vodka turns ruby red during laser ablation of gold
Channel: nanofunction
Date: 2019-04-02

Red or white? - This question does no longer matter for wine only. Here, gold nanoparticles are generated via pulsed laser ablation of a bulk gold target in Russian wodka. The strong red colour of the colloid originates from the surface plasmon resonance of the generated nanoparticles within the wodka (or vodka) and ennobles it further, literally.
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This video was created by Andreas Schielke. More details on pulsed laser synthesis in liquids can be found on 
https://www.uni-due.de/barcikowski