Quick and easy preparation of small-sized metal nanoparticles by microchip laser

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-quick-easy-small-sized-metal.html

"Pulsed laser ablation in liquid: reliable, versatile metal nanoparticle production in solution... no reducing agents, operational simplicity, high purity without purification steps, and ambient processing conditions... microchip laser: compact, low-power consumption giant-pulse, short cavity length <10 mm... relatively high ablation efficiency despite smaller pulse energy compared to conventional higher-power lasers (25 mJ/pulse, 12 ns duration, 10 Hz)... development of new catalytic reactions"

Related: Bringing the power of tabletop precision lasers for quantum science to the chip scale

https://news.ucsb.edu/2024/021708/bringing-power-tabletop-precision-lasers-quantum-science-chip-scale