Laser Fabrication of Composites

Dear Colleagues,

The fabrication of composites using lasers has been established as an easy, fast, flexible, controllable, and green method for the synthesis of materials for a range of applications in different fields.

Composites can be fabricated by laser irradiation of photo/thermo-sensitive materials. Selective laser sintering or melting of metals, polymers, carbon-based and other materials in powdered form leads to the fabrication of composites. Composites can be fabricated by laser surface cladding of nanoparticle-coated metals also under external stimulus, such as ultrasonic vibration, magnetic field, or others. Composites can be fabricated by laser ablation of a bulk target material immersed in a monomer or polymer-doped solvent via the incorporation into the matrix of nanoparticles synthesized by the target laser ablation. Alternatively, nanoparticles can be synthesized by laser ablation of the bulk target material in a solvent, and then the colloidal solution mixed with a polymer, leading to the fabrication of a composite. Laser irradiation of a nanoparticle colloidal solution can lead to the fabrication of composites due to laser-induced joining of nanoparticles.

Journal of Composites Science invites papers for a Special Issue titled "Laser Fabrication of Composites". Experimental and theoretical articles will be accepted regarding the methods/methodology for the laser fabrication of composites, modeling of the laser beam–material interaction, chemistry of the laser fabrication of composites, material performance of laser-fabricated composites, industrial scale-up of the method, and interfacing of the laser fabrication of composites with characterization techniques. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Laser fabrication of composite scaffolds;
• Laser additive manufacturing of composites;
• Laser ablation nanoparticle–polymer composites;
• Laser fabrication of graphene-based composites;
• Laser fabrication of 2D material-based composites;
• Laser fabrication of fiber-based composites;
• Theoretical modeling;
• Laser fabrication of magnetic composites;
• Laser fabrication of functional composites;
• Laser fabrication of natural material-based composites.

Dr. Nikolaos G. Semaltianos
Guest Editor

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