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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2007
Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kyoto, JP;
Kiyotaka Miura, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuyuki Hirao, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsuo Kawasaki, Kyoto, JP;
Osamu Kajita, Kyoto, JP;
Takafumi Iwamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Eitaro Yasuda, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeyuki Kimura, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kyoto, JP;
Kiyotaka Miura, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuyuki Hirao, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsuo Kawasaki, Kyoto, JP;
Osamu Kajita, Kyoto, JP;
Takafumi Iwamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Eitaro Yasuda, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeyuki Kimura, Kyoto, JP;
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a nanowire production method that is simpler than conventional nanowire production methods, and that makes it easier to control the size and shape of the nanowires by using a technique completely different from the conventional ones. A powder particle containing a metal element is divided into nanometer-size wires containing the metal element by irradiating a suspension of the powder particles with a femtosecond laser. The present invention also makes it possible to divide the nanometer-size wires thus formed into nanometer-size particles containing the metal element by irradiating further the nanometer-size wires with the femtosecond laser.