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Micro/nano processing of natural silk fibers with near-field enhanced ultrafast laser; ?????¨è????o?￠???oè????????????ˉ1?¤????è?????è??è??????o3????·￥;
摘要： Silkworm silk fiber is an attractive material owing to its remarkable mechanical characteristics, excellent optical properties, and good biocompatibility and biodegradability. However, nano-processing of the silk fiber is still a challenge limiting its applications in nanoengineering and related fields. Herein, we report localized near-field enhancement-assisted ablation with an ultrafast laser to break this bottleneck. Localized processing of silk fiber, including nano-holing, nano-grooving, and cutting could retain the key molecular structure building blocks and the pristine functionality of the silk fiber. An extremely narrow nanohole with a width of ~64 nm was successfully achieved. The processed silk fiber can be used to transfer micro/nanoparticles and drugs, showing potential for biomedical engineering. The processing strategy developed in this study can also be extended to other materials, paving a new way for fabricating functional nanostructures with precisely controlled size and morphology.
关键词： nano-processing,ultrafast laser,drug delivery,silk fiber,laser ablation
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Growth Promotion of Targeted Crystal Face by Nano-Processing via Laser Ablation
摘要： Control of crystal shape is an indispensable step for various applications of crystalline products. However, obtaining the desired crystal shape by conventionally tuning environmental conditions (temperature, additives, etc.) cannot always be reached. Recently, we have developed an innovative approach for spatiotemporal control of crystal growth of proteins and amino acids by locally modifying crystal structure (e.g., formation of screw dislocations) via femtosecond (fs) laser ablation. In this work, to clarify the appropriate laser condition for controlling the shape of single crystals with minimized damage, we first systematically investigated the dependence of pulse duration on laser ablation and crystal growth of L-phenylalanine (L-Phe). By using a laser system with tunable pulse durations from fs to nanosecond (ns), we found fs laser ablation can offer nanometer-sized, sharp etching of which diameter was smaller than the diffraction limit. By utilizing such nano-processing via fs laser ablation for promoting the growth of a targeted crystal face, we successfully demonstrated the preparation of a bulky crystal of L-Phe, which are difficult to be obtained by conventional crystallization methods.
关键词： L-phenylalanine,nano-processing,single crystal growth,crystal shape control,femtosecond laser ablation
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04