Germanium Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation in Low Pressure Helium and Nitrogen Atmosphere for Biophotonic Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Experimental Results and Discussion
3.1. Structural Properties
3.2. Photoluminescence of Ge Samples
3.3. Light Absorbance and Photoheating by Ge-NPs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | PHe, Torr | PN2, Torr | Total Pressure, Torr |
---|---|---|---|
Ge1.0 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Ge2.0 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
Ge5.0 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
Ge2.5/2.5 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 5.00 |
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Fronya, A.A.; Antonenko, S.V.; Karpov, N.V.; Pokryshkin, N.S.; Eremina, A.S.; Yakunin, V.G.; Kharin, A.Y.; Syuy, A.V.; Volkov, V.S.; Dombrovska, Y.; et al. Germanium Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation in Low Pressure Helium and Nitrogen Atmosphere for Biophotonic Applications. Materials 2022, 15, 5308. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155308
Fronya AA, Antonenko SV, Karpov NV, Pokryshkin NS, Eremina AS, Yakunin VG, Kharin AY, Syuy AV, Volkov VS, Dombrovska Y, et al. Germanium Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation in Low Pressure Helium and Nitrogen Atmosphere for Biophotonic Applications. Materials. 2022; 15(15):5308. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155308
Chicago/Turabian StyleFronya, Anastasiya A., Sergey V. Antonenko, Nikita V. Karpov, Nikolay S. Pokryshkin, Anna S. Eremina, Valery G. Yakunin, Alexander Yu. Kharin, Alexander V. Syuy, Valentin S. Volkov, Yaroslava Dombrovska, and et al. 2022. "Germanium Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation in Low Pressure Helium and Nitrogen Atmosphere for Biophotonic Applications" Materials 15, no. 15: 5308. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155308