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Volume 117, Issue 1

October 2014

Laser Ablation

Issue Editors:

Stefano Orlando,
Salvatore Amoruso,
Craig B. Arnold,
Tatsuo Okada

66 articles in this issue

Silicon before the bonds break
Tobias Zier
Eeuwe S. Zijlstra
Martin E. Garcia
OriginalPaper 28 February 2014 Pages: 1 - 5
Modeling short-pulse laser excitation of dielectric materials
K. Wædegaard
D. B. Sandkamm
Peter Balling
OriginalPaper 28 January 2014 Pages: 7 - 12
Silicon suboxide (SiO_x): laser processing and applications
T. Fricke-Begemann
J. Meinertz
J. Ihlemann
OriginalPaper 16 January 2014 Pages: 13 - 18
Tunable properties of graphene oxide reduced by laser irradiation
Simon Federico Spanò
Giuseppe Isgrò
Giuseppe Compagnini
OriginalPaper 08 June 2014 Pages: 19 - 23
Optical properties of femtosecond laser-treated diamond
P. Calvani
A. Bellucci
D. M. Trucchi
OriginalPaper Open access 27 February 2014 Pages: 25 - 29
Preparation of Bi:TiO₂ thin films by an hybrid deposition configuration: pulsed laser deposition and thermal evaporation
L. Escobar-Alarcón
D. A. Solís-Casados
E. Haro-Poniatowski
OriginalPaper 31 January 2014 Pages: 31 - 35
Excimer laser-assisted chemical process for formation of hydrophobic surface of Si (001)
Neng Liu
Walid M. Hassen
Jan J. Dubowski
OriginalPaper 23 March 2014 Pages: 37 - 41
Design and characterization of nozzles and solid propellants for IR laser propulsion
Cinthya Toro
Nicolás D. Gómez
Carlos Rinaldi
OriginalPaper 07 June 2014 Pages: 43 - 47
Periodic nanostructures self-formed on silicon and silicon carbide by femtosecond laser irradiation
Laura Gemini
Masaki Hashida
Shuji Sakabe
OriginalPaper 27 May 2014 Pages: 49 - 54
Comparison of silver nanoparticles confined in nanoporous silica prepared by chemical synthesis and by ultra-short pulsed laser ablation in liquid
Á. Szegedi
M. Popova
A. Santagata
OriginalPaper 27 May 2014 Pages: 55 - 62
Position-controlled and catalyst-free growth of ZnO nanocrystals by nanoparticle-assisted pulsed laser deposition
Shihomi Nakao
Yuuki Muraoka
Tatsuo Okada
OriginalPaper 04 May 2014 Pages: 63 - 67
Fabricating planar spiral inductances for a wireless charging module by using 355 nm ultraviolet laser ablation
Ching-Ching Yang
Hsin-Yi Tsai
Kuo-Cheng Huang
OriginalPaper 09 August 2014 Pages: 69 - 75
Rippled area formed by surface plasmon polaritons upon femtosecond laser double-pulse irradiation of silicon: the role of carrier generation and relaxation processes
Thibault J.-Y. Derrien
Jörg Krüger
Jörn Bonse
OriginalPaper 27 December 2013 Pages: 77 - 81
Chromium-doped diamond-like carbon films deposited by dual-pulsed laser deposition
P. Písařík
M. Jelínek
K. Jurek
OriginalPaper 23 December 2013 Pages: 83 - 88
Nanosecond laser ablation and deposition of silver, copper, zinc and tin
Andrea Cazzaniga
Rebecca Bolt Ettlinger
Nini Pryds
OriginalPaper 07 January 2014 Pages: 89 - 92
Zr-induced structural changes in Hf_1−xZr_xO₂ high-k thin films
M. A. Sahiner
P. S. Lysaght
A. Nabizadeh
OriginalPaper 23 December 2013 Pages: 93 - 96
Nitrogen-doped and gold-loaded TiO₂ photocatalysts synthesized by sequential reactive pulsed laser deposition
L. Duta
C. Popescu
E. Gyorgy
OriginalPaper 12 January 2014 Pages: 97 - 101
Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures on steel and titanium alloy for tribological applications
J. Bonse
R. Koter
J. Krüger
OriginalPaper 19 January 2014 Pages: 103 - 110
Dynamics of femtosecond laser-produced plasma ions
Xiaochang Ni
K. K. Anoop
R. Bruzzese
OriginalPaper 24 January 2014 Pages: 111 - 115
Laser surface texturing of gray cast iron for improving tribological behavior
Ravi Bathe
V. Sai Krishna
G. Padmanabham
OriginalPaper 16 February 2014 Pages: 117 - 123
Time evolution of the infrared laser ablation plasma plume of SiO
L. Diaz
J. J. Camacho
J. M. L. Poyato
OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 125 - 129
The effect of energy density on yield of silicon nanoparticles prepared by pulsed laser ablation in liquid
P. Chewchinda
O. Odawara
H. Wada
OriginalPaper 16 February 2014 Pages: 131 - 135
On the influence of the mass ablated by a laser pulse on thin film morphology and optical properties
M. C. Spadaro
E. Fazio
S. Trusso
OriginalPaper 15 February 2014 Pages: 137 - 142
Raman investigation of femtosecond laser-induced graphitic columns in single-crystal diamond
M. Girolami
A. Bellucci
D. M. Trucchi
OriginalPaper 19 February 2014 Pages: 143 - 147
High aspect ratio microstructuring of transparent dielectrics using femtosecond laser pulses: method for optimization of the machining throughput
F. Hendricks
J. Aus der Au
V. V. Matylitsky
OriginalPaper 14 March 2014 Pages: 149 - 153
Hyperdoping of silicon with deep-level impurities by pulsed YAG laser melting
Ikurou Umezu
Muneyuki Naito
Atsushi Kohno
OriginalPaper 23 February 2014 Pages: 155 - 159
Microelectrode patterning of metal films using pulsed UV-laser system
Chih-Chung Yang
Wen-Tse Hsiao
Kuo-Cheng Huang
OriginalPaper 26 February 2014 Pages: 161 - 168
Laser-deposited Cu/α–Al₂O₃ nanocomposite: experiment and modeling
K. Nalepka
J. Hoffman
Z. Szymanski
OriginalPaper Open access 28 February 2014 Pages: 169 - 173
Hydrodynamic modeling of femtosecond laser ablation of metals in vacuum and in liquid
Mikhail E. Povarnitsyn
Tatiana E. Itina
OriginalPaper 27 February 2014 Pages: 175 - 178
On the physics of self-organized nanostructure formation upon femtosecond laser ablation
Juergen Reif
Olga Varlamova
Michael Bestehorn
OriginalPaper 15 March 2014 Pages: 179 - 184
Nano- and femtosecond UV laser pulses to immobilize biomolecules onto surfaces with preferential orientation
S. Lettieri
A. Avitabile
C. Altucci
OriginalPaper 14 March 2014 Pages: 185 - 190
Antibacterial properties of composite UHMWPE/\(\mathrm {TiO}_{2-{\it x}}\) surfaces
D. Delle Side
V. Nassisi
S. M. Tredici
OriginalPaper 12 March 2014 Pages: 191 - 196
Pulsed laser deposition of rare-earth-doped gallium lanthanum sulphide chalcogenide glass thin films
O. G. Pompilian
G. Dascalu
C. Focsa
OriginalPaper 12 March 2014 Pages: 197 - 205
Change of interference pattern using fundamental and second-harmonic wavelengths by phase shift of a beam
Yoshiki Nakata
Yoshiki Matsuba
Noriaki Miyanaga
OriginalPaper 26 March 2014 Pages: 207 - 210
The role of the solvent in the ultrashort laser ablation of palladium target in liquid
A. De Bonis
M. Sansone
R. Teghil
OriginalPaper 15 March 2014 Pages: 211 - 216
Depth-dependent calibration for quantitative elemental depth profiling of copper alloys using laser-induced plasma spectroscopy
Juri Agresti
Salvatore Siano
OriginalPaper 27 March 2014 Pages: 217 - 221
Structural properties of TiO₂ nanocrystallites condensed in vapor-phase for photocatalyst applications
Takehito Yoshida
Nobuyasu Yagi
Ikurou Umezu
OriginalPaper 25 March 2014 Pages: 223 - 227
Quantitative analysis of amorphous indium zinc oxide thin films synthesized by Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition
E. Axente
G. Socol
V. Craciun
OriginalPaper 23 April 2014 Pages: 229 - 236
Reduction of picosecond laser ablation threshold and damage via nanosecond pre-pulse for removal of dielectric layers on silicon solar cells
A. A. Brand
F. Meyer
R. Preu
OriginalPaper 08 July 2014 Pages: 237 - 241
fs Laser surface nano-structuring of high refractory ceramics to enhance solar radiation absorbance
E. Cappelli
S. Orlando
D. M. Trucchi
OriginalPaper 30 May 2014 Pages: 243 - 251
Laser removal of mold growth from paper
C. Rosati
D. Ciofini
S. Siano
OriginalPaper 05 June 2014 Pages: 253 - 259
Laser prepared organic heterostructures based on star-shaped arylenevinylene compounds
A. Stanculescu
G. Socol
F. Stanculescu
OriginalPaper 29 May 2014 Pages: 261 - 268
Fabrication and characterization of spherical micro semiconductor crystals by laser ablation method
Tetsuya Shimogaki
Kota Okazaki
Tatsuo Okada
OriginalPaper 31 May 2014 Pages: 269 - 273
Ultra-short pulsed laser deposition of gallium arsenide: a comprehensive study
A. De Bonis
A. Santagata
R. Teghil
OriginalPaper 11 June 2014 Pages: 275 - 280
Feasibility study for detecting copper contaminants in transformer insulation using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
N. Aparna
Nilesh J. Vasa
J. Sundara Rajan
OriginalPaper 08 August 2014 Pages: 281 - 288
Nanoparticle plume dynamics in femtosecond laser ablation of gold
G. O’Connell
T. Donnelly
J. G. Lunney
OriginalPaper 05 March 2014 Pages: 289 - 293
Laser-induced periodic surface structures on polymers for formation of gold nanowires and activation of human cells
R.-A. Barb
C. Hrelescu
K. Groschner
OriginalPaper 19 January 2014 Pages: 295 - 300
A study on the pulsed laser printing of liquid-phase exfoliated graphene for organic electronics
S. Papazoglou
Y. S. Raptis
I. Zergioti
OriginalPaper 25 February 2014 Pages: 301 - 306
Optical nanolithography with λ/15 resolution using bowtie aperture array
Xiaolei Wen
Luis M. Traverso
Euclid E. Moon
OriginalPaper 30 January 2014 Pages: 307 - 311
Two-dimensional imaging of atomic and nanoparticle components in copper plasma plume produced by ultrafast laser ablation
K. K. Anoop
Xiaochang Ni
S. Amoruso
OriginalPaper 31 January 2014 Pages: 313 - 318