Surface Treatment by Laser-Assisted Techniques

The book Surface Treatment by Laser-Assisted Techniques presents state-of-the-art research applications of lasers for surface modification. Applications in a broad spectrum of fields are presented: the aircraft and automotive sector the manufacturing industry sensor development electronics biomedical engineering or the energy sector. Several radiation sources are included from pulsed lasers in the visible and near-infrared regions to continuous-wave mid-infrared laser sources. The different chapters of the book Surface Treatment by Laser-Assisted Techniques cover laser texturing at nanoscale and microscale for modification of hydrophobicity hydrophilicity and ice nucleation; the production of palladium platinum and silver nanoparticles for sensor applications; the texturization of composite bioceramics for improved fixation in bone prosthesis; the surface texturization of natural ceramic materials by scanned laser radiation; the laser ablation of interfaces to enhance adhesion in dissimilar joints; the analysis of material thermoelastic response; and the production of highly polished topographies in pulsed laser surface modification. Moreover the production of high-entropy alloy/diamond composite coatings the modellization of the gas-powder injection and the generation of thermal barrier coatings by laser cladding are reported in the last chapters of this book.