A comprehensive review and outlook on the experimental techniques to investigate the complex dynamics of pulsed laser ablation in liquid for nanoparticle synthesis

K Mehta, PK Baruah - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Pulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL) has been established as one of the most efficient and
impactful methods for producing pure and ligand-free nanoparticles (NPs). PLAL has …

Spallation fracture dependence on shock intensity and loading duration in single-crystal aluminum

X Yang, X Zeng, F Wang, J Ding, H Zhao… - Computational Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations were carried out to explore the effects of
the shock intensity and loading duration on the spallation fracture mechanisms for single …

Experimental observations of laser-driven tin ejecta microjet interactions

AM Saunders, CV Stan, KK Mackay, B Morgan… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The study of high-velocity particle-laden flow interactions is of importance for the
understanding of a wide range of natural phenomena, ranging from planetary formation to …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrodynamic computations of high-power laser drives generating metal ejecta jets from surface grooves

KK Mackay, FM Najjar, SJ Ali, JH Eggert… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding dynamic fragmentation in shock-loaded metals and predicting properties of
the resulting ejecta are of considerable importance for both basic and applied science. The …

Characterization of the ballistic properties of ejecta from laser shock-loaded samples using high resolution picosecond laser imaging

A Sollier, E Lescoute - International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
A high resolution picosecond laser imaging diagnostic has been developed for making high-
resolution spatial measurements of ejecta particles moving at high velocities (a few km. s-1) …

Velocity and mass density of the ejecta produced from sinusoidal grooves in laser shock-loaded tin

G Prudhomme, T De Rességuier, C Roland… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
When a shock wave of several tens of GPa breaks out at a free surface, a material is ejected
ahead of this surface. The amount and velocity of such ejecta depend on the breakout …

Theoretical and experimental study on the hypervelocity impact induced microjet from the grooved metal surface

M Xu, W Song, C Wang, P Wang, J Shao… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dynamic process of the hypervelocity impact induced microjet from the grooved metal
surface is studied theoretically and experimentally. Based on shock wave theory and …

Evolution of unsupported shocks in a two-dimensional Yukawa solid

T Sun, MS Murillo, Y Feng - Physics of Plasmas, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular dynamical simulations are performed to investigate the evolution of unsupported
shocks in a two-dimensional Yukawa solid. When a boundary of the solid moves uniformly …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the evolution of liquid and solid microjets from grooved Sn and Cu samples using radiography

DB Bober, KK Mackay, MC Akin… - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Experiments were performed on grooved Sn and Cu samples to study the temporal
evolution of microjets. Jets were generated by the impact of gun-launched flyer plates …

Unsupported shock wave induced dynamic fragmentation of matrix in lead with surface grooves

JN Wang, FC Wu, YB Zhu, AM He, P Wang… - Computational Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
The material damage and fragments features under certain shock waveform are of great
significance in the shock compression phenomena. Herein, molecular dynamics simulations …