Three-dimensional laser micro-sculpturing of silicone: Towards bio-compatible scaffolds

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 17028-17041

  Rekstyte, Sima ^a,b   Malinauskas, Mangirdas ^a   Juodkazis, Saulius ^c,d  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROCHANNELS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTONS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIRECT LASER WRITING; FABRICATION THROUGHPUT; MULTI-PHOTON ABSORPTION; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

SILICONES;

BAYSILON; BIOMATERIAL; DIMETICONE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION RESPONSE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MINIATURIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84880555502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.017028     Document Type: Article

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