The deposition of thin films of poly(D,L-lactide) (PDLLA) by using the matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) technique is investigated. PDLLA is a highly biocompatible and biodegradable polymer, with wide applicability in the biomedical field. The laser wavelength used in the MAPLE process is optimized to obtain a good-quality deposition. The structure of the polymer film is analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). It is found that the chemical structure of PDLLA undergoes little or no damage during deposition with near-infrared laser radiation (1064 nm). It is thus confirmed that at this wavelength, the MAPLE technique can be applied for fragile biopolymer molecules, which are easily damaged by other laser radiations (UV radiation). This method allows future development of tailored polymer coatings for biomedical applications.
Water in oil microemulsions are systems of spherical droplets of water coated by a monolayer of surfactant molecules, immersed in oil. Initially we have studied the optical nonlinear behavior of water in oil microemulsion by the Self-Phase-Modulation of a gaussian laser beam by an optically thin film. The material is WAD (water/AOT/decane, where AOT denotes sodium-bis-di-ethyl-sulfosuccinate) far from critical points and near the percolative transition from electrically insulating to electrically conducting. We have observed optical nonlinearity in the L2 area of the phase diagram, near the percolation line and far from the one-phase two-phase boundary line. In this point, the material turbidity is very low. Strong optical nonlinearity has been reported. Nonlinear optical effects in a Water/AOT/Decane (WAD) microemulsion have been experimentally studied also in a pump probe configuration. We detect the variation of the on axis optical intensity of the probe beam as generated by the concentration profile induced in an optically thin film of microemulsion by the pump beam. Results seem to suggest the hypothesis of a chain like shape of the clusters.
We study the self-focusing of the gaussian beam given by the Te00 mode of an Ar+ laser by a thin film of a water in oil microemulsions. As microemulsion we use WAD (AOT/water/decane). First experimental results are presented here for beam self-focusing in a WAD film above and under the percolation line.
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