Laser-Assisted Manufacturing and Materials Processing
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 November 2025 | Viewed by 45
Special Issue Editors
Interests: laser; ceramics; thin films; additive manufacturing; laser sintering; nanocomposites
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Interests: ceramics; refractory materials; laser sintering; nanocomposites; advanced ceramics; thin films
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue offers a platform for the exchange of knowledge regarding the development and application of laser technology in materials manufacturing and processing. It will focus on the following topics:
- Laser–Matter Interaction: Fundamental studies on the thermal, mechanical, morphological, microstructural, and chemical effects induced by lasers.
- Laser Additive Manufacturing: Laser-based techniques for the fabrication of 3D ceramic, metal, and polymer composites.
- Laser Surface Modification: Controlled laser beam energy used to directly heat materials along its path, enabling surface modifications.
- Laser Sintering: Investigations into the use of laser energy to heat metals or ceramics for the formation of new phases, including comparative studies with conventional heating methods and simulations of heat propagation effects in various materials.
- Selective Laser Ablation: The formation of nanoparticles with applications across various industries, as well as the evaporation of material layers without impacting the surrounding material.
- Laser-Assisted Thin Film Deposition Processes: Research on the interaction of lasers in physical and chemical deposition processes for generating thin films of semiconductor materials.
Dr. Linda Viviana García-Quiñonez
Dr. Cristian Gómez Rodríguez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- laser
- materials
- laser-assisted
- additive manufacturing
- laser sintering
- thin films
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