Diffusion-assisted high-resolution direct femtosecond laser writing

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2302-2311

  Sakellari, Ioanna ^a   Kabouraki, Elmina ^a,b   Gray, David ^a   Purlys, Vytautas ^a   Fotakis, Costas ^a,b   Pikulin, Alexander ^c   Bityurin, Nikita ^c   Vamvakaki, Maria ^a,b   Farsari, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

direct laser writing; hybrid materials; multiphoton polymerization; photonic nanostructures; quenching

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; DIRECT LASER WRITING; FEMTOSECOND LASER WRITING; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTRA-LAYER; LASER SCANNING SPEED; MULTIPHOTON POLYMERIZATION; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; PHOTONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMER BACKBONES; WOODPILE STRUCTURE;

DIFFUSION; HYBRID MATERIALS; POLYMERIZATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

QUENCHING;

2-DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE; AMINE; ETHYLAMINE; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHACRYLIC ACID DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; LASER; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; POLYMERIZATION; PRINTING; TIME;

AMINES; DIFFUSION; ETHYLAMINES; LASERS; METHACRYLATES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PHOTONS; POLYMERIZATION; PRINTING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859126030     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204454c     Document Type: Article

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