Journal of Physical Chemistry & Biophysics
Open Access

Materials sensitive to laser light with high environmental compatibility

3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Lasers, Optics & Photonics

September 01-03, 2015 Valencia, Spain

Manuel Ortu�±o

Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Phys Chem Biophys

Abstract :

Photopolymers are light sensitive materials that nowadays are being tested for different holographic and diffractive applications: Holographic data storage, diffractive optical elements, etc. These materials contain monomers, dyes and crosslinkers with a high level of toxicity. Therefore, they have low environmental compatibility and the change from the laboratory to industrial scale implies many risks for workers and general population. This is a very important consideration if these materials would be used for a massive production of common devices. The holography and optical processing team at the University of Alicante in Spain has developed a new type of photopolymer according to the principles of the green chemistry and the sustainable design of materials. These photopolymers have photochemical features similar to the standard material but with an improved design related to environmental aspects. They could be used as recording media for holographic memories, optical elements, sensors or other applications where a light sensitive material would be necessary.

Biography :

Email: mos@ua.es