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Features of fused silica ablation by laser induced carbon microplasma
摘要： The features of surface structuring on the transparent material by laser-induced microplasma were studied and the intensity of its microplasma was measured. The formation of micro-relief by a series of nanosecond pulsed laser induced carbon microplasma in confinement mode on the surface of fused silica were investigated and the measured intensity was compared with the features of micro-relief. The dependence of depth of formed relief and track on the laser regime was determined. It is shown that the mechanism of microstructure formation is dependent on multifactor and associated with the ablation on the surface of fused silica by the microplasma, which exists quite long time after the pulses.
关键词： Ablation,Surface structuring,Laser-induced microplasma,Nanosecond pulses,Fiber laser,Fused silica
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Femtosecond laser-induced surface structuring of the porous transport layers in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis
摘要： In proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) cells the performance and thus the conversion efficiency are influenced by the interface between the porous transport layer (PTL) and the catalyst layer (CL). In the following paper, this interface is modified by the use of femtosecond laser-induced surface structuring, so that the specific surface area of the titanium based fibers of the PTL is increased. The resulting morphology exhibits two roughness levels of (i) a relatively coarse structure featuring tips of a few micrometers in diameter and depth, which are each covered in turn by (ii) a substructure of smaller tips of a few to several hundred nanometers in diameter and depth. PEMWE electrochemical characterization and short-term stress tests reveal that the cell performance is increased due to the laser-structuring of the PTL surface towards the CL. For instance, the cell voltage is reduced by approximately 30 mV after 100 h at 4 A cm?2. These beneficial effects are observed over the entire current density range and thus correspond to a decreased equivalent cell resistance of at least 6 mΩ cm2 for electrical interfacial contact losses and at least 2 mΩ cm2 for mass transport losses. A physical characterization by scanning electron microscopy shows that the CL surface is much rougher and more jagged when using laser-structured fibers. Thus, the gaseous oxygen and the liquid water transport both from and to the active sites of the catalyst seem to be improved.
关键词： catalyst layer,cell performance,proton exchange membrane water electrolysis,porous transport layers,femtosecond laser-induced surface structuring
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Underwater persistent bubble-assisted femtosecond laser ablation for hierarchical micro/nanostructuring
摘要： In this study, we demonstrate a technique termed underwater persistent bubble assisted femtosecond laser ablation in liquids (UPB-fs-LAL) that can greatly expand the boundaries of surface micro/nanostructuring through laser ablation because of its capability to create concentric circular macrostructures with millimeter-scale tails on silicon substrates. Long-tailed macrostructures are composed of layered fan (central angles of 45-141°) hierarchical micro/nanostructures, which are produced by fan-shaped beams refracted at the mobile bubble interface (≥ 50°light tilt, referred to as the vertical incident direction) during UPB-fs-LAL line-by-line scanning. Marangoni flow generated during UPB-fs-LAL induces bubble movements. Fast scanning (e.g., 1 mm/s) allows a long bubble movement (as long as 2 mm), while slow scanning (e.g., 0.1 mm/s) prevents bubble movements. When persistent bubbles grow considerably (e.g., hundreds of microns in diameter) due to incubation effects, they become sticky and can cause both gas-phase and liquid-phase laser ablation in the central and peripheral regions of the persistent bubbles. This generates low/high/ultrahigh spatial frequency laser-induced periodic surface structures (LSFLs/HSFLs/UHSFLs) with periods of 550-900, 100-200, 40-100 nm, which produce complex hierarchical surface structures. A period of 40 nm, less than 1/25th of the laser wavelength (1030 nm), is the finest laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) ever created on silicon. The NIR-MIR reflectance/transmittance of fan-shaped hierarchical structures obtained by UPB-fs-LAL at a small line interval (5 μm vs 10 μm) is extremely low, due to both their extremely high light trapping capacity and absorbance characteristics, which are results of the structures’ additional layers and much finer HSFLs. In the absence of persistent bubbles, only grooves covered with HSFLs with periods larger than 100 nm are produced, illustrating the unique attenuation abilities of laser properties (e.g. repetition rate, energy, incident angle, etc.) by persistent bubbles with different curvatures. This research represents a straightforward and cost-effective approach to diversifying the achievable micro/nanostructures for a multitude of applications.
关键词： femtosecond laser,persistent bubble,beam refraction,fan-shaped microstructure,surface structuring,hierarchical micro/nanostructures,LIPSS
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Experimental investigation on a new hybrid laser process for surface structuring by vapor pressure on Ti6Al4V
摘要： Besides conventional structuring processes such as turning, milling or photo-chemical etching, laser processes are increasingly being used for surface structuring of metals. These laser processes differ fundamentally in that structuring is carried out either by material removal or by material redistribution. In this study, a new hybrid process of material ablation by means of pulsed laser radiation and material redistribution based on a remelting process by means of cw laser radiation is experimentally investigated. Besides an introduction to this new hybrid process, we give a detailed description of the equipment and methods used as well as surface structures produced on Ti6Al4V. A melt pool was generated on a prepared Ti6Al4V surface using cw laser radiation with a laser beam diameter of 520 μm, laser power of 220 W, and a scanning velocity of 100 mm/s. In order to create surface structures, simultaneously, superimposed pulsed laser radiation with a laser beam diameter of 65 μm, pulse duration of 60 ns, a maximum pulse energy of 0.35 mJ, and a pulse frequency of 50 kHz was used to evaporate small amounts of molten material from the melt pool. This localized evaporation of molten material is assumed to create vapor pressure that deforms the melt pool surface and therefore leads to surface structures. Our results indicate that by pulsed laser radiation capillary surface waves with a wavelength of the doubled laser beam diameter are excited on the melt pool surface. This forced excitation of capillary surface waves result in surface structures that are analyzed after solidification by means of white light interferometry. Based on this analysis we derived an oscillation frequency of ν = 2.27 (± 0.16) kHz for the excited capillary surface wave as well as an effective kinematic viscosity of μ = 0.1328 cm2 s-1 for the damping of this surface oscillation during solidification. In terms of structural features, we achieved surface structures with heights of up to 100 μm. Furthermore, structure height controllably scales in dependence on pulse energy and number of laser pulses as long as no ejection of molten material takes place. Finally, a comparison of the redistributed material volume per time shows that we achieved a volume redistribution rate of 28.37 mm3/min, which is significantly bigger than has been achieved with other laser texturing techniques so far and demonstrates the high potential of this new hybrid technique not only for surface structuring purposes.
关键词： surface structuring,melt pool,material redistribution,capillary surface wave,Ti6Al4V,remelting
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Tribological performance of metal-reinforced ceramic composites selectively structured with femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures
摘要： The impact of femtosecond (fs) laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) on tribological properties was investigated for metal-reinforced ceramic composites (Al2O3-ZrO2-Nb). For this purpose, the metallic niobium (Nb) phase was selectively structured with LIPSS in an air environment with different values of the fs-laser peak fluence by near-infrared fs-laser radiation (λ = 1,025 nm, τ = 300 fs, frep = 1 kHz), taking advantage of the different light absorption behavior of ceramic and metal. The tribological performance was evaluated by reciprocating sliding tests in a ball-on-disc configuration using Ringer’s solution as lubricant. The surfaces were characterized before and after laser irradiation by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and by measuring the contact angle with Ringer’s solution. The LIPSS formation resulted in an increased wetting of the surface with the lubricant. Moreover, the selectively structured composite surfaces revealed a coefficient of friction significantly reduced by a factor of ~ 3 when compared to the non-irradiated surface. Furthermore, the formation of a laser-induced oxidation layer was detected with NbO as the most prominent oxidation state. Selectively structured composites with outstanding mechanical properties and enhanced tribological performance are of particular interest for biomedical applications.
关键词： femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS),tribology,wettability,ceramic matrix composites,coefficient of friction,selective surface structuring
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Heat accumulation effects in laser processing of diamond-like nanocomposite films with bursts of femtosecond pulses
摘要： In this paper, we have investigated the burst mode (BM) ablation and surface structuring of diamondlike nanocomposite (DLN) a-C:H:Si:O films with femtosecond laser pulses (wavelength λ = 515 nm, pulse duration τ = 320 fs, and pulse repetition rate f = 100 kHz) under different scanning conditions (single spots and linear structures). The pulse separation in the bursts is 25 ns (intraburst frequency f = 40 MHz), and the pulse number is varied from 1 to 8. The ablation depth and specific ablation rates (μm3/μJ) are found to be higher for the burst mode compared to single-pulse irradiation, increasing with the pulse number in the burst. The obtained experimental data of the higher ablation efficiency are shown to correlate with computer simulations of the BM ablation. In correlation with the ablation findings, Raman spectra of single spots and microgrooves have evidenced a growing graphitization of the amorphous film structure with the pulse number in the bursts (at an equal energy deposited into the films). Contact-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) is applied to reveal an influence of the BM processing on the surface properties (nanoscale relief, friction) of laser-structured films. Based on the ablation and Raman data analysis, AFM examination of ablated/redeposited layers, and computer simulations of the burst mode ablation, the heat accumulation is identified as the main factor responsible for the enhanced ablation efficiency during the BM processing of DLN films. In addition, results of the high precision surface microstructuring of DLN films in the burst mode are presented.
关键词： heat accumulation,diamondlike nanocomposite films,surface structuring,femtosecond laser pulses,burst mode ablation
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Femtosecond laser-induced non-centrosymmetric surface microstructures on bulk metallic glass for unidirectional droplet micro-displacement
摘要： Unidirectional droplet motion without energy input has attracted considerable attention in various potential applications. We report on the fabrication of unconventional laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) for unidirectional droplet micro-displacement by femtosecond laser at large incident angle. In order to overcome the mechanical durability of the existing soft materials such as PDMS for controlling the droplet, Zr-based bulk metallic glass (Zr-BMG) is used to fabricate the typical non-centrosymmetric unconventional LIPSS, which include micro-sized elliptical arc-shaped structures and nano-ripples with the central spatial periodicity of 400 nm. The spots and the grating of unconventional LIPSS on Zr-BMG are fabricated to construct the functional surface structures by femtosecond laser irradiation. The unidirectional micro-displacement of water droplet on Zr-BMG was achieved using functional surface structures. For better understanding the fabrication of unconventional LIPSS, the underlying formation mechanism was revealed by numerical simulations. This work gives a fast, precise and low-cost method to fabricate the non-centrosymmetric surface micro/nano-structures on metal materials for unidirectional droplet motion in microfluidics.
关键词： laser surface structuring,unidirectional droplet motion,LIPSS,bulk metallic glass,Ultrafast laser
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04