In the past decades, ultrafast lasers have demonstrated their unparalleled processing capability for inducing various micro/nano- structures due to the ultrashort interaction time and ultrahigh peak power. Based on the ablation and melting of the targeted materials, some self-organized structures are readily formed in the focused region, and their growth process often depends on the characteristics of the incident laser. Additionally, these self-organized structures are also endowed with new and excellent physicochemical properties, such as optical birefringence, hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, chemical corrosion anisotropy and so on. Many studies also show that these induced structures can be further developed by adjusting laser processing modes in order to be applied to the design and manufacture of optical storage, microfluidic chips, new energy devices and photonics chips.
In this Research Topic, we aim to address the fundamental formation process of ultrafast laser inducing self-organized structures, which can be further developed for the related applications of photonics, mechanical engineering and biomedicine. This Research Topic covers all theoretical and experimental studies of ultrafast laser direct writing self-organized microstructures and the related applications. Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to):
• Writing and erasuring of three-dimension nanograting in glass and crystals;
• Physics mechanism of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS);
• Formation and application of hydrophilic and hydrophobic surface structures; Optimization of friction resistance of self-organized structures on the metal or alloy surface;
• Phase separation in ultrafast laser induced periodic crystallization;
• Microfluidic chip fabrication based on chemical anisotropic structure.
In the past decades, ultrafast lasers have demonstrated their unparalleled processing capability for inducing various micro/nano- structures due to the ultrashort interaction time and ultrahigh peak power. Based on the ablation and melting of the targeted materials, some self-organized structures are readily formed in the focused region, and their growth process often depends on the characteristics of the incident laser. Additionally, these self-organized structures are also endowed with new and excellent physicochemical properties, such as optical birefringence, hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, chemical corrosion anisotropy and so on. Many studies also show that these induced structures can be further developed by adjusting laser processing modes in order to be applied to the design and manufacture of optical storage, microfluidic chips, new energy devices and photonics chips.
In this Research Topic, we aim to address the fundamental formation process of ultrafast laser inducing self-organized structures, which can be further developed for the related applications of photonics, mechanical engineering and biomedicine. This Research Topic covers all theoretical and experimental studies of ultrafast laser direct writing self-organized microstructures and the related applications. Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to):
• Writing and erasuring of three-dimension nanograting in glass and crystals;
• Physics mechanism of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS);
• Formation and application of hydrophilic and hydrophobic surface structures; Optimization of friction resistance of self-organized structures on the metal or alloy surface;
• Phase separation in ultrafast laser induced periodic crystallization;
• Microfluidic chip fabrication based on chemical anisotropic structure.
