† Nakano and Iwata’s Dept Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8526 Japan Phone:+81-824-24-7686, Fax:+81-824-22-7195, Email: teppei,iwa @dsl.hiroshima-u.ac.jp ‡ Morie’s Dept Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu 808-0196 Japan Phone:+81-93-695-6122, Fax:+81...

We report operation of a laser-diode side-pumped Nd: YAG laser with a novel pumping geometry that ensures efficient conversion of pump energy into the TEM(00) mode. Of the 1064-nm output, 11.8 mJ of energy was obtained in a 200-micros pulse with 64 mJ of pump energy at 808 nm. The overall conversion and slope efficiencies were 18% and 23%, respectively.

The phototoxicity of Chlorin e6 (Ce6) for photodynamic therapy (PDT) was found to be effectively suppressed by indocyanine green (ICG), a near infrared (NIR) dye. Upon NIR laser irradiation at 808 nm, ICG in the liposomes containing ICG and Ce6 could be degraded, while the phototoxicity of Ce6 could be recovered. In addition, we demonstrate that this newly developed liposomal component can be s...

The one-step synthesis of nanoscale conjugated microporous polymer (NCMP) capsules is presented by using PMAA microspheres as self-sacrificial templates. Precise control over the morphology, nanostructure and shell thickness makes the NCMPs have a tunable NIR absorption ability and a shape-dependent photothermal conversion efficiency. Upon exposure to 808 nm light, they rapidly generate heat (N...

1 3rd-Year ENT Resident (R3). 2 MSc. Assistant Physician and Coordinator of the Medical Residency Program in Otorhinolaryngology of the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasília. Armed Forces Hospital in Brasília. Send correspondence to: Marco Antônio Rios Lima S.M.T, conjunto 16, casa 5, Taguatinga DF. 72023-480. Paper submitted to the BJORL-SGP (Publishing Management System – Brazilian Journal of Oto...

Laboratory experiments measuring the charge transferred when ice crystals collide with various metal targets have shown that the primary influence on the magnitude and sign of the charging is the work function of the metal. The magnitude of the charging of two alloys used for aircraft manufacture varied by a factor of two. Further experiments are needed to characterise the charging of composite...