Conical microstructuring of titanium by reactive gas assisted laser texturing.

ABSTRACT: Femtosecond laser micromachining is an important and flexible method to generate precisely targeted surfaces on various materials. On titanium, the laser structuring process strongly depends on the laser parameters. For example, an increasement of the pulse length and repetition rate favors melting processes instead of ablation and microstructuring. We report on an investigation of reactive halogens (iodine, bromine, chlorine) and halocarbons as additives to the laser structuring process of pure titanium and the common alloy Ti-6Al-4V with 0.75 ps laser pulses. The choice of the halogen allows control of whether solely the chemical composition or the surface microstructure should be altered. Bromine was found to be an efficient additive to generate homogeneous microstructures based on micr

SUBMITTER: Wobbeking K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9075771 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature