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Controlling the stainless steel surface wettability by nanosecond direct laser texturing at high fluences

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This work investigates the influence of the direct laser texturing at high fluences (DLT-HF) on surface morphology, chemistry, and wettability. We use a Nd:YAG laser (λ = 1064 nm) with pulse duration of 95 ns to process stainless steel surface. The surface morphology and chemistry after the texturing is examined by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), while the surface wettability is evaluated by measuring the static contact angle. Immediately after the texturing, the surface is superhydrophilic in a saturated Wenzel regime. However, this state is not stable and the superhydrophilic-to-superhydrophobic transition happens if the sample is kept in atmospheric air for 30 days. After this period, the laser-textured stainless steel surface expresses lotus-leaf-like behavior. By using a high-speed camera at 10,000 fps, we measured that the water droplet completely rebound from this superhydrophobic surface after the contact time of 12 ms.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding Nos. P2-0392 and P2-0132).

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    P. Gregorčič

  2. Institute of Metals and Technology, Lepi pot 11, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Gregorčič, P., Šetina-Batič, B. & Hočevar, M. Controlling the stainless steel surface wettability by nanosecond direct laser texturing at high fluences. Appl. Phys. A 123, 766 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1392-5

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