Issue 2, 2019

A random laser based on electrospun polymeric composite nanofibers with dual-size distribution

Abstract

Electrospun fiber-based random lasers are environment-friendly flexible systems in which waveguiding/scattering processes provided by their structure with a broad distribution of diameters are essential elements to generate a suitable lasing mechanism. In this work, we prepared electrospun fibers with dual-size diameter distribution (above and below the critical value for waveguiding), allowing that both optical processes can be established in the polymer network. As a result, random laser emission was observed for the electrospun fibers presenting dual-size diameters with rhodamine 6G as the gain medium, characterizing the combination of waveguiding/scattering as an adequate condition for development of organic nanofibrous random lasers. Degradation assays were also performed in order to evaluate the prolonged use of such random laser systems.

Graphical abstract: A random laser based on electrospun polymeric composite nanofibers with dual-size distribution

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 okt 2018
Accepted
03 noy 2018
First published
15 noy 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2019,1, 728-734

A random laser based on electrospun polymeric composite nanofibers with dual-size distribution

M. C. Albuquerque de Oliveira, L. de Souza Menezes, P. I. R. Pincheira, C. Rojas-Ulloa, N. R. Gomez, H. P. de Oliveira and A. S. Leônidas Gomes, Nanoscale Adv., 2019, 1, 728 DOI: 10.1039/C8NA00277K

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