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. 2013 Nov 6;25(41):5943-7.
doi: 10.1002/adma201300818.

All-biomaterial laser using vitamin and biopolymers

Sedat Nizamoglu  1 , Malte C Gather, Seok Hyun Yun
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All-biomaterial laser using vitamin and biopolymers

Sedat Nizamoglu et al. Adv Mater. .

Abstract

Lasers based on biomaterials known as Generally-Recognized-As-Safe (GRAS) substances approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are demonstrated. Vitamin B2-doped microdroplet lasers are generated and trapped on a super-hydrophobic poly-L-lactic acid substrate. The spheres support whispering gallery mode lasing at optical pump energies as low as 15 nJ per pulse (≈1 kW/mm2).

Keywords: biomaterial; biomolecule; biopolymer; laser; superhydrophobic; vitamin.

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