Progress in Laser Materials Processing

Dear Colleagues,

Laser technology is currently considered a key enabling technology, serving as an essential tool across numerous industries and driving significant advancements in manufacturing, healthcare, communications, and beyond. Its unprecedented precision, efficiency, and versatility make it indispensable for various industrial applications, including cutting, welding, surface treatments, or additive manufacturing, among others.

Laser technology is widely applied across different industries to process a broad range of materials, from ceramics to polymers and even metals. For example, in sectors such as microelectronics and biomedical engineering, lasers enable high-resolution fabrication while eliminating mechanical contact—an indispensable and stringent requirement for these fields.

As laser technology continues to evolve, with sources offering higher power, greater control, and improved beam quality, these advancements unlock new possibilities for innovation, enhance productivity, and drive breakthroughs in next-generation technologies. In this regard, laser technology has paved the way for previously non-existent processes, particularly in the processing of materials at the micro- and nano-scale.

This Special Issue entitled “Progress in Laser Materials Processing” welcomes contributions exploring novel applications of laser technology in manufacturing. It covers both conventional laser applications—such as cutting, welding, drilling, and surface treatment—and more innovative approaches, including laser-based micro- and nano-manufacturing.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Laser cutting and drilling;
• Laser welding and joining;
• Laser surface engineering (cladding, hardening, alloying, texturing, laser-shock peening, marking, etc.);
• Laser-based additive manufacturing;
• Laser micro- and nano-manufacturing.

Dr. Antonio Riveiro
Prof. Dr. Rafael Comesaña
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• laser materials processing
• laser cutting
• laser drilling
• laser welding
• laser surface treatment
• laser-based additive manufacturing
• laser micro- and nano-manufacturing