One of the most commonly applied methods of joining dissimilar materials is gluing. This could be mainly attributed to the applicability of this technique in various industries. The article presents a method of material surface treatment, which incre...
Polyimide (PI) with surface microstructures has broad application prospects in aerospace, integrated circuits, and optical engineering due to its excellent mechanical properties, high thermal stability, and chemical resistance. Ultra-precision fly-cu...
An active surface with an on-demand tunable topography holds great potential for various applications, such as reconfigurable metasurfaces, adaptive microlenses, soft robots and four-dimensional (4D) printing. Despite extensive progress, to achieve r...
Femtosecond laser processing technology is an advanced sub-micro-processing technique that enables the non-contact processing of various materials. This technology can be used to apply sub-micro structures for purposes such as hydrophilicity enhancem...
In this study, a negative replica layer of leaf surface microstructures was used to cover the top surfaces of semitransparent thin-film luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) to enhance the concentrators’ performance. With low reflection on the...
Accurate and non-destructive technology for detection of subsurface defect has become a key requirement with the emergence of various ultra-precision machining technologies and the application of ultra-precision components. The combination of acousti...
Copper busbar inserts are critical components of high-voltage connectors in new energy vehicles. The interfacial contact stress between the insert and the polymer directly affects the sealing reliability and service life of the connector. To address...
Aerodynamic drag reduction is a key element for the design of aircrafts, and it is also considered to be affected by the flow velocity. Herein, the influence of high flow velocity on the drag reduction induced by the surface microstructure inspired b...
While curved surface microstructures have wide applications in optical components and devices, how to achieve high machining accuracy of the microstructures is crucial for their applications. In the present work, we fabricate sinusoidal modulation mi...
We evaluated surface-based analysis for assessing the possible relationship between the microstructural properties and particulate matter (i.e., two size fractions of PM2.5 and PM10) adsorption efficiencies of their leaf surfaces on ten woody species...
To explore the strong coupling between surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs) and quantum dots in one-dimensional periodic microstructures for quantum information processing, we establish a comprehensive theoretical model for SPhPs at air–polar diel...
The surface rolling process is important for the forming property of titanium alloy bolts. This study systematically investigated the evolution of the surface microstructure and property of Ti6Al4V threads induced by surface rolling processes with di...
Cylindrical surface grinding can create defined textural patterns on a component with high quantity. This paper presents an experimental investigation of the frictional behaviours of ground cylindrical microstructural surfaces under a well lubricatio...
Unidirectional liquid spreading without energy input is of significant interest for the broad applications in diverse fields such as water harvesting, drop transfer, oil–water separation and microfluidic devices. However, the controllability of liqui...
The microstructural changes of bones, which form a hierarchy of skeletal tissue, vary, depending on their condition, and are affected by the behaviors of bone cells. The purpose of this study is to assess the microstructural changes in the inner femo...
Silicon, as the most abundant element in the earth’s crust and the most common material used in electronic and optical equipment, has attracted the attention of many individuals to change the properties of this material, improving its electronic and...
The values of the surface potentials of two sides of films of polyvinylidene fluoride, and its copolymers with tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene, were measured by the Kelvin probe method. The microstructures of the chains in the surfaces on...
Modification of surface structure for the promotion of food safety and health protection is a technology of interest among many industries. With this study, we aimed specifically to develop a tenable solution for the fabrication of self-cleaning biom...
Wettability is an important property of solid surfaces and is widely used in many industries. In this work, seven silicon microstructure surfaces were made by plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) technology. The experimental contact angles and th...
The frictional resistance of impeller machinery blades such as aircraft engines, gas turbines, and wind turbines has a decisive impact on their efficiency and energy consumption. Inspired by the micro-tooth structure on the surface of shark skin, mic...
Heat sinks are widely used in electronic devices with high heat flux. The design and build of microstructures on heat sinks has shown effectiveness in improving heat dissipation efficiency. In this paper, four kinds of treatment methods were used to...
Improving the pool boiling heat transfer by changing the properties of the heating surface has been experimentally studied by many researchers. In this paper, two novel microstructured surfaces with open channels were simulated and investigated. The...
Previous models of the relative tool-work vibration are not generalized to represent the surface generation mechanism in the ultra-precision tool servo-based diamond cutting (UTSDC) of three-dimensional (3D) microstructured surfaces. This is due to t...
Microstructures are playing an important role in manufacturing functional devices, due to their unique properties, such as wettability or flexibility. Recently, various microstructured surfaces have been fabricated to realize functional applications....
Dung beetle leg joints exhibit a remarkable capacity to support substantial loads, which is a capability significantly influenced by their surface microstructure. The exploration of biomimetic designs inspired by the surface microstructure of these j...
Nowadays, laser hardening is a consolidated process in many industrial sectors. One of the most interesting aspects to be considered when treating the surface-hardening process in steel materials by means of laser devices is undoubtedly the evaluatio...
Laser material processing is an innovative technology that generates surface functionalities on the basis of optical, mechanical, or chemical properties [...]
The microstructure of a material defines many of its mechanical properties. Tracking the microstructure of parts during their manufacturing is needed to ensure the designed performance can be obtained, especially for additively manufactured parts. Me...
Fatigue is a dominant failure mechanism of several engineering components. One technique for increasing the fatigue life is by inducing surface residual stress to inhibit crack initiation. In this review, a microstructural study under various bulk (s...
20Cr2Ni4A alloy is widely used in the manufacturing of heavy-duty gears, although limited information about its machinability during the form-grinding process has been reported. In this work, form-grinding trials on transmission gears of 20Cr2Ni4A al...
The surface coating properties of turbine blades are highly dependent on the material’s surface roughness, and the femtosecond laser-induced micro-structure can provide a wide range of roughness with periodicity. However, precise control of fem...
Micro-structured surface functional materials were widely used in electronics, batteries, solar cells, and many other products. However, oxidation at high temperatures greatly affects the material service life and performance. This study focuses on t...
Austenitic 316L steel is known for its good oxidation resistance and corrosion behavior. However, the poor wear protection is its substantial disadvantage. In this study, laser surface alloying with boron and some metallic elements was used in order...
The microstructuring of surfaces is a highly researched field that is aimed at enhancing the tribological behavior of sliding surfaces such as artificial joints, which are subject to wear. Lubrication of the joint interface plays a key role in the we...
Detachment and jumping of liquid droplets over solid surfaces under electrowetting actuation are of fundamental interest in many microfluidic and heat transfer applications. In this study we demonstrate the potential capabilities of our continuum-lev...
The effect of surface remelting treatment on the microstructure and corrosion resistance of the AZ91 magnesium alloy was studied. The surface layer was remelted by GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding). An original two-burner system with welding torches op...
As marine biofouling seriously affects the development and utilization of oceans, the antifouling technology of microstructured surface has become a research hotspot due to its green and environmentally friendly advantages. In the present research, t...
Gallium-based liquid metal is corrosive to steel alloys, forming FeGa3 surface films which can potentially be applied as a solid lubricant to enhance wear resistance and mitigate liquid metal-induced corrosion. However, the characteristics of these f...
The materials with grain size gradient variation on the surface, which were prepared with mechanical-induced severe plastic deformation, always show high resistance to high and low cycle fatigue and frictional wear because of their good strength&ndas...
Laser surface texturing is an efficient way to control the friction and wear properties of materials. Although described in many papers, most previous work relates to a pure topographic view of laser-textured surfaces. As lasers are heat sources, the...
We present the modification of Ti-6Al-4V surfaces with a diode end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser by varying the distance between laser-produced micro(μ)-channels. We analyzed the influence of laser texturing on the morphology, microstructure, surface and c...
The importance of functional surfaces is continuously growing in the context of increasing demands on the sustainability of performance, resource efficiency and manufacturing costs of technical systems. For example, microstructured substrate surfaces...
The magnetorheological jet polishing (MJP) technique, as a revolutionary flexible contact polishing approach, is exceptionally suitable for the smooth and ultra-smooth machining of functional surfaces with tiny or microstructures due to the following...
The surface roughness (Ra) and composite interfacial property of carbon fiber (CF) are considered to be mainly affected by the microstructure of the CF surface. However, quantitative characterization of the CF surface microstructure is always a diffi...
The development of titanium-based surface alloys and coatings that combine extreme hardness with sufficient toughness remains a major challenge for components operating under severe friction and wear conditions. In this work, titanium–boride co...
This study presents a systematic investigation of laser surface hardening of 9CrSi tool steel with the aim of establishing the relationships between processing parameters, microstructural evolution, and resulting mechanical and tribological propertie...
In micro/nano-scale systems where the characteristic length is in the order of or less than the mean free path for gas molecules, an object placed close to a heated substrate with a surface microstructure receives a propulsive force. In addition to t...
Laser surface treatment (LST) has been employed on ductile cast iron (DCI) parts to obtain a good performance and a long service life. There is a need to understand the laser surface-treated microstructure and hardening ability of DCIs with different...
Broadband upconversion has various applications in solar photovoltaic, infrared and terahertz detection imaging, and biomedicine. The low efficiency of the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) limits the broadband upconversion performance. In this paper, we...
Polymeric biointerfaces are already being used extensively in a wide set of biomedical devices and systems. The possibility of controlling cell populations on biointerfaces may be essential for connecting biological systems to synthetic materials and...
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