Photopolymerizable Materials in Biosensorics

Self-written waveguides in photopolymerizable resins.

We study the optically induced growth and interaction of self-written waveguides in a photopolymerizable resin. We investigate experimentally how the interaction depends on the mutual coherence and the relative power of the input beams and suggest an improved analytical model that describes the growth of single waveguides and the main features of their interaction in photosensitive materials.

Ionic Liquids in Photopolymerizable Holographic Materials

Photopolymerizable nanocomposite photonic materials and their holographic applications in light and neutron optics

We present an overview of recent investigations of photopolymerizable nanocomposite photonic materials in which, thanks to their high degree of material selectivity, recorded volume gratings possess high refractive index modulation amplitude and high mechanical/thermal stability at the same time, providing versatile applications in light and neutron optics. We discuss the mechanism of grating f...

Photopolymerizable Biopolymers for Rapid Prototyping of Cellular Bone Replacement Materials

The disadvantages of materials, which are currently used in orthopaedic surgery have led to the development of new synthetic biocompatible and biodegradable materials. Rapid Prototyping offers the possibility to fabricate cellular structures with nearly arbitrary form and structures out of photocurable liquid acrylate-based formulations by radical polymerization. Such a composition consists of ...

Review: photopolymerizable and degradable biomaterials for tissue engineering applications.

Photopolymerizable and degradable biomaterials are finding widespread application in the field of tissue engineering for the engineering of tissues such as bone, cartilage, and liver. The spatial and temporal control afforded by photoinitiated polymerizations has allowed for the development of injectable materials that can deliver cells and growth factors, as well as for the fabrication of scaf...