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10 October 2012 Kinetics of grating inscription in DR1:DNA-CTMA thin film: experiment and semi-intercalation approach
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Abstract
The semi-intercalation hypothesis1–5 which states that an azo-dye Disperse Red 1 (DR1) molecule intercalates in a specific way into a biopolymeric material made of DNA complexed with the cationic surfactant CTMA, has successfully explained the main experimental results6 of laser dynamic inscription of diffraction gratings: short response time, low diffraction efficiency, single-exponential kinetics and flat wavelength dependence.4 Recent experiments indicate that the inscription of the grating displays some features of non-exponential behavior. To understand this complex dynamics we characterize local environment of polymeric chains in Monte Carlo modelling by analyzing some features of local free-volume (void) distribution.
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G. Pawlik, W. Radosz, A. C. Mitus, J. Mysliwiec, A. Miniewicz, F. Kajzar, I. Rau, and J. G. Grote "Kinetics of grating inscription in DR1:DNA-CTMA thin film: experiment and semi-intercalation approach", Proc. SPIE 8464, Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications V, 846404 (10 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931230
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KEYWORDS
Polymers

Diffraction gratings

Monte Carlo methods

Molecules

Diffraction

Modeling

Molecular interactions

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