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Biomaterial Laser: All‐Biomaterial Laser Using Vitamin and Biopolymers (Adv. Mater. 41/2013)
Author(s) -
Nizamoglu Sedat,
Gather Malte C.,
Yun Seok Hyun
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201370259
Subject(s) - biomaterial , materials science , laser , substrate (aquarium) , vitamin , biomedical engineering , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , optics , biochemistry , medicine , chemistry , biology , ecology , physics
Vitamin pills sitting on a substrate are illustrated. A similar arrangement, on a much smaller microscopic scale, is used to build a vitamin droplet laser made of FDA‐approved human‐compatible biomaterials. Daily‐taken vitamin B2 is used as the optical gain medium, and vitamin‐doped microdroplet lasers with a low‐level threshold are embedded on a super‐hydrophobic poly‐L‐lactic acid (PLLA) substrate. This work is described by S. H. Yun and co‐workers on page 5943.