Mechanisms of resonant infrared matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation

Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-45

  Torres, Ricardo D ^a   Johnson, Stephen L ^b   Haglund Jr , Richard F ^b   Hwang, Jungseek ^c   Burn, Paul L ^d   Holloway, Paul H ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

dendrimers; free electron laser; phase explosion; polymers; pulsed laser deposition; solvent matrix

Indexed keywords

ABLATION MECHANISMS; CONDENSED PHASE; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; CRYOGENIC SOLVENTS; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; FLUENCES; FOCAL VOLUME; FUNCTION OF TIME; HIGH-POWER; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; INFRARED MATRIX; INTENSE LASER; MATRIX; MATRIX APPROACH; METASTABLE PHASE; PHASE EXPLOSION; POLYMER DEPOSITION; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; RESONANT MODE; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SOLVENT MOLECULES; SPINODALS; SURFACE EVAPORATION; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS; VAPOR BUBBLE;

ABLATION; CRYOGENICS; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRONS; EVAPORATION; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; INFRARED LASERS; IRRADIATION; LASERS; METASTABLE PHASES; ORGANIC LASERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPORS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 79952369415     PISSN: 10408436     EISSN: 15476561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408436.2011.547761     Document Type: Article

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