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Characteristics of hierarchical micro/nano surface structure formation generated by picosecond laser processing in water and air

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Laser surface texturing or micro/nano surface structuring in the air has been extensively studied. However, until now, there are very few studies on the characteristics of laser-textured surfaces in water, and there was no reported work on picosecond laser surface micro/nano-structuring in water. In this work, the surface properties of picosecond laser surface texturing in water and air were analysed and compared. 316L stainless steel substrates were textured using a picosecond laser. The surface morphology and the chemical composition were characterised using Philips XL30 FEG-SEM, EDX and confocal laser microscopy. The wettability of the textured surfaces was determined using a contact angle analyser FTA 188. Results showed that a variety of hierarchical micro/nano surface patterns could be controlled by a suitable adjustment of laser parameters. Not only surface morphology but also remarkable differences in wettability, optical reflectivity and surface oxygen content were observed for different types of surface textures produced by laser surface texture in water and air. The possible mechanisms of the changes in the behaviour of laser-textured surfaces are discussed.

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The authors acknowledge Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) for the financial support of Fatema Rajab’s PhD research.

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    Fatema H. Rajab, David Whitehead, Zhu Liu & Lin Li

  2. College of Engineering, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

    Fatema H. Rajab

  3. School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

    Zhu Liu

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Rajab, F.H., Whitehead, D., Liu, Z. et al. Characteristics of hierarchical micro/nano surface structure formation generated by picosecond laser processing in water and air. Appl. Phys. B 123, 282 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-017-6858-9

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