Photonic crystals in biology
Photonic crystals in biology
Photonic crystals in biology
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Poster Session, Tuesday, June 15<br />
Theme A1 - B702<br />
Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles Produced by Femtosecond Laser<br />
E. Akman 1 , C.K.Akkan 2 , O.C. Aktas 2 , B.Genc 1 , E.Kacar 1,3 , A.Demir 1<br />
1 Laser Technologies Research and Application Center, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli 41380, Turkey<br />
2 Leibniz Institute for New Materials ( INM), CVD/Biosurfaces Department, Saarbrücken, D-66123, Germany<br />
3 University of Kocaeli, Faculty of Education, 41380 Umuttepe, Kocaeli, Turkey<br />
Abstract; Due to their size dependent optical properties, gold nanoparticles have been widely used <strong>in</strong> various biomedical applications such as<br />
biosens<strong>in</strong>g, medical diagnostics and therapeutics. For medical applications, production of nanoparticles under nontoxic conditions has a crucial<br />
importance. S<strong>in</strong>ce the precursor has always required <strong>in</strong> chemical process, laser-<strong>in</strong>duced ablation from a solid target has emerged as a<br />
alternative method to solve the toxocity problem. In this experiment, we have produced gold nanopaticles <strong>in</strong> aqueous solutions us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
femtosecond laser. The effects of laser energy have been exam<strong>in</strong>ed by analys<strong>in</strong>g the UV/VIS spectrum and SEM image.<br />
Nanoparticles are def<strong>in</strong>ed as stable colloid solutions of<br />
clusters of atoms with sizes rang<strong>in</strong>g from 1-100 nm. At this<br />
nanoscale, gold nanoparticles possess different optical<br />
characteristics when compared to the bulk gold, most<br />
remarkable characteristic is the chang<strong>in</strong>g of the colour from<br />
yellow to ruby red when bulk gold is converted <strong>in</strong>to<br />
nanoparticulate gold. [1]. This alteration of the colour of the<br />
gold nanoparticle is the basic detection mechanism <strong>in</strong><br />
biosensor applications [2]. As the absorption bands are<br />
related to size and aspect ratio of metal and semiconductor<br />
nanoparticles, UV/VIS absorption spectroscopy is one of the<br />
most widely used method for characteriz<strong>in</strong>g the optical<br />
properties and electronic structures of nanoparticles [3].<br />
In this current study, the synthesis of the gold<br />
nanoparticles have been carried out us<strong>in</strong>g a pulsed<br />
Ti:Sapphire laser, which operates at 1kHz repetition rate with<br />
a pulse width of