Pulsed Laser Deposition PLD

Biomimetic nanocrystalline apatite coatings were deposited on titanium substrates by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE), a technique with potential application in tissue engineering (Visan et al., 2014 Caricato etal., 2014). The targets were prepared from nano-sized, poorly crystalline apatite powders, analogous in composition to mineral bone. For the deposition of thin films, a KrF excimer laser source was used (A = 248 nm,rFWHM 25 ns). Analyses of the deposited films showed that the structural and chemical nature of the nanocrystalline precursor apatite was preserved. Hence, MAPLE may be a suitable technique for the congruent transfer of a delicate material such as nanohydroxyapatite. 

In the realm of dentistry, restoration and protection of tooth enamel are of great importance in operative and conservative dentistry. Yamamoto et al. (2013) used PLD to create a freestanding flexible double-layered sheet composed of a 4 pm thin hydroxyapatite (HAp) layer coated with a 0.5 pm thin TCP layer. The adhesive strength between the HAp/TCP sheet and enamel was 5.7 MPa, decidedly higher than that between the monolayered HAp sheet and enamel (1.9 MPa). Electron microscopical observation revealed that the HAp/TCP sheet was largely fused with the enamel. Therefore, the double-layered HAp/TCP sheet can be used as a material to promote the repair of tooth eruption and to maintain healthy dentine. 

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The approaches used for preparation of inorganic nanomaterials can be divided into two broad categories solution-phase colloidal synthesis and gas-phase synthesis. Metal and semiconductor nanoparticles are usually synthesized via solution-phase colloidal techniques,4,913 whereas high-temperature gas-phase processes like chemical vapor deposition (CVD), pulsed laser deposition (PLD), and vapor transfer are widely used for synthesis of high-quality semiconductor nanowires and carbon nanotubes.6,7 Such division reflects only the current research bias, as promising routes to metallic nanoparticles are also available based on vapor condensation14 and colloidal syntheses of high-quality semiconductor nanowires.15... 

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The pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique is widely used for inorganic materials but is beconting increasingly employed for the preparation of thin films of polymers... 

The preparation of c-axis aligned or even epitaxial RNi2B2C thin films has been performed using both, pulsed laser deposition (PLD Cimberle et al., 1997 Hase et al., 1997) and magnetron sputtering technique (Arisawa et al., 1994 Andreone... 

Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) [1-3] uses high-power laser pulses with an energy density of more than 108 W cm 2 to melt, evaporate, excite, and ionize material from a single target. This laser ablation produces a transient, highly luminous plasma plume that expands rapidly away from the target surface. The ablated material is collected on an appropriately placed substrate surface upon which it condenses and a thin film nucleates and grows. 

There are many physical deposition (PD) processes which can be used to deposit lubricating films on surfaces, and several of them have been used, either separately or in combination, for depositing molybdenum disulphide. They include Ion Beam Enhanced (or Assisted) Deposition (IBED or IBAD), and Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD), but the most important so far is sputtering, or more precisely sputter-coating. 

Guo et al. " proposed that there exists a de-doping effect in nanometer-thick YSZ films, which results in a lower bulk conductivity in nanocrystalline YSZ (grain size 80 nm, thickness = 12 and 25 nm) than in the microcrystalline specimen. They predicted that the conductivity of nanostructured YSZ (e.g., <5 nm) will be even smaller, analyzing from a space charge model. Because XRD results were not provided, neither the crystallinity nor the existence of the second phase is known in YSZ films grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD). However, electrical measurements were carefully carried out in both dry and wet O2, and the overall conductivity in their YSZ films is lower than that of bulk YSZ (grain size > 15 pm) by a factor of 4 (figure 10.8). 

A series of original synthesis strategies has been also reported recently such as flow-through reactors for the homogeneous synthesis of zeolite membranes [77], centrifugal force field [114] or electrophoresis [115] for the preparation of A-type membranes, and pulse laser deposition (PLD) for the secondary growth of oriented MCM-22 membranes [116]. 

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