Laser-Based Micro/Nano Manufacturing Technology
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2022) | Viewed by 3593
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Dear Colleagues,
Since the birth of the laser, laser-based micro/nano fabrication technologies have attracted widespread attention and accomplished remarkable achievements. Apart from their wide applications in the industry as cutting and drilling tools through thermal melting, our understanding of light-matter interactions has also revealed significant new phenomena, such as two-photon photo-crosslinking, photodynamic self-assembly, and laser-induced structures. By utilizing such new mechanisms, laser-based technologies have been extensively studied and found application in the fields of life science, material science, metasurfaces science, micro/nano-optics, micromechanics, and so on.
Nevertheless, these technologies still present significant challenges, for which the theoretical understanding of the near-field interaction between light and matter and experimental research on laser fabrications are key. This Special Issue thus aims to highlight and summarize the latest advancements in both the theoretical and experimental understanding of laser-based technologies for micro/nano fabrication. Moreover, papers detailing their application in various scientific fields, such as superhydrophobicity/oleophobic, antireflection, antibacterial, dynamic/geometric phase optical elements, lab on chips, quantum chips, etc., are welcomed.
We are inviting researchers to contribute original research articles, reviews, and mini-reviews on topics including, but not limited to:
- Laser direct writing;
- Laser ablation;
- laser-induced periodic structures;
- Laser–matter interactions;
- Various applications of laser-based technologies.
Dr. Dongkai Chu
Guest Editor
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