RT Journal Article
T1 Laser texturing to control the wettability of materials
A1 Riveiro Rodríguez, Antonio
A1 Pou Alvarez, Pablo
A1 Del Val Garcia, Jesús
A1 Comesaña Piñeiro, Rafael
A1 Arias González, F.
A1 Lusquiños Rodríguez, Fernando
A1 Boutinguiza Larosi, Mohamed
A1 Quintero Martinez, Félix
A1 Badaoui Fernández, Aida
A1 Pou Saracho, Juan María
K1 3310 Tecnología Industrial
K1 3328 Procesos Tecnológicos
AB Many applications of different materials are related to the properties of their surface. Wettability is a key property affecting applications in all fields: adhesives, lubricants, detergents, all types of coatings, implant integration, heat transmission, corrosion, etc. Laser texturing has been demonstrated to be an excellent technique to modify surface wettability of many different materials: polymers, metals, ceramics, or even natural stones. The relative simplicity and robustness of the results, together with the widespread availability of affordable industrial laser sources made laser texturing a very promising tool for modifying the surface of parts in manufacturing plants. In this paper we introduce the basics of the technique and show some examples of applications. On one hand, treating the surface of different polymers for biomedical applications. And on the other hand, the production of surfaces with extreme wettability properties is shown: superhydrophilic, superhydrophobic and omniphobic surfaces were obtained by laser texturing.
PB Procedia CIRP
SN 22128271
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/3884
UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/3884
LA eng
NO Procedia CIRP, 94, 879-884 (2020)
DS Investigo
RD 13-dic-2024