Picosecond and femtosecond laser machining may cause health risks related to nanoparticle emission

Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-164

  Barcikowski, Stephan ^a   Walter, Jürgen ^a   Hahn, Anne ^a   Koch, Jürgen ^a   Haloui, Hatim ^b   Herrmann, Thomas ^b   Gatti, Antonietta ^c  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b Lumera Laser GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser ablation; Health risk; Nanoparticles; Picosecond; Safety

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LASER ABLATION; LASER SAFETY; MACHINERY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROMACHINING; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL ALLOYS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PULSED LASERS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ZIRCONIA;

FEMTOSECOND (FS) LASER ABLATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER MACHINING; INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; NANOPARTICLE EMISSIONS; PICOSECONDS; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASHORT-PULSED LASER;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 79959430156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18800688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2961/jlmn.2009.03.0003     Document Type: Article

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