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Antireflective coatings with high damage threshold prepared by laser ablation
Latest developments in the field of high power ultra-short pulse lasers have led to intensive studies dedicated to the fabrication possibility of new antireflective coatings which exhibit high damage threshold...
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The effects of the oxygen content on the photoelectrochemical properties of LaFeO3 perovskite thin films obtained by pulsed laser deposition
The physical properties of perovskite oxides are strongly influenced by their stoichiometry and one of the key features of these materials is the tunability of their functionality by controlling the interplay ...
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Multiferroic (Nd,Fe)-doped PbTiO3 thin films obtained by pulsed laser deposition
We report the successful growth of multiferroic (Nd,Fe)-doped PbTiO3 thin films with the composition (Pb0.88Nd0.08)(Ti0.93Fe0.05Mn0.02)O3 (PNFT) using pulsed laser deposition. The deposited films have been invest...
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Open AccessRolling dopant and strain in Y-doped BiFeO3 epitaxial thin films for photoelectrochemical water splitting
We report significant photoelectrochemical activity of Y-doped BiFeO3 (Y-BFO) epitaxial thin films deposited on Nb:SrTiO3 substrates. The Y-BFO photoanodes exhibit a strong dependence of the photocurrent values o...
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Preparation and characterization of strontium targets for nuclear astrophysics experiments
The present paper describes preparation and characterization of strontium targets for nuclear astrophysical experiments with alpha particles accelerated near the Gamow window energy. SrF2 and SrCO3 targets were o...
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Pulsed laser deposition of functionalized Mg–Al layered double hydroxide thin films
In this paper, magnesium–aluminium layered double hydroxide (LDH) has been functionalized with sodium dodecyl sulfate (DS) and deposited as thin film by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Mg, Al-LDH powders were p...
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Tailored biodegradable triblock copolymer coatings obtained by MAPLE: a parametric study
Biocompatible and biodegradable coatings with controllable and tailored chemical and physical characteristics (i.e. morphology and roughness) are of great interest in bone related research applications. Within...
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Modification of W surfaces by exposure to hollow cathode plasmas
In this work, we assess the surface modifications induced on W samples following exposure to He and He/H2 radiofrequency plasmas in hollow cathode discharge configuration. Our study addresses issues that relate t...
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Open AccessJoining Chemical Pressure and Epitaxial Strain to Yield Y-doped BiFeO3 Thin Films with High Dielectric Response
BiFeO3 is one of the most promising multiferroic materials but undergoes two major drawbacks: low dielectric susceptibility and high dielectric loss. Here we report high in-plane dielectric permittivity (ε’ ∼2500...
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Laser-assisted fabrication and non-invasive imaging of 3D cell-seeding constructs for bone tissue engineering
We report on laser-assisted fabrication and non-invasive imaging of porous 3D cell-seeding constructs (3D-CSCs) for bone tissue engineering. The 3D structures were built by two-photon polymerization-direct wri...
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Laser-induced forward transfer of single-walled carbon nanotubes
The objective of this work is the application of laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) for the fabrication of chemiresistor sensors. The receiver substrate is an array with metal electrodes and the active mate...
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Pulsed laser deposition of lysozyme: the dependence on shot numbers and the angular distribution
The ejection of molecules from a pressed solid target of lysozyme induced by laser ablation in the UV-regime at a wavelength of 355 nm was investigated. The ablation studies were carried out in vacuum at a las...
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Pulsed laser deposition of Mg–Al layered double hydroxide with Ag nanoparticles
Powdered layered double hydroxides (LDHs)—also known as hydrotalcite-like (HT)—compounds have been widely studied due to their applications as catalysts, anionic exchangers or host materials for inorganic or o...
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Producing ORMOSIL scaffolds by femtosecond laser polymerization
Structures with different geometries and sizes were built via direct femtosecond laser writing, starting from new organic/inorganic hybrid monomers based on hybrid methacrylate containing triethoxysilane, in a...
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Growth of thin films of low molecular weight proteins by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE)
Thin films of lysozyme and myoglobin grown by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) from a water ice matrix have been investigated. The deposition rate of these two low molecular weight proteins (ly...
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Laser processing of ormosils for tissue engineering applications
Hybrid methacrylates based on silane derivates (ormosils) have been considered for applications in electronics, microtechnology, corrosion resistant coatings, dentistry, and biomedical implants. The presence o...
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Crystallization of Amorphous 55wt%Cr-45wt%Ni Films Induced by 60 ns (0.694 μm) Single Laser Pulse
Amorphous 55wt%Cr-45wt%Ni films (60 nm thick) supported on EM copper grids were irradiated in air at normal incidence with a ruby laser (λ∼, 0.694 μm) through a ≈ 1.5 mm diameter diaphragm using one single las...
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Lead-free ferroelectric thin films obtained by pulsed laser deposition
Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3 (NBT-BT) thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition have been investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and dielectric spectroscopy in order to clarify the role of su...
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A comparative study of DRL-lift and lift on integrated polyisobutylene polymer matrices
This paper presents a comparative study of polymer pixel on sensors obtained by Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT) assisted by a triazene polymer as Dynamic Release Layer (DRL). Polyisobutylene (PIB) was se...
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Nanostructure evolution in cluster-assembled WO x films synthesized by radio-frequency assisted laser ablation
We deposited WO x films by radio frequency assisted pulsed laser deposition (RF-PLD). We explored the roles of substrate temperature and ambient gas pressure-composition on film...
