Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering

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Shanan Z J, Ali H M, Al-Taay H. Evaluation of the Influence of the Number of Laser Shots on the Characterization of TiO2/MgO Nanocomposites. IJMSE 2022; 19 (3) :113-122
URL: http://ijmse.iust.ac.ir/article-1-2651-en.html

         The objectives of this work is to synthesize TiO₂/MgO nanocomposites using a pulse laser deposition technique. At a vacuum pressure of 2.5 10^-2 mBar, TiO₂/MgO nanocomposites were synthesized on substrates with a laser power of 600 mJ and a wavelength of 1064 nm. This search utilizes various pulses (500, 600, and 700) at a 6-Hertz repetition rate. X-ray diffraction was utilized to investigate crystallography of the phases in the samples, as well as average crystallite size (XRD). An increase in the average crystal size was observed with an increase in the number of shots (from 35.15 to 38.08) nm at (500 to 700) shots respectively. The impact of the number of laser shots on the surface characteristics of TiO₂/MgO nanocomposites was also evaluated using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Finally, optical characteristics were evaluated using UV-Vis spectroscopy. Increasing the number of shots increased the absorbance and thus reduced the energy gap.