期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 10, 期 42, 页码 36564-36571出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b13908
关键词
wettability; steel; laser-induced periodic surface structures; LIPSS; femtosecond laser; laser direct writing; polarization; polymer replica
资金
- LiNaBioFluid Project of European Commission [H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015RIA, 665337]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [TEC2014-52642-C2-1-R, TEC2017-82464-R]
The wettability of a material surface is an essential property that can define the range of applications it can be used for. In the particular case of steel, industrial applications are countless but sometimes limited because of the lack of control over its surface properties. Although different strategies have been proposed to tune the wetting behavior of metal surfaces, most of them require the use of processes such as coatings with different materials or plasma/chemical etching. In this work, we present two different laser-based direct-write strategies that allow tuning the wetting properties of 1.7131 steel over a wide range of contact angles using a high repetition rate femtosecond laser. The strategy consists in the writing of parallel and crossed lines with variable spacing. A detailed morphological analysis confirmed the formation of microstructures superimposed with nanofeatures, forming a hierarchical surface topography that influences the wetting properties of the material surface. Contact angle measurements with water confirm that this behavior is mostly dependent on the line-to-line spacing and the polarization dependent orientation of the structures. Moreover, we demonstrate that the structures can be easily replicated in a polymer using a laser-fabricated steel master, which enables low-cost mass production. These findings provide a practical route for developing user-defined wetting control for new applications of steel and other materials functionalized by rapid laser structuring.
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