This volume presents a complete and thorough examination of advances in the
instrumentation, evaluation, and implementation of UV technology for reliable and efficient …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the action of photons on photosensitive molecules,
where atomic oxygen or OH− molecular species are locally released on pathogenic human …

The absorption spectra in the vacuum ultraviolet region of the spectrum from 140 to 200 nm,
of various Si-based polymers and polymeric materials with aliphatic and aromatic structure …

Here we report the first extensive validation study of laser removal of biodeteriogens from
marble. The work was carried out on the Speranza, monumental sculpture of the 19th …

Laser action in the VUV and UV region of the spectrum at 172 nm and at 260 nm had been
obtained from LaF3: Nd3+ and LiYF4: Nd3+ crystals respectively when they were pumped …

Vacuum ultraviolet laser radiation at 172 nm has been obtained from a solid state LaF 3: Nd
3+-based laser pumped by a pulsed discharge molecular F 2 laser at 157 nm. This finding …

The laser induced fluorescence spectra of LiYF 4: ND 3+(YLF: Nd) and LiYF 4: Ho 3+(YLF:
Ho) single crystals, pumped by an F 2 pulsed discharge molecular laser at 157 nm were …

Siloxane and silsesquioxane copolymers have been synthesized and first evaluated as
potential components of 157 nm resist materials. In block copolymers of dimethylsiloxane …

In this communication, we have used a molecular fluorine laser at 157 nm to remove foxing
marks, for the first time, from a medieval Ptolemaic map published in 1580 AD. By applying …

We investigate the possibility to use a new class of wide band gap fluoride dielectric crystals
as optical elements for 157 nm photolithography. The rare earth doped or non-doped …