An accessory for a commercial optical microscope was implemented to map the thermal diffusivity of the sample with high spatial resolution. The system is based in the photothermal technique recently developed by the group. ...

An adaptive telescope was developed to perform measurements using the confocal photothermal microscopy technique. The telescope automatically aligns to reinject the reflected probe beam as the measurement scans over irregular ...

It is proposed to transfer the capabilities of a high sensitivity photothermal technique, developed by the group and widely used in the study of thermal properties of ceramics, metals and glass, to the study of polymer ...

A photothermal microscope for absorptance homogeneity analysis is described. Absorptance maps with micrometer resolution and high sensitivity are obtained. Changes in absorptance are due to laser annealing of defects via ...

We study the evolution of the absorptance of amorphous metal oxide thin films when exposed to intense CW laser radiation measured using a photothermal microscope. The evolution of the absorptance is characterized by a ...

A focus error method photothermal microscope was designed for the simultaneous annealing and characterization ofdefects in thin film multilayer coatings for high power lasers. The technique relies in the detection of the ...

Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a noninvasive treatment for cancer relying on the incorporation of NIR-light absorbing nanomaterials into cells, which upon illumination release heat causing thermally induced cell death. We ...

Candida albicans is responsible for the majority of nosocomial infections affecting immunocompromised patients. Systemic antifungals may promote microbial resistance, which has led to the search for alternative treatments, ...

This article describes the synthesis and characterization of beta-cyclodextrin-based nano-sponges (NS) inclusion compounds (IC) with the anti-tumor drugs melphalan (MPH) and cytoxan (CYT), and the addition of gold nanoparticles ...