PMID- 24917699
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140611
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1931-7573 (Print)
IS  - 1556-276X (Electronic)
IS  - 1556-276X (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014
TI  - Size-controllable synthesis and bandgap modulation of single-layered RF-sputtered 
      bismuth nanoparticles.
PG  - 249
LID - 10.1186/1556-276X-9-249 [doi]
AB  - We here report a simple and efficient method to grow single-layer bismuth 
      nanoparticles (BiNPs) with various sizes on glass substrates. Optimal conditions 
      were found to be 200 degrees C and 0.12 W/cm(2) at a growth rate of 6 A/s, with the 
      deposition time around 40 s. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images were used 
      to calculate the particle size distribution statistics, and high-resolution X-ray 
      diffraction (XRD) patterns were used to examine the chemical interactions between 
      BiNPs and the substrates. By measuring the transmission spectra within the range 
      of 300 to 1,000 nm, we found that the optical bandgap can be modulated from 0.45 
      to 2.63 eV by controlling the size of these BiNPs. These interesting discoveries 
      offer an insight to explore the dynamic nature of nanoparticles.
FAU - Wu, Bin-Kun
AU  - Wu BK
AD  - Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, 
      Taiwan ; Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, 
      Roosevelt Rd, Da'an District, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
FAU - Chern, Ming-Yau
AU  - Chern MY
AD  - Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, 
      Da'an District, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
FAU - Lee, Hsin-Yen
AU  - Lee HY
AD  - Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, 
      Da'an District, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140521
PL  - United States
TA  - Nanoscale Res Lett
JT  - Nanoscale research letters
JID - 101279750
PMC - PMC4032870
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bismuth
OT  - Nanoparticle
OT  - RF sputtering
EDAT- 2014/06/12 06:00
MHDA- 2014/06/12 06:01
PMCR- 2014/05/21
CRDT- 2014/06/12 06:00
PHST- 2014/03/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/05/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/06/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/06/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/06/12 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/05/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1556-276X-9-249 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1556-276X-9-249 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nanoscale Res Lett. 2014 May 21;9(1):249. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-249. 
      eCollection 2014.