Cleaning graffitis on urban buildings by use of second and third harmonic wavelength of a Nd:YAG laser: A comparative study

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 86-99

  Costela, A ^a   Garcia Moreno I ^a   Gomez C ^a   Caballero, O ^a   Sastre, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Graffitis; Laser cleaning; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; Nd:YAG

Indexed keywords

LASER ABLATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

SURFACE DAMAGE;

SURFACE CLEANING;

EID: 0037470344     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4332(02)01241-2     Document Type: Article

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