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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019 |
| Publisher | OSA - The Optical Society |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-1-7281-0469-0 |
| ISBN (print) | 978-1-7281-0470-6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019 - Munich, Germany Duration: 23 Jun 2019 → 27 Jun 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Optics InfoBase Conference Papers |
|---|---|
| Volume | Part F140-CLEO_Europe 2019 |
Abstract
Soft materials, including elastic polymers and hydrogels, are promising materials for soft robots, implantable devices, and wearable devices owing to their flexibility and biocompatibility. In recent years, the scope of use of such soft materials is expanding further because of their integration with metal micro- and nanostructures, which exhibit attractive optical and electrical properties. In this study, we demonstrate the formation of metal microstructures inside a hydrogel by photoreduction of metal ion by using femtosecond laser. Because the hydrogels have permeability to fluids, metal ions are able to be added by simply immersing the hydrogel into the metal ion solution. Femtosecond laser pulses were focused and scanned in the hydrogel to fabricate metal microstructures [1, 2]. The optical diffraction pattern obtained with the silver grating inside the hydrogel showed spaced diffraction spots, which indicated that a regular, periodic silver grating was formed. Notably, the distance between the diffraction spots changed when the water content in the hydrogel was reduced. The grating period decreased when the hydrogel shrank owing to the loss of water (Fig. 1(a)), but the straight shapes of the line structures were preserved, which demonstrated the optical tunability of the fabricated structure.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Spectroscopy
- Materials Science(all)
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Instrumentation
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Networks and Communications
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2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019. OSA - The Optical Society, 2019. 8872796 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; Vol. Part F140-CLEO_Europe 2019).
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T1 - Fabrication of metal microstructures in elastic hydrogel by multiphoton photoreduction
AU - Terakawa, Mitsuhiro
AU - Machida, Manan
AU - Onoe, Hiroaki
AU - Niidome, Takuro
AU - Heisterkamp, Alexander
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Soft materials, including elastic polymers and hydrogels, are promising materials for soft robots, implantable devices, and wearable devices owing to their flexibility and biocompatibility. In recent years, the scope of use of such soft materials is expanding further because of their integration with metal micro- and nanostructures, which exhibit attractive optical and electrical properties. In this study, we demonstrate the formation of metal microstructures inside a hydrogel by photoreduction of metal ion by using femtosecond laser. Because the hydrogels have permeability to fluids, metal ions are able to be added by simply immersing the hydrogel into the metal ion solution. Femtosecond laser pulses were focused and scanned in the hydrogel to fabricate metal microstructures [1, 2]. The optical diffraction pattern obtained with the silver grating inside the hydrogel showed spaced diffraction spots, which indicated that a regular, periodic silver grating was formed. Notably, the distance between the diffraction spots changed when the water content in the hydrogel was reduced. The grating period decreased when the hydrogel shrank owing to the loss of water (Fig. 1(a)), but the straight shapes of the line structures were preserved, which demonstrated the optical tunability of the fabricated structure.
AB - Soft materials, including elastic polymers and hydrogels, are promising materials for soft robots, implantable devices, and wearable devices owing to their flexibility and biocompatibility. In recent years, the scope of use of such soft materials is expanding further because of their integration with metal micro- and nanostructures, which exhibit attractive optical and electrical properties. In this study, we demonstrate the formation of metal microstructures inside a hydrogel by photoreduction of metal ion by using femtosecond laser. Because the hydrogels have permeability to fluids, metal ions are able to be added by simply immersing the hydrogel into the metal ion solution. Femtosecond laser pulses were focused and scanned in the hydrogel to fabricate metal microstructures [1, 2]. The optical diffraction pattern obtained with the silver grating inside the hydrogel showed spaced diffraction spots, which indicated that a regular, periodic silver grating was formed. Notably, the distance between the diffraction spots changed when the water content in the hydrogel was reduced. The grating period decreased when the hydrogel shrank owing to the loss of water (Fig. 1(a)), but the straight shapes of the line structures were preserved, which demonstrated the optical tunability of the fabricated structure.
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U2 - 10.1109/cleoe-eqec.2019.8872796
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M3 - Conference contribution
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SN - 978-1-7281-0470-6
T3 - Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
BT - 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019
PB - OSA - The Optical Society
T2 - 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019
Y2 - 23 June 2019 through 27 June 2019
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