Nanoclusters with Extraordinary Properties Made out of Ordinary Materials

由申请人首创的超快激光沉积工艺在碳基纳米簇材料的生产中已经证明了创纪录的产量，并且比任何其他工艺都能更好地控制纳米颗粒的大小。本项目旨在通过理论和实验研究，准确地将烧蚀条件与所得到的纳米颗粒的结构、电子、磁性和光学性质联系起来，提高对超快激光沉积纳米制造方法的基本认识。研究结果将应用于有效地生产具有可调谐特性的纳米簇材料，用于广泛的新技术，如自旋电子学、生物光子学和纳米诊所。

Ultrafast laser deposition - a process pioneered by the Applicants - has already demonstrated record yields in the production of carbon-based nano-clustered materials with better control over the size of the nano-particles than any other process. This project aims to improve fundamental understanding of the ultra-fast laser deposition method of nano-fabrication through theoretical and experimental studies, which accurately correlate the ablation conditions to the structural, electronic, magnetic and optical properties of resulting nano-particles. The results will be applied to efficiently produce nano-clustered materials with tuneable properties for a wide range of new technologies such as spintronics, biophotonics, and nanoclinics.