8 Studies on laser ablation of polymers

This report reviews papers, which were published since the beginning of 2004, and focuses on works related to “pure” laser ablation of polymers rather than closely related topics such as ablation of biological tissues, laser cleaning of painted artworks, polymer films pulsed laser deposition, matrix assisted laser desorption ionization, and ablation of molecular solids and liquids, although some overlapping with the above subjects, which constitute now separate fields, is inevitable. Papers devoted to both application of laser ablation of polymers and study of fundamentals of the process are considered. In concluding remarks, the state of the art in modeling of laser ablation of polymers is discussed.

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[79]  M. Papantonakis,et al.  Picosecond pulsed laser deposition at high vibrational excitation density: the case of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) , 2004 .

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[89]  Michael Karas,et al.  Ion formation in MALDI: the cluster ionization mechanism. , 2003, Chemical reviews.

[90]  H. Misawa,et al.  Controlled through-hole ablation of polymer microspheres , 2004 .

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[92]  F. Beinhorn,et al.  Micro-lens arrays generated by UV laser irradiation of doped PMMA , 1999 .

[93]  F. Weisbuch,et al.  Millimeter long PMMA nanofibers—a new form of material removal in laser ablation , 2004 .

[94]  B. Shin,et al.  Photothermal three-dimensional fabrication of polymers using diode-pumped solid state lasers , 2004 .

[95]  M. Okoshi,et al.  Laser ablation of polymers using 395 nm and 790 nm femtosecond lasers , 2004 .

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[97]  P. Molian,et al.  Femtosecond pulsed laser ablation and deposition of thin films of polytetrafluoroethylene , 2004 .

[98]  Chii-Rong Yang,et al.  Photoablation characteristics of novel polyimides synthesized for high-aspect-ratio excimer laser LIGA process , 2004 .

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[101]  A. Athanassiou,et al.  Product Formation in the Laser Irradiation of Doped Poly(methyl methacrylate) at 248 nm: Implications for Chemical Effects in UV Ablation , 2004 .

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