In this work, cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles were prepared by pulsed laser<\/p>\n
ablation of CdS targets in distilled water (DW), which served as the solvent and<\/p>\n
reducing agent. Using 300 pulses and a repetition frequency of 6 Hz, an Nd:YAG<\/p>\n
laser (1064 nm, 480 mJ) was used. The x-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force<\/p>\n
microscopy (AFM), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and UVVIS spectroscopy were used to introduce and characterize the prepared samples.<\/p>\n
Plasmonic absorption was observed with discrete peaks using UV-Visible<\/p>\n
spectroscopy. The cubic structure of the CdS phase was validated using XRD patterns.<\/p>\n
Clusters ranging in size from 34.2 to 90.7 nm were formed with spherical particle<\/p>\n
dispersion, as shown by FE-SEM. The topography was studied by AFM showing a<\/p>\n
root mean square surface roughness of 2.833 nm, an average roughness of 2.354 nm,<\/p>\n
and an average diameter of 11.29 nm. These results validate the successful synthesis<\/p>\n
of materials for use in a variety of applied physics applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"