We present a polymer based microfluidic dye laser suitable for integration into micro total analysis systems, fabricated by nanoimprint lithography (NIL) [1] in the thermoplastic polymer COC (cyclo olefin copolymer) [2]. The device (se figure 1 and 2) consists of microfluidic channels, with sizes ranging from several mm down to 16 μm, and optical waveguides, all fabricated in one single NIL ste...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro the effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) using LASER or light emitting diode (LED) on cariogenic bacteria (Streptococcus mutans [SM] and Lactobacillus casei [LC]) in bovine dentin. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty five fragments of dentin were contaminated with SM and LC strands and divided into five experimental groups according to the the...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Oral candidiasis is the most common opportunistic infection affecting the human oral cavity. Photodynamic therapy, as one of its proposed treatment modalities, needs a distinct dye for achieving the best effect. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate photosensitization effects of four distinct dyes on standard suspension of Candida albicans (C. albicans) an...

Port- wine stain is a congenital vascular malformation originating from superficial dermal vessels which is characterized by ectasia of the capillaries. Currently, pulsed dye laser (PDL) is used to treat these vascular lesions. To date, there are few reports of eczematous lesions due to PDL. Herein, we report three cases of eczema following PDL, used for treatment of port- wine stain in Razi ho...

The temporal profiles of the emission from titania particle suspensions in Rhodamine 640 perchlorate dye solutions excited by 10-ps pulses of 527-nm radiation were measured over a wide range of particle and dye concentrations and laser powers. The dynamics of stimulated emission from random media is modeled by a random walk of photons within the colloid and rate equations for molecular excitati...

Complexation of metallic silver nano particles (NPs) with Pyrromethene laser dyes (PM567, PM597) has significant effect on lifetime, photostability and the fluorescence efficiency. These enhancement of optical properties of the complex in solution due to surface Plasmon resonance (SPR) have been promised higher efficiencies in case of [40% Ag NPs: PM dye] complexes for dye laser systems. The fl...

BACKGROUND Several case reports document successful treatment of sebaceous hyperplasia with the pulsed-dye laser. Moreover, noninvasive real-time confocal laser scanning microscopy elucidates the vascular nature of these lesions and their pathophysiologic response to treatment mediated by vessel coagulation. METHODS Ten patients with 29 lesions of sebaceous hyperplasia were treated with 3 sta...