Laser Manufacturing of Advanced Materials
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2021) | Viewed by 39607
Special Issue Editor
Interests: manufacturing processes; laser technologies; coatings and surface finishing and functionalization; metal foams; additive manufacturing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The evolution of materials and the needs of high-quality, high-performing products has led research to move towards the study of new technologies for manufacturing. Often, the use of laser technologies can represent a solution.
This Special Issue aims to collect scientific contributions on new technologies, strategies, manufacturing approaches, and materials for the laser manufacturing of advanced materials. Scientific contributions can be focused on conventional and unconventional laser processes (laser hybrid processes), and new materials for high-performance applications or surface treatments and/or surface functionalization (hardening, texturing, etc). Furthermore, characterization methods and computational approaches for modelling the laser process and material properties (such as numerical simulations, mathematical modelling, optimization, control, etc.), and contributions featuring an environmental impact analysis (LCA), are of interest.
Prof. Stefano Guarino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Laser;
- Advanced materials
- Surface treatment;
- Manufacturing;
- Processing;
- Characterization;
- Functionalization;
- Numerical and mathematical modelling;
- Life cycle assessment.