Optomechanical mass spectrometry

M Sansa, M Defoort, A Brenac, M Hermouet… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Nanomechanical mass spectrometry has proven to be well suited for the analysis of high
mass species such as viruses. Still, the use of one-dimensional devices such as vibrating …

Neutral particle mass spectrometry with nanomechanical systems

E Sage, A Brenac, T Alava, R Morel, C Dupré… - Nature …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Current approaches to mass spectrometry (MS) require ionization of the analytes of interest.
For high-mass species, the resulting charge state distribution can be complex and difficult to …

Single-particle mass spectrometry with arrays of frequency-addressed nanomechanical resonators

E Sage, M Sansa, S Fostner, M Defoort, M Gély… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
One of the main challenges to overcome to perform nanomechanical mass spectrometry
analysis in a practical time frame stems from the size mismatch between the analyte beam …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma-assisted gas-phase aggregation of clusters for functional nanomaterials

O Kylián, D Nikitin, J Hanuš, S Ali-Ogly… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2023‏ - pubs.aip.org
The application of low-temperature plasma-based methods for the synthesis of functional
nanomaterials has been growing for several decades and nanoparticles (NPs) play an …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetron sputtering of polymeric targets: From thin films to heterogeneous metal/plasma polymer nanoparticles

O Kylián, A Shelemin, P Solař, P Pleskunov, D Nikitin… - Materials, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Magnetron sputtering is a well-known technique that is commonly used for the deposition of
thin compact films. However, as was shown in the 1990s, when sputtering is performed at …

Gas aggregation nanocluster source—reactive sputter deposition of copper and titanium nanoclusters

A Marek, J Valter, S Kadlec, J Vyskočil - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Copper and titanium nanoclusters in Ar and in Ar+ O2 gas mixtures were prepared using a
magnetron based gas aggregation cluster source designed for Ultra High Vacuum …

Influence of source parameters on the growth of metal nanoparticles by sputter-gas-aggregation

M Khojasteh, VV Kresin - Applied Nanoscience, 2017‏ - Springer
We describe the production of size-selected manganese nanoclusters using a magnetron
sputtering/aggregation source. Since nanoparticle production is sensitive to a range of …

Gold oxide nanoparticles with variable gold oxidation state

M Tchaplyguine, MH Mikkela, C Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Gold-oxide-containing nanoparticles have been produced in a range of partial to full
oxidation conditions, where the nanoparticle electronic structure and stoichiometry have …

Silver/plasma polymer strawberry-like nanoparticles produced by gas-phase synthesis

O Kylián, A Kuzminova, R Štefaníková, J Hanuš… - Materials Letters, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The study focuses on the synthesis of two-component heterogeneous nanoparticles with
plasma polymer core decorated with silver. It is shown that such strawberry-like particles …

Size controlled deposition of Cu and Si nano-clusters by an ultra-high vacuum sputtering gas aggregation technique

AN Banerjee, R Krishna, B Das - Applied Physics A, 2008‏ - Springer
In this paper we have reported the syntheses of copper and silicon nano-clusters by a
sputtering-gas-aggregation type growth technique. The process involves typical magnetron …