One-Step In Situ Patternable Reduction of a Ag–rGO Hybrid Using Temporally Shaped Femtosecond Pulses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of the Ag–rGO Precursor
2.3. Characterization
2.4. Experimental Setup
2.5. Synthesis of the Hybrid Structure on Different Substrates
3. Results
3.1. Controllable Morphology of the Ag–rGO Hybrid
3.2. Characterization of the Ag–rGO Hybrid
3.3. Formation Mechanism of the Ag–rGO Hybrid
3.4. Mapping of the Ag–rGO Hybrid and its SERS Application
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Before Femtosecond Ablation | C 1s group content (at. %), (BE (eV)) | |||||
C sp2 (284.5) | C sp3 (285.2) | C-OH (286.2) | C-O-C (287.1) | C=O (288.0) | C-OOH (289.2) | |
29.0 | 34.6 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | |
O 1s group content (at. %), (BE (eV)) | ||||||
C-OH (532.6) | C-O-C (533.3) | in carboxyl group C=O (531.9) | ||||
35.1 | 23.7 | 35.7 | ||||
After Femtosecond Ablation | C 1s group content (at. %), (BE (eV)) | |||||
C sp2 (284.5) | C sp3 (285.2) | C-OH (286.4) | C-O-C (287.1) | C=O (288.0) | C-OOH (289.2) | |
39.3 | 19.1 | 22.7 | 5.2 | 8.7 | 5.0 | |
O 1s group content (at. %), (BE (eV)) | ||||||
C-OH (532.6) | C-O-C (533.3) | in carboxyl group C=O (531.9) | ||||
42.5 | 25.5 | 32.0 |
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Hong, Q.; Jiang, L.; Wang, S.; Huang, J.; Sun, J.; Li, X.; Zuo, P.; Yin, J.; Lu, J. One-Step In Situ Patternable Reduction of a Ag–rGO Hybrid Using Temporally Shaped Femtosecond Pulses. Materials 2022, 15, 563. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15020563
Hong Q, Jiang L, Wang S, Huang J, Sun J, Li X, Zuo P, Yin J, Lu J. One-Step In Situ Patternable Reduction of a Ag–rGO Hybrid Using Temporally Shaped Femtosecond Pulses. Materials. 2022; 15(2):563. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15020563
Chicago/Turabian StyleHong, Quan, Lan Jiang, Sumei Wang, Ji Huang, Jiaxin Sun, Xin Li, Pei Zuo, Jiangang Yin, and Jiangang Lu. 2022. "One-Step In Situ Patternable Reduction of a Ag–rGO Hybrid Using Temporally Shaped Femtosecond Pulses" Materials 15, no. 2: 563. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15020563