each chapter begins with an introduction and is uniform in covering the basic approaches, experimental setups, and dependencies of the particular method on different parameters, providing sufficient theory and modeling to understand the principles behind the techniques.Contents Preface List of Contributors Lasers: Fundamentals, Types, and Operations Introduction of Materials and Architectures at the Nanoscale Nanomaterials: Laser Based Processing Techniques Laser–Matter Interaction Nanomaterials: Laser-Based Processing in Gas Phase Nanomaterials: Laser-Induced Nano/Microfabrications Nanomaterials: Laser-Based Processing in Liquid Media Nanomaterials: Laser-Based Characterization Techniques Raman Spectroscopy: Basics and Applications Size Determination of Nanoparticles by Dynamic Light Scattering Photolumniscence/Fluorescence Spectroscopic Technique for Nanomaterials Characterizations Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Its Applications in Characterization of Nanomaterials Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials Nonlinear Optical Characterization of Nanomaterials Polarization and Space-Charge Profiling with Laser-Based Thermal Techniques Index