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A Ablation, 87 Ablation Plasma, 199 Ablation Rate, 55 Ablation Volume Index A Bilayer polymeric structures, 306 Ablation, 87 Bioactive thin films, 304, 308 Ablation plasma, 199 Biomaterial, 272 Ablation rate, 55 Biomolecule analysis, 298 Ablation volume, 35 Biopolymer, 60, 325–327, 337–340, 342 Absorption cross section, 54, 108 Biosensor, 285 Ac conductivity, 238 Biphosphonate-hydroxyapatite, 275 Acousto-optic modulator, 22 Birefringence shift, 240, 243 Activation energy barriers, 218 Boltzmann equation for electrons, 93 Active protein thin films, 304, 308 Bottom-up nanostructuring, 59 Active site, 216, 218, 223 Bragg reflection, 332 Advance oxidation process, 222 Brazilwood, SERS, 209 Aggregates and droplets, 290 Breathing sphere model, 70 Aggregation sources, 202 Bubble/void formation, 118 Ag NPs, 203 Alizarin, SERS, 207 Amplified laser systems, 20 C Analysis methods, 350 Carbon coatings, 219 Anodic Aluminium Oxide, 327 Carbon nanostructure synthesis, 150 Apomorphine, SERS, 206 Carbon nanotubes, 90 ARRHENIUS equation, 32 Carmine lake,SERS, 209 ARRHENIUS plot, 32, 33 Carrier-envelope phase(CEP), 126, 127, 129, Asymmetry parameter, 138 131 Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images, 280 Catalysis process, 216, 224 Atomic movies, 67 Catalytic reaction, 218, 223 Atomic resolution electron microscopy, 148 Cell, 326, 328, 337, 340, 341 Atomization, 201 Cell proliferation and earlier differentiation, Auger process, 54 276 Autocatalytic kinetics, 162, 163 Characteristic collisional time of electrons, Avalanche ionization, 55, 63, 339, 360, 361, 108 374, 375 Characteristic recombination time, 104 Chemical hydrides, 214 Chemical vapor deposition (CVD), 154 B Chirped-pulse amplifier, 21 Ballistic electron transport, 47, 49, 63 Chitosan, 337, 339–342 Ballistic energy transport, 93 Cladding, 348 Beam parameters, 347 Clamping effect, 104 Beam self-focusing, 114 Clean fuels, 214 Benzenethiol, 336, 342 Cluster assembled film, 176, 185, 189 M. Castillejo et al. (eds.), Lasers in Materials Science, 381 Springer Series in Materials Science 191, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02898-9, Ó Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 382 Index Cluster-assembled W films, 185 Double optical gating, 132 Cluster-assembling (CA) films, 176 Double-pulse train, 375 Clustered NPs, 205 Drag model, 180 Cluster ejection, 86 Drag model, modified, 181, 182 Co nanoparticles, 214, 224 Droplet, 189, 201 Co oxide, 221 Drude model, 107 Coalescence, 190, 200, 216 Drug delivery systems, 271 Coarse-grained MD simulations, 71 Coarsening, 218 Co-B coatings, 219 E Collagen, 337, 338 Ee–ne diagram, 116 Collisional processes, 219 Effective absorption coefficient, 43 Colloidal nanoparticle thin films, 304, 314 Effective piezoelectric coefficient, 242 Colloidal nanorods thin films, 314 Electrolyte, 52 Colloidal solution, 193 Electron avalanche, 103 Complex impedance spectroscopy, 238 Electron bunches, 346 Complex oxide materials, 228 Electron diffusion, 47, 49 Compressive stress, 117 Electron–electron scattering, 44, 46, 54 Compressive wave, 117 Electron heating, 360, 361, 374, 375 Computational models, 68 Electron-hole pair, 55 Computer modeling, 67 Electronic heat capacity, 47 Confinement, 178, 193 Electronic structure calculations, 68 Continuum modeling of laser-materials Electron localization, 137, 138 interactions, 68, 93 Electron pressure, 49, 92 Coulomb explosion, 59 Electron temperature dependent interatomic Cracks, 352 potentials, 92 Cross section, 350 Electron transfer, 216 Cross-linking, 63 Electron-lattice thermalization, 116 Cryogenic target, 273 Electron–phonon coupling factor, 46, 49, 92 Electron–phonon scattering, 2, 54 Electro-optic devices, 264 D Electro-optic effect, 236 Damped harmonic oscillator, 50 Electro-optic modulator, 22 Defects in nanotubes, 156 Electro-optical coefficients, 249 Defect states, 106 EM enchancement, 203 Deflated balloons, 90 Emission of dislocations, 80 Degradation of dye, 223 Emission of partial dislocations, 76 Degradation of methylene blue dye, 213 Energy balance, 116 Degrade the methylene blue dye, 224 Energy dispersive spectroscopy mapping, 307 Dendritic growth, 354 Enzyme ribonuclease a, 271 Density variations in nanotube arrays, 160 Epitaxial growth, 241 Deposition techniques, 272 Evaporation-induced self-assembly, 284 Desorption, 87 Excimer laser, 15 Deterministic process, 55 Exfoliation methods, 164 Diagnostics, 199 Explosive boiling, 68, 87 Dielectric, 54, 59, 61 Dielectric spectroscopy, 234, 260 Diffusion-like propagation, 178 F Diffusion model, 180 Fabry-Perot cavity, 10 Diffusion model, modified, 181, 182 Feedback mechanism, 334, 335 Direct laser synthesis, 347 Femtosecond and picosecond lasers, 359 Direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC), 93 Femtosecond laser ablation, 367 Disorders of bone, 275 Femtosecond laser direct writing, 363 Double focusing, 113 Femtosecond laser, 366 Index 383 Fermi distribution, 46 Heat conduction, 103 Ferroelectric materials thin films, 228, 229 Heat flow equation, 119 Fiber laser, 18 Helmholtz layer, 52, 63 Fiber texture, 355 Heterogeneous catalyst, 224 Fibrilar structure, 338 High-intensity, 7 Fibroblasts, 340–342 High-performance electronic devices, 228 Figure of merit, 2, 3 High resolution electron microscopy (HREM), Filamentation, 193 185 Film thickness, 356 High spatial frequency LIPSS (HSFL), 58, 59 Filopodia, 341 Hollow fiber, 126–128 Finite element method, 352 Homogeneous and heterogeneous Finite-Difference Time-Domain, 109 melting, 73 First principles theory, 148 Homogeneous boiling, 18, 36 Fluorescence microscopy, 340 Homogeneous catalyst, 223 Focal plane, 193 Hot electron diffusion, 63 Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy Hot electron electrochemistry, 53 studies, 280 Hot electron emission, 51 Free electron density, 335, 339 Hot spot, 205 Free electron gas, 47, 50 Hydrogen generation yield, 217 Free electron laser, 346 Hydrolysis reaction, 216, 218, 221 Free propagation, 182 Hyperthermal processes, 29, 36, 37 Frequency Resolved Optical Gating for Com- plete Reconstruction of Attosecond Bursts (FROG CRAB), 135, 136 I Frustrated ablation, 85 Idler beam, 26 Full oxide heterostructure, 263 Idler wavelength, 18, 25 Fullerenes, 150 Immunoglobulin g, 285 Immunoresponse, 286 Impact ionization, 54, 55, 63 G In situ diagnostics, 166 Gain medium, 7–9, 21, 22 In situ diagnostics of carbon nanotube growth Garanza lake, 207 kinetics, 163 Gelatine, 337–339 In situ laser reflectivity, 161 Generalized double optical gating, 133 Incremental growth, 160 Generation of crystal defects, 67, 76 Industrial applications, 348 Generation of nanocrystalline structure, 76, 85 Initial plasma velocity, 187 Generation of vacancies, 77 In-plane orientation, 250–253 Glass microwelding, 375 Intensity dependent band gap, 110 Grain-boundaries, 223 Interconnected liquid regions, 87, 90 Graphene, 164 Internal modification, 360, 362 Graphene growth, 169 Inverse bremsstrahlung, 105 Grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scatter- In-vitro tests, 290 ing (GISAXS), 329–331 Ionization gating, 133 Grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering Ionization scattering instability, 121 (GIWAXS), 329 IR-MALDI, 298 Grazing incidence X-ray scattering, 327, 329 Islands, 190 Isolated attosecond pulses, 131 Isothermal graphene growth, 166 H H2 generation rate, 218 Hard sphere binary collision, 184 K Harmonic oscillator, 50 Keldysh parameter, 104 Heat accumulation, 118 Kerr effect, 109 Heat-affected zone (HAZ), 359, 361, 375 Kinetic energy, 144 384 Index L Matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation Lamellipodia, .341 (MAPLE), 89, 272, 297, 299, 302, 304, Lamellipodium, 341 306, 308, 310, 314, 318, 319, 327 Laser ablation, 4, 7, 67, 146 advantages, 300 Laser cleaning, 169 deposition hardware, 300 Laser energy, 6 deposition parameters, 310 Laser fluence, 2, 6, 285 film surface roughness, 302 Laser frequency, 6 molecular dynamic simulation, 303 Laser growth of graphene, 167 solvent volatility, 310, 312 Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy solvent solubility, 310, 312 (LIBS), 295, 296 solvent properties, 312 Laser induced forward transfer (LIFT), 327 solvent volatility, 312 Laser-induced periodic surface structures substrate temperature, 314 (LIPSS), 38, 39, 57, 325, 327–336, 339, matrix-assisted pulsed laser 341 evaporation, 89 Laser-induced stresses, 82 Maxwell’s equations, 106 Laser-induced void nucleation and growth, 83 MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN distribution, 31 Laser intensity, 4, 6, 7 MD-DSMC model, 94 Laser interferometry, 158 Meandering, 350 Laser melting, 67, 73 Mean plasma velocity, 187 Laser patterning of graphite oxide, 165 Mechanical fragmentation, 198 Laser produced plasma, 103 Medium polarization, 110 Laser spot size, 7 Melt front propagation, 35 Laser type, 2 Melting of the nanocrystalline film, 76 Laser vaporization nanoparticle growth, 151 Metal, 44 Laser-materials interactions, 1–4 Mg and sr ions, 274 Lateral extension parameter, 56 Microbial levan, 282, 283 Lead-based ferroelectric, 231 Microchannel, 366, 372 Lead-based materials, 265 Microfluidic channel, 366, 370, 371 Lead-free ferroelectric, 227, 258 Microfluidic components, 372 Lead-free oxide, 263 Microfluidic devices, 370 Levan applications, 283 Microfluidic structure, 364 Light scattering to large angles, 109 Micro-optic components, 372 Liquid-assisted femtosecond laser drilling, 366 Miniaturization of written structures, 119 Local densification/rarefaction, 119 Mixed amorphous-nanocrystalline Lorentz force, 112 phase, 222 Low spatial frequency LIPSS (LSFL), 57 Mixed amorphous-nanocyrstalline structure, 222 Mixed propagation model, 180, 182, 190 M Mixing, 351 Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI), 371 Model polymers, 24 Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization Mode-locked oscillator,
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