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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Synthesis of Silver, Gold, and Platinum Doped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Water.

Rafaela Radičić, Dejan Maletić, Damjan Blažeka, Julio Car, Nikša Krstulović

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rafaela RadičićInstitute of Physics, Bijenička cesta 46, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Dejan MaletićInstitute of Physics, Bijenička cesta 46, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Damjan BlažekaInstitute of Physics, Bijenička cesta 46, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-0890-6486
Julio CarInstitute of Physics, Bijenička cesta 46, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Nikša KrstulovićInstitute of Physics, Bijenička cesta 46, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-6443-2417
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Funding

Croatian Science Foundation PZS-2019-02-5276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a simple two-step method for the synthesis of Ag, Au, and Pt-doped ZnO nanoparticles. The method is based on the fabrication of targets using the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique where thin layers of metals (Ag, Pt, Au) have been deposited on a metal-oxide bulk substrate (ZnO). Such formed structures were used as a target for the production of doped nanoparticles (ZnO: Ag, ZnO: Au, and ZnO: Pt) by laser ablation in water. The influence of Ag, Au, and Pt doping on the optical properties, structure and composition, sizing, and morphology was studied using UV-Visible (UV-Vis) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies, X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), respectively. The band-gap energy decreased to 3.06, 3.08, and 3.15 for silver, gold, and platinum-doped ZnO compared to the pure ZnO (3.2 eV). PL spectra showed a decrease in the recombination rate of the electrons and holes in the case of doped ZnO. SEM, TEM, and AFM images showed spherical-shaped nanoparticles with a relatively smooth surface. The XRD patterns confirm that Ag, Au, and Pt were well incorporated inside the ZnO lattice and maintained a hexagonal wurtzite structure. This work could provide a new way for synthesizing various doped materials.

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doped ZnOgold (Au) doped ZnOnanoparticlesplatinum (Pt) doped ZnOpulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL)pulsed laser deposition (PLD)silver (Ag) doped ZnOzinc oxide (ZnO)

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