Laser-Assisted Coating Deposition
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Laser Coatings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 19
Special Issue Editors
Interests: laser surface engineering; laser micro-/nano-processing; laser material processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lasers have become a universal tool for material and device processing, and new laser processing techniques are constantly being developed for these applications. As a new type of laser processing technology, laser-assisted deposition utilizes the plasma or thermal effect generated by a laser to generate multi-state interactions in air, vacuum, confined spaces, interfaces, and different materials. During the pulse gap, these interaction products are deposited on the surface of the device, forming new compositions and substances. This technology brings new possibilities for material generation, micro-device processing, and laser micro-/nano-processing methods.
Researchers have developed a series of technologies, such as laser texture deposition, laser-induced plasma-assisted deposition, pulsed laser-assisted deposition, and pulsed laser deposition. With the exception of pulsed laser deposition, which has received widespread attention in the field of thin film processing, these new technologies have not been widely studied and are still rapidly developing in terms of their mechanisms and processes, necessitating further attention.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Laser texture deposition technology;
- Laser-induced plasma-assisted deposition technology;
- Pulsed laser-assisted deposition and pulsed laser deposition;
- Other new technologies.
Dr. Deyuan Lou
Dr. Fenghua Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- laser-assisted deposition
- laser texture deposition
- pulsed laser-assisted deposition
- laser-induced plasma-assisted deposition
- coatings
- film
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