Communication

Dye-Doped POSS Solutions: Random Nanomaterials for Laser Emission

  1. Angel Costela1,
  2. Inmaculada Garcia-Moreno1,*,
  3. Luis Cerdan1,
  4. Virginia Martin1,
  5. Olga Garcia2,
  6. Roberto Sastre2

Article first published online: 2 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200900799

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 21, Issue 41, pages 4163–4166, November 6, 2009

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Costela, A., Garcia-Moreno, I., Cerdan, L., Martin, V., Garcia, O. and Sastre, R. (2009), Dye-Doped POSS Solutions: Random Nanomaterials for Laser Emission. Advanced Materials, 21: 4163–4166. doi: 10.1002/adma.200900799

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  1. 1

    Dpto. Quimica Laser Instituto de Quimica-Fisica ‘Rocasolano’ (CSIC) 28006 Madrid (Spain)

  2. 2

    Dpto. Fotoquimica de Polimeros Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros (CSIC) 28006 Madrid (Spain)

*Dpto. Quimica Laser Instituto de Quimica-Fisica ‘Rocasolano’ (CSIC) 28006 Madrid (Spain).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 OCT 2009
  2. Article first published online: 2 JUN 2009
  3. Manuscript Revised: 20 APR 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 5 MAR 2009

Funded by

  • Spanish MICINN. Grant Number: MAT2007–65778-C02–01

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Keywords:

  • hybrid materials;
  • nanoparticles;
  • optically active materials;
  • photonics

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New perspectives on disorder in photonic materials are opened up by polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) dispersed at a molecular level in dye-doped liquid and solid solutions. The optical homogeneity of these hybrid materials assures a coherent laser action, which is significantly enhanced by the stimulated emission multiply scattered by passive POSS centers.

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