Lasers prepared by incorporation of the active dyes into porous glasses are described. The background of the use of lasers for photodynamic therapy and diagnostics is outlined. The role of hematoporphyrin and hypericin in creation of singlet oxygen which destroys the malignant tissues, is explained. The lasers, based on sol-gel technology, incorporated by several perylimide and pyrromethane dyes emit in the suitable range in which the hematoporphyrin is excited. These compact lasers may replace, in the future, the vapour and the liquid lasers. The synthesis and the spectroscopic properties of the laser are described.
Two kinds of photon active glasses were investigated using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS). Both kinds of glasses were prepared using a sol-gel technique, doped by complex of ruthenium tris bipyridyl chloride. Glasses differed from the initial matrix: the first one was prepared using silicon oxide while the second one - zircon oxide. The ortho-positronium (o-Ps) lifetime and intensities were determined from lifetime spectra. Different porosity structure concluded from PALS measurements was found in both cases. In the silica based glasses small free volumes (angstrom size) and pores (from 1 to 10 nm) existed in the material. On the contrary, in zirconia based glasses small intermolecular voids were produced in the structure only, independently of the way of material preparation.
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