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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
An investigation of the shrinking behaviour of a zirconium-based sol-gel composite micro-structured by two-photon polymerization is presented and a simple, straightforward methodology allowing the evaluation of shrinkage is suggested. It is shown that volume reduction is directly related to the average laser power (irradiation dose) used for the microfabrication and becomes a critical issue near the polymerization threshold. It is demonstrated that this shrinkage can be employed beneficially to improve the structural resolution. This is demonstrated by the presence of stopbands in the photonic crystal nanostructures fabricated with controlled volume reduction. Well above the polymerization threshold, the studied material exhibits remarkably low shrinkage. Therefore, no additional effort for the pre-compensation of distortion and for the improvement of structural stability is required.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1094-4087
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2143-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Shrinkage of microstructures produced by two-photon polymerization of Zr-based hybrid photosensitive materials.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nanotechnology of Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, D-30419 Hannover, Germany. A.Ovsianikov@lzh.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't