Jetter & Associates, P.A.
Laser irradiation of metal nanoparticle/polymer composite materials for chemical and physical transformations
A metal nanoparticle supported on or dispersed in a polymer is irradiated with photons from a laser source to address the nanoparticles. The polymer is transmissive to the photons and addressed nanoparticles transform the energy of the photon to heat which is transferred to a material in the vicinity of the nanoparticle. The locally heated material undergoes a physical or chemical transformation upon heating. The transformed material can be a material in the proximity of the metal nanoparticle supported polymer or metal nanoparticle/polymer composite. In this manner thermally induced physical or chemical transformations can be carried out in very small volumes of material without significant heating to the bulk of the material.
University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
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C08J B82Y
inventional inventional
Qun Hui Jianhua
Huo Chen Zou