Roberto Sastre (1944-2010) received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. He was Professor of Research at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), in the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, Madrid. He was also a visiting scientist at Catholic University of Lovaina, Belgium; Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czechoslovakia; Ecole National Superieur d’Arts et Matiers, Paris, France, and Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile. Roberto Sastre authored more than 200 papers in refereed journals and over 20 patents. His research focused on: photophysics and photochemistry of polymers and photoinitiators of polymerization, biomaterials, organic chemistry, synthesis and characterization of optical materials, holograpic recording in photopolymers, laser ablation of materials, and solid-state dye lasers.
Towards the end of his career Professor Sastre's research
was more focused on technological applications, and made significant
contributions to the development of organic-inorganic hybrid materials for
optoelectronic (bulk solid-state and waveguide lasers based on dyes
incorporated into nonanostructured media) and biophotonic (dental bone
cements) applications.
R. Sastre et al., Dye-doped polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-modified polymeric matrices for highly-efficient and photostable solid-state dye lasers, Adv. Funct. Mater. 19, 3307-3319 (2009).
A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, L. Cerdan, V. Martín, O. García, and R. Sastre, Dye-doped POSS solutions: random nanomaterials for laser emission, Adv. Mat. 21, 1-4 (2009).
A. Costela, O. García, L. Cerdán, I. García-Moreno, and R. Sastre, Amplified spontaneous emission and optical gain measurements from pyrromethene 567- doped polymer waveguides and quasi-waveguides, Opt. Express 16, 7023-7036 (2008).
O. García, L. Garrido, R. Sastre, A. Costela, and I. García-Moreno, Synthesis strategies on hybrid materials improving properties for optoelectronic applications, Adv. Func. Mater. 18, 2017-2025 (2008).
L. Martín, O. Osso, S. Ricart, A. Roig, O. García, and R. Sastre, Organo-modified silica aerogels and its implications on the material hydrophobicity and mechanical properties, J. Mater. Sci. 18, 207-213 (2008).
M. Liras, J. Bañuelos, M. Pintado, F. López-Arbeloa, I. García-Moreno, A. Costela, L. Infantes, R. Sastre, and F. Amat, Synthesis, Photophysical Properties and Laser Behavior of 3-amino and 3-Acetamido BODIPY Dyes, Org. Lett. 9, 4183-4186 (2007).
I. García-Moreno, F. Amat, M. Liras, A. Costela, L. Infantes, R. Sastre, F. López-Arbeloa, J. Bañuelos-Prieto, and I. López-Arbeloa, Structural Changes in the BODIPY Dye PM 567 Enhancing their Laser Action in Liquid and Solid Media, Adv. Func. Mater. 17, 3088-3098 (2007).
O. García, R. Sastre, D. del Agua, A. Costela, and I. García-Moreno, New Fluorinated Polymers doped with BODIPY chromophore as highly efficient and photostable optical materials, Chem. Mat. 18, 601-602 (2006).
A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, D. del Agua, O. García, and R. Sastre, Silicon-containing organic matrices as hosts for highly photostable solid-state dye lasers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 2160-2162 (2004).
A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, and R. Sastre, Polymeric solid-state dye lasers: recent developments, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 5, 4745-4763 (2003).
A. Aspée, O. García, L. Maretti, R.Sastre, and J. C. Scaiano, Free radical reactions in PMMA films monitored using a pre-fluorescent Quinoline-Tempo sensor, Macromolecules 36, 3550-3556 (2003).
C. Peniche, W. Argüelles, N. Davidenko, R. Sastre, A. Gallardo, and J. San Román, Self-curing membranes of chitosan/PAA IPNs obtained by radical polymerization: preparation, characterization and interpolymer complexation, Biomaterials 20, 1869-1878 (1999).
R. Sastre and A. Costela, Polymeric solid-state dye lasers, Adv. Mater. 7, 198-204 (1995).
R.M. Trigo, M.D. Blanco, J.M. Teijón, and R. Sastre, Anticancer drug, Ara-C, release from PHEMA hydrogels, Biomaterials 15, 1181-1186, (1994).
R. Mallavia, F. Amat, and R. Sastre, Synthesis and evaluation as visible light polymerization photoinitiator of a new Eosin ester with a O-benzoyloxoxime group, Macromolecules 27, 2643-2646, (1994).
J. Catalan, F. Fabero, R. Claramunt, M.D. Santa-María, M. Forces, M. Martínez-Ripoll, J. Elguero, and R. Sastre, New ultraviolet stabilizers: 3 and 5 (2'hydroxyphenyl) pyrazoles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114, 5039-5048 (1992).
