Void Structures Inside A Polymer Matrix Doped With Gold Nanorods

摘要

Nanofabrication techniques using a near-infrared (NIR) femtosecond laser provide unique opportunities for fabrication of photonic devices, photonic crystals, optical storage, or microfluidic channels. In their recent work, M. Gu et al. report on thernfabrication of a low-threshold three-dimensional void generation inside a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) polymer matrix doped with gold nanorods (NRs). The effectiveness of gold NRs as photothermal sensitizers in a PVA polymer matrix for void generation using NIR femtosecondlaser pulses could be demonstrated and due to the environmental friendly properties of PVA also biomedical applications are possible.