Laser Processing for Materials Fabrication and Surface Engineering
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 234
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanostructuring fabrication by ultrafast laser; surface microstructure characteristics modeling and simulation; strong field physics; time-resolved ultrafast spectroscopy; ultrafast pump-probe and quantum manipulate
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Interests: nanostructuring fabrication by ultrafast laser; ultra-microstructural surface properties and applications; time-resolved ultrafast spectroscopy; ultrafast photonics; strong-field physics and extreme radiation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Laser processing technology has become an ideal method for trans-scale functional manufacturing due to its high energy density, low heat input, minimal structural deformation, excellent structural performance, and high degree of automation. Over the past few decades, it has become one of the core technologies in cutting-edge scientific research and industrial production lines by covering macro manufacturing and micro atomic recombination. Highly concentrated laser energy is redefining the material manufacturing and surface engineering with unprecedented precision and intelligence. It is deeply involved in many fields, such as mechanical engineering, new energy, biomedicine, microelectronics, etc.
Based on the advantage of laser processing, in this Special Issue, we will focus on "Laser Processing for Materials Fabrication and Surface Engineering", to provide new development and sustainable growth by conducting a profound summary and more in-depth discussion on the technological developments in the related fields.
The scope of this Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers covering, but not limited to, the following concepts:
- Theoretical, design, and process of laser processing for materials fabrication to achieve devices or structures from scratch, such as, laser cutting, laser welding, laser punching, laser additive/subtractive manufacturing, 3D printing, etc.
- Mechanism, predictive modeling, and preparation of the new composite/hybrid laser manufacturing technology to realize high-performance and multi-functional materials.
- Enhancement special properties of material surfaces through laser surface processing technologies, including laser surface heat treatment, laser surface texturing, laser cladding and remanufacturing, laser cleaning, laser shock peening, laser chemical vapor deposition, pulsed laser deposition, laser surface micro/nano structure preparation and other laser assisted surface technologies are all of interests.
- Laser processing of hard and ultra-hard materials for micro-machining and surface engineering applications.
- Intelligent manufacturing of laser processing by combining artificial intelligence and big data to achieve intelligent process optimization, online monitoring, and adaptive control.
- The mechanism of interaction between light and matter to reveal the mysteries of non-thermal equilibrium interactions, and the dynamic processes and quantitative relationships of the evolution of the material's microstructure during laser action.
- The further application, challenges, and future of laser processing in various engineering applications fields.
Prof. Dr. Shibing Liu
Dr. Haiying Song
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- laser processing
- laser materials fabrication
- laser surface engineering
- laser high-precision
- laser intelligent manufacturing
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