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OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING
Volume 98, Issue -, Pages 134-142Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2017.06.017
Keywords
Laser material processing; Ti-6Al-4V; Direct laser writing; Direct laser interference patterning; Laser-induced periodic surface structures
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- European Union's Horizon research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [675063]
- German Research Foundation (DFG) under Excellence Initiative program by the German federal and state governments to promote top-level research at German universities
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In this work, hierarchical surface patterns fabricated on Ti-6Al-4V alloy combining two laser micro-machining techniques are presented. The used technologies are based on nanosecond Direct Laser Writing and picosecond Direct Laser Interference Patterning. Squared shape micro-cells with different hatch distances were produced by Direct Laser Writing with depths values in the micro-scale, forming a well-defined closed packet. Subsequently, cross-like periodic patterns were fabricated by means of Direct Laser Interference Patterning using a two-beam configuration, generating a dual-scale periodic surface structure in both micro- and nano-scale due to the formation of Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structure after the picosecond process. As a result a triple hierarchical periodic surface structure was generated. The surface morphology of the irradiated area was characterized with scanning electron microscopy and confocal microscopy. Additionally, static contact angle measurements were made to analyze the wettability behavior of the structures, showing a hydrophobic behavior for the hierarchical structures. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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