Laser Surface Engineering for Advanced Tribological Performance
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editor
Interests: high-performance manufacturing; laser surface engineering; grean cutting
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Achieving enhanced wear resistance remains a critical objective across various industrial sectors, including automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing. Component failure due to wear leads to significant economic losses and operational downtime. Laser Surface Engineering (LSE) has emerged as a powerful and versatile technology for addressing these challenges by enabling the precise modification of surface properties. Techniques such as laser cladding, alloying, texturing, and hardening allow for creating surfaces with tailored tribological characteristics, significantly improving component longevity and performance under severe operating conditions.
Despite rapid advancements, optimizing LSE processes for superior and predictable wear performance requires continued research. This involves gaining a deep understanding of the relationships between laser parameters, the resulting microstructure, and the final tribological characteristics. Furthermore, the development of novel feedstock materials and the application of LSE to new-generation components present exciting research avenues.
This Special Issue will gather the latest research and review articles on this pivotal topic. We welcome contributions focusing on, but not limited to, laser surface modification techniques (such as cladding, texturing, alloying, glazing); the development and testing of wear-resistant coatings and composites, microstructural evolution and its correlation with wear mechanisms, the modeling and simulation of wear behavior in LSE-processed materials, and industrial case studies demonstrating performance improvements for critical components.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Guoliang Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- laser surface engineering
- tribological performance
- surface modification
- tribological coatings
- microstructure–property relationships
- laser cladding
- modeling of wear behavior
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