Laser Modification and Etching of Polymer Material Surfaces
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2023) | Viewed by 371
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Laser has been demonstrated to be a flexible and versatile tool for the precision engineering of a wide range of materials over other established micromachining techniques. Laser modification is usually performed by curing photo (light-sensitive) polymers, increasing surface adhesiveness (hydrophilicity), and functionalizing the surface via photoinitiated polymer grafting in the presence of a photoinitiator/photosensitizer. Laser etching uses the tightly focused laser with high coherence and directionality to realize materials removal due to sufficiently high multiphoton absorption or other nonlinear effects allowing internal structuring, which has the characteristics of noncontact, no wear, and deformation. Laser treatments enable precise surface modification with little surface damage, easily controlled with environmentally clean and safe processes. All these make laser treatments an advantage over both chemical and other physical methods. This Special Issue focuses on the technological advances and current applications of laser modification and etching of material surfaces, including but not limited to the fields of microelectronics, biomedicine, photonics, and microfluidics.
Prof. Dr. Fang Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- laser modification
- laser processing
- polymer
- two-dimensional material
- nano-optics
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