研究目的
This review intends to examine the roles of surface chemistry modification for laser texturing processes of metal alloys to achieve desired extreme wettability, and hence solely focuses on the material processing science. The goal of the review is to provide a systematic understanding of the interdependence of surface chemistry modification and surface structure generation during the laser-based surface engineering methods of metals and metal alloys.
研究成果
Emerging laser-based surface texturing methods demonstrate significant potential for manufacturing nanostructured surfaces, with the additional advantages of maintaining high precision and process flexibility. In this review paper, a thorough review of the fundamentals of wettability and different schemes for achieving different categories of wettability through a combination of laser texturing methods and subsequent surface chemistry modification methods is presented.
研究不足
The combination of laser processing and chemistry modification to achieve various wettabilities still faces several issues that need to be resolved in the future research study. Firstly, existing research on laser texturing mostly focused on surface structure generation and has a deficiency of appreciation of the roles of surface chemistry for laser textured surfaces. Some of the chemistry modification methods lack a thorough investigation of the processing mechanism. The relationship between surface structures and surface chemistry is still under discussion, upon which the researchers can accurately adjust their combination to achieve desired wettability.