Four-Wave-Mixing Approach to in Situ Detection of Nanoparticles FOUR-WAVE-MIXING APPROACH TO... A. GERAKIS et al.

Alexandros Gerakis, Yao Wen Yeh, Mikhail N. Shneider, James M. Mitrani, Brentley C. Stratton, Yevgeny Raitses

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Abstract

We report on the development and experimental validation of a laser-based technique which uses coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering (CRBS) to detect nanoparticles with characteristic sizes ranging from the atomic scale to tens of nanometers. This technique is aimed (nonexclusively) at the detection of nanoparticles produced by volumetric nanoparticle synthesis methods. Using CRBS, carbon nanoparticles of dimensions less than 10 nm and concentrations of 1010 cm-3 are detected in situ in a carbon arc discharge with graphite electrodes. This four-wave-mixing approach should enable advances in the understanding of nanoparticle growth that could potentially lead to improved modeling of the growth mechanisms, and thus to improve synthesis selectivity of nanoparticles and yield.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number014031
JournalPhysical Review Applied
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 29 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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