Presentations

    Complex microstructures fabricated via two-photon absorption polymerization, at Macro 2006 - 41st Inernational Symposium on Macromolecules (Rio de Janeiro, RG, Brazil), Sunday, July 16, 2006:
    Using acrylic resin and Lucirin TPO-L as photoinitiator, we fabricated complex microstructures via the process of two photon absorption (2PA) polymerization. We measured the 2PA cross-section of Lucirin TPO-L, which is the parameter responsible for the nonlinear process, and the value found is among the ones reported in the literature for common photoinitiators. We also carried out quantum chemistry calculation in order to correlate the nonlinear optical properties of this photoinitiator to its molecular structure.