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Joint work between Madrid1 and Antwerpen2 groups:

Laser Manipulation of Gold Nanoparticles
V. Resta1, J. Siegel1, J. Bonse1, J. Gonzalo1, C. N. Afonso1, E. Piscopiello2 and G. Van Tendeloo2
Presented in ICPEPA, Lecce, Italy, September 2004

Size and Shape Changes Induced in Gold Nanoparticles by Laser Irradiation
V. Resta1, J. Siegel1, J. Bonse1, J. Gonzalo1, C. N. Afonso1, E. Piscopiello2 and G. Van Tendeloo2
Oral presentation at Nanocluster School 2: Properties of monodispersed cluster systems, Madrid (Spain), October 2004

Joint work between Antwerpen1, Madrid2 and Helsinki3 Groups:

Microstructural Study of Gold Nanoparticles
E. Piscopiello1, M. Re, M. Antisari, V. Resta2, C.N. Afonso2, J. Gonzalo2, E. Kauppinen3
Oral presentation at 7th Multinational Congress on Microscopy; Portorož, Slovenia, 26-30 June 2005.

Joint work between Leuven1, Madrid2 and Antwerpen3 groups:

Magnetic properties of pure and oxidized Co nanoparticles embedded in aluminium oxide matrix
A.N. Dobrynin1, D.N. Ievlev1, K. Temst1, P. Lievens1, J. Margueritat2, J. Gonzalo2, C.N. Afonso2, S. Zhou1, A.Vantomme1, E. Piscopiello3 and G. Van Tendeloo3
Presented in NanoCluster School 2, Madrid, Spain 25-28 October 2004

Critical size for exchange bias
A.N. Dobrynin1, D.N. Ievlev1, K. Temst1, P. Lievens1, J. Margueritat2, J. Gonzalo2, C.N. Afonso2, S. Zhou1, A.Vantomme1, E. Piscopiello3 and G. Van Tendeloo3
Poster presentation at 8th Conference on single molecule magnets and hybrid magnetic nanostructures, Trieste, Italia, July 2005

Critical size for exchange bias in ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic particles
A.N. Dobrynin1, D.N. Ievlev1, K. Temst1, P. Lievens1, J. Margueritat2, J. Gonzalo2, C.N. Afonso2, S.Q. Zhou1, A. Vantomme1, E. Piscopiello3 and G. Van Tendeloo3
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87 (2005) 012501

Magnetic properties of Co and CoOx nanoparticles produced by pulsed laser deposition
J. Margueritat2, J. Gonzalo2, C.N. Afonso2, A.N. Dobrynin1, D.N. Ievlev1, K. Temst1, P. Lievens1, E. Piscopiello3 and G. Van Tendeloo3
Poster at 8th COLA: International Conference on Laser Ablation, Banff, Canada, September 11-16, 2005

Joint work between Leuven1, and Antwerpen2 groups:

Atomic scale modification of hybrid FePt cluster assembled films
A.N. Dobrynin1, D.N. Ievlev1, G. Verschoren1, J. Swerts1, M.J. Van Bael1, K. Temst1, P. Lievens1, E. Piscopiello2, G. Van Tendeloo2, S.Q. Zhou1, A. Vantomme1
Phys. Rev. B 73 (2006) 104421

Influence of the finite size scaling on exchange anisotropy in oxidized Co nanocluster assembled films

A.N. Dobrynin1, D.N. Ievlev1, C. Hendrich1, K. Temst1, P. Lievens1, U. Hörmann2, J. Verbeeck2, and G. Van Tendeloo2, A. Vantomme1
accepted to Phys. Rev. B

Measurement of the size of embedded metal clusters by mass spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy and small angle X-ray scattering
C. Hendrich1, L. Favre1, D. N. Ievlev1, A. N. Dobrynin1, P. Lievens1, K. Temst1, W. Bras, U. Hörmann2, E. Piscopiello2, and G. Van Tendeloo2
submitted

Joint work between Birmingham1 and Antwerpen2 groups:

Interaction of bare Au55 clusters with MgO and amorphous carbon supports
M. Di Vece1, U. Hörmann2, G. Van Tendeloo2 and R.E. Palmer1
submitted to J. Appl. Phys.

Network related single institute publications


KULeuven

Visualization of gold clusters deposited on self-assembled dithiol layer by tapping mode AFM
N. Vandamme, J. Snauwaert, E. Janssens, P. Lievens, C. Van Haesendonck
Surface Science 558 (2004) 57-64

Transport properties of Au films containing Co clusters
G. Verschoren. A.N. Dobrynin, K. Temst, R.E. Silverans, C. Van Haesendonck and P. Lievens, B. Pipeleers, S.Q. Zhou, A. Vantomme, W. Bras
in preparation

Magnetoresistive properties of cluster-assembled nanogranular Au/Co films
G. Verschoren. A.N. Dobrynin, K. Temst, R.E. Silverans, C. Van Haesendonck, P. Lievens
in preparation

UBham

Clusters for biology: Immobilization of proteins by size-selected metal clusters
J.A. Collins, C. Xirouchaki, R.E. Palmer, J.K. Heath and C.H. Jones
Applied Surface Science, 226 (2004) 197-208

Decoration of surfaces with size-selected clusters and molecular manipulation at room temperature: precision and uncertainty in organizing atoms
R.E. Palmer, P.A. Sloan and C. Xirouchaki
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 362 (2004) 1195

Deposition of size-selected metal clusters generated by magnetron sputtering and gas condensation: a progress review
C. Xirouchaki and R.E. Palmer
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 362 (2004) 117

Modelling the pinning of Au and Ni clusters on graphite
R. Smith, C. Nock, S.D. Kenny, J.J. Belbruno, M. Di Vece, S. Palomba and R.E. Palmer
submitted to J. Appl. Phys.

Co-deposition of atomic clusters of different size and composition
M. Di Vece, N.P. Young, Y. Chen, Z.Y. Li and R.E. Palmer
submitted to Adv. Mater.

Immobilization of large size-selected silver clusters on graphite
F. Claeyssens, S. Pratontep, C. Xirouchaki and R.E. Palmer
submitted to Nanotechnology

Pinning of size-selected gold and nickel nanoclusters on graphite
M. Di Vece, S. Palomba and R.E. Palmer
Phys. Rev B 72 (2005) 073407

Size-selected cluster beam source based on radio frequency magnetron plasma sputtering and gas condensation
S. Pratontep, S.J. Carroll, C. Xirouchaki, M. Streun and R.E. Palmer
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76 (2005) 045103

High-temperature stability of size-selected gold nanoclusters pinned on graphite
F. Yin, C. Xirouchaki, Q. Guo and R.E. Palmer
Adv. Mater. 17 (2005) 731

Special Section on Mass-Selected Clusters: Editorial overview
R.E. Palmer, Guest Editor
Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 8 (2004) 183

Residue-specific immobilisation of protein molecules by size-selected clusters
U. Prisco, C. Leung, C. Xirouchaki, C.H. Jones, J.K. Heath and R.E. Palmer
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 2 (2005) 169

Immobilization of protein molecules by size-selected metal clusters on surfaces
C. Leung, C. Xirouchaki, N. Berovic and R.E. Palmer
Adv. Mater. 16 (2004) 223

UKassel

The influence of the reduced dimension on the dephasing time of surface plasmon excitation in gold nanoparticles
F. Hubenthal, T. Ziegler, C. Hendrich, T.Vartanyan, F. Träger
Proceedings of SPIE 5221, 29 (2003)

Application of metal nanoparticles in confocal laser scanning microscopy: improved resolution by optical field enhancement
M. Alschinger, M. Maniak, F. Stietz, T. Vartanyan, F. Träger
Appl. Phys. B 76, 771 (2003)

Chemical interface damping of surface plasmon excitation in metal nanoparticles: a systematic study by persistent spectral hole burning
C. Hendrich, J. Bosbach, F. Stietz, F. Hubenthal, T. Vartanyan, F. Träger
Appl. Phys. B 76, 8, 869-875 (2003)

SERS substrates produced by tailormade metal nanoparticles using laser irradiation
D. Blázquez Sánchez, L. Gallasch, H. Schmidt, H.D. Kronfeldt, F. Hubenthal, and F. Träger
Proceedings of SPIE. Manuscript in preparation

Production and optical properties of core-shell and alloy noble metal nanoparticles
F. Hubenthal, T. Ziegler, C. Hendrich and F. Träger
Submitted

Irradiation of supported gold and silver nanoparticles with continuous-wave, nanosecond and femtosecond laser light: a comparative study
F. Hubenthal, M. Alschinger, M. Bauer, D. Blázquez Sánchez, N. Borg, M. Brezeanu, R. Frese, C. Hendrich, B. Krohn, M. Aeschlimann, F. Träger
Proceedings of SPIE 5838 (2005) 224

Tuning the surface plasmon resonance by preparation of gold-core/silver-shell and alloy nanoparticles
F. Hubenthal, T. Ziegler, C. Hendrich, F. Träger
Eur. Phys. J. D 34 (2005) 165

Preparation of gold nanoparticles with narrow size distribution and well defined shapes
F. Hubenthal, C. Hendrich, H. Ouacha, D. Blázquez-Sánchez, F. Träger
Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 19 (2005) 2604

Laser-assisted growth of gold nanoparticles: Shaping and optical characterisation
H. Ouacha, C. Hendrich, F. Hubenthal, F. Träger
Appl. Phys. B 81 (2005) 663

Ultrafast dephasing of surface plasmon excitation in metal nanoparticles determined by persistent spectral hole burning
C. Hendrich , T. Ziegler, J. Bosbach, T. Vartanyan , F. Hubenthal, F. Träger
Proceedings of SPIE 5352 (2004) 90

Dephasing times of surface plasmon excitation in Au nanoparticles determined by persistent spectral hole burning
T. Ziegler, C. Hendrich, F. Hubenthal, T.Vartanyan, F. Träger
Chem. Phys. Lett. 386 (2004) 319

VTT-HUT

Zero-phonon lines in the photoluminescence spectra of MgO:Mn2+ nanocrystals.
I.S. Altman, P.V. Pikhitsa, M. Choi, A.G. Nasibulin, E.I. Kauppinen
Physical Review B 68, 125324-1 – 125324-6. (2003)

Carbon nanotubes and onions from carbon monoxide using Ni(acac)2 and Cu(acac)2 as catalyst precursors.
A.G. Nasibulin, A. Moisala, D.P. Brown, E.I. Kauppinen
Carbon. 41 (14) (2003) 2711-2724.

An essential role of CO2 and H2O during single-walled CNT synthesis from carbon monoxide
A.G. Nasibulin, D.P. Brown, P. Queipo, D. Gonzalez, H. Jiang, E.I. Kauppinen
Chemical Physics Letters 417 (2005) 179

A new thermophoretic precipitator for collection of nanometer-sized aerosol particles
D. Gonzalez, A.G. Nasibulin, A. M. Baklanov, S.D. Shandakov, P. Queipo, D.P. Brown and E.I. Kauppinen
Aerosol Science and Technology 39 (2005)

Electrospraying of ferritin solutions for the production of monodisperse iron oxide nanoparticles
D. Gonzalez, A.G. Nasibulin, H. Jiang, P. Queipo and E.I. Kauppinen
Journal of Nanoparticle Research, submitted June 2005

Studies on mechanism of single-walled carbon nanotube formation
A.G. Nasibulin, P. Queipo, S.D. Shandakov, D.P. Brown, H. Jiang, P.V. Pikhitsa, O.V. Tolochko and E.I. Kauppinen
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, submitted April 2005

Correlation between catalyst particle and single-walled carbon nanotube diameters
A.G. Nasibulin, P.V. Pikhitsa, H. Jiang and E.I. Kauppinen
Carbon 43 (2005) 2251

A new thermophoretic precipitator for collection of nanometer size aerosol particles
D. Gonzalez, A.G. Nasibulin, A.M. Baklanov, S.D. Shandakov, P. Queipo, D.P. Brown and E.I. Kauppinen
Abstracts of the European Aerosol Conference 2005, p.729, Ghent, Belgium, August-September 2005

Aligned ultralong carbon nanotubes by a novel CVD method on smooth and grooved Si/SiO2 substrates
P. Queipo, A.G. Nasibulin, U. Tapper, D. Gonzalez, K. Grigoras, H. Jiang and E.I. Kauppinen
Abstracts of the 6th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes 2005, p. 47, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2005

Large diameter SWCNTs grown on thin holey SiO2 substrates
P. Queipo, A.G. Nasibulin, P.V. Pikhitsa, H. Jiang and E.I. Kauppinen
Abstracts of the 6th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes 2005, p.48, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2005

Thermophoretic deposition of catalyst clusters for substrate CVD growth of carbon nanotubes
D. Gonzalez, A.G. Nasibulin, A.M. Baklanov, S.D. Shandakov, D.P. Brown, P. Queipo and E.I. Kauppinen
Abstracts of the 6th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes 2005, p.45, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2005

Chiralities of double-walled carbon nanotubes synthesized by a novel CVD method
H. Jiang, P. Queipo, A.G. Nasibulin and E.I. Kauppinen
Abstracts of 6th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes 2005, p.164, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2005

Synthesis of nanopaticles by copper (II) acetylacetonate vapour decomposition
A.G. Nasibulin, L.I. Shurigina and E.I. Kauppinen
Colloid Journal 67 (2005) 5

A novel aerosol method for single walled carbon nanotube synthesis
A.G. Nasibulin, A. Moisala, D.P. Brown, H. Jiang and E.I. Kauppinen
Chemical Physics Letters 402 (2005) 227

Phenomenological description of mobility of nm- and sub nm-sized charged aerosol particles in electric field
S.D. Shandakov, A.G. Nasibulin and E.I. Kauppinen
Journal of Aerosol Science 36(2005) 1125

CSIC

Competing processes during the production of metal nanoparticles by pulsed laser deposition
J. Gonzalo, A. Perea, D. Babonneau, C.N. Afonso, N. Beer, J.P. Barnes, A.K. Petford-Long, D.E. Hole and P.D. Townsend
Phys. Rev. B 71 (2005) 125420 (8p)

High spatial resolution in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of expanding plasmas
J. Siegel, G. Epurescu, A. Perea, F.J. Gordillo-Vazquez, J. Gonzalo and C.N. Afonso
Spectrochimica Acta Part B 60 (2005) 915

Imaging the dissociation process of O2 background gas during pulsed laser ablation of LiNbO3
G. Epurescu, J. Siegel, J. Gonzalo, F.J. Gordillo-Vazquez and C.N. Afonso
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87 (2005) 038547

Production of self-aligned metal Nanocolumns embedded in an oxide matrix film
J. Margueritat, J. Gonzalo, C.N. Afonso, M.I. Ortiz, C. Ballesteros
Appl. Phys. Lett. (accepted)

Temporally and spectrally resolved imaging of laser induced plasmas
G. Epurescu, J. Siegel, A. Perea, J. Gonzalo, F.J. Gordillo-Vázquez and C.N. Afonso
Poster presentation at Gordon Research Conference ”Laser interactions with materials”, Andover, New Hampshire (USA), August 2004

Temporally and spectrally resolved imaging of laser induced plasmas
J. Siegel, G. Epurescu, A. Perea, J. Gonzalo, F.J. Gordillo-Vázquez and C.N. Afonso
LIBS2004: 3rd conference on Laser Induced Plasma Spectroscopy, 28 September - 1 October 2004 Torremolinos (Spain)

Third order optical non-linearities in dielectrics containing metal nanoparticles
J. Solis
Invited presentation at Nanocluster School 2: Properties of monodispersed cluster systems, Madrid (Spain), October 2004

Optically probing the interaction between metallic nanoparticles
J. Margueritat, J. Gonzalo, C.N. Afonso and A. Mlayah
Oral presentation at Nanocluster School 2: Properties of monodispersed cluster systems, Madrid (Spain), October 2004

Designing the structure at the nanoscale to improve the response of Optical systems
R. Serna, J. Gonzalo, J. Solís, J. Siegel, J. Margueritat, H. Fernández, V. Díez-Blanco, V. Resta, S. Núñez-Sánchez, M. Jiménez de Castro and C.N. Afonso
Poster presentation at 2nd Nanospain Workshop; Barcelona (Spain), 14-17 March 2005

High spatial resolution in time-resolved emission spectroscopy of laser-induced plasmas
G. Epurescu, J. Siegel, J. Gonzalo, F.J. Gordillo-Vázquez and C.N. Afonso
Oral presentation at European Materials Research Society, Strasbourg (France), May 31 - June 3, 2005

Direct imaging of spatial, temporal and spectral, emission characteristics of laser-induced expanding plasmas
J. Siegel, G. Epurescu, J. Gonzalo, F. J. Gordillo-Vázquez and C.N. Afonso
Oral presentation at European Mediterranean Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectrocopy, Aachen (Germany), September 6 - 9, 2005

The expansion kinetics of Au laser ablation plumes
C. Budtz-Jørgensen, G. Epurescu, V. Resta, J. Siegel, J. Gonzalo and C.N. Afonso
Oral presentation at 8th COLA: “International Conference on Laser Ablation”, Banff (Canada), September 11-16, 2005

Metal nanocolumns produced by pulsed laser deposited silver nanostructures
J. Margueritat, J. Gonzalo, A. Mlayah, M.I Ortiz, C. Ballesteros and C.N.Afonso
Poster at 8th COLA: International Conference on Laser Ablation, Banff (Canada), September 11-16, 2005

Optical investigation of interacting Co and Ag nanoparticles
J. Margueritat, J. Gonzalo, A. Mlayah and C.N. Afonso
Poster at Congrès Général de la Société Française de Physique, Lille (France), August 29- September 2, 2005

Evaluation of the shape of Ag nanoparticles trough optical transmission measurements and Low frequency Raman Scattering
J.Margueritat, J.Gonzalo, A.Mlayah, M.I Ortiz, C. Ballesteros and C.N.Afonso
Oral presentation at NATO Advanced Study Institute, Magog (Canada), September 19-29, 2005