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Femtosecond laser melting of silver nanoparticles: comparison of model simulations and experimental results

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Ultrafast laser-induced melting of silver nanoparticles (NPs) using a femtosecond laser pulse is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The sintered Ag structure fabricated from printed Ag NP ink using femtosecond laser (1064 nm, 300 fs) irradiation is experimentally studied. A two-temperature model with dynamic optical properties and particle size effects on the melting temperature of Ag NPs is considered. The rapid phase change model is incorporated to simulate the Ag NPs’ ultrafast laser-induced melting process, and a multi-shot melting threshold fluence predicted from the simulated single-shot melting threshold is developed.

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The authors would like to thank the MOST 105-2221-E-009-063 for support of this research.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, No. 1001, Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan

    Chung-Wei Cheng & Chin-Lun Chang

  2. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA

    Jinn-Kuen Chen

  3. H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Manufacturing Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA

    Ben Wang

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Cheng, CW., Chang, CL., Chen, JK. et al. Femtosecond laser melting of silver nanoparticles: comparison of model simulations and experimental results. Appl. Phys. A 124, 371 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018-1792-1

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