Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Extremely rapid isotropic irradiation of nanoparticles with ions generated in situ by a nuclear reaction

  • Jan Havlik,
  • Vladimira Petrakova,
  • Jan Kucka,
  • Helena Raabova,
  • Dalibor Panek,
  • Vaclav Stepan,
  • Zuzana Zlamalova Cilova,
  • Philipp Reineck,
  • Jan Stursa,
  • Jan Kucera,
  • Martin Hruby,
  • Petr Cigler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06789-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Mass production of nanoparticles containing well-controlled structural defects is a challenge. Here the authors demonstrate the feasibility of homogeneous ion irradiation generated in a nuclear reactor, for the preparation of fluorescent nanodiamonds and silicon carbide nanoparticles.