Abstract
The continuous and pulsed CO2 laser irradiation (105-107 W/cm2) of silicates (quartz-SiO2, nepheline - Na[AlSiO4], rodonite - CaMn4[Si5O15], zircon - ZrSiO4 etc.) lead to the creation of metallic and silicon nanoclusters at the surface.
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