Open AccessFabrication of Super Hydrophobic Surfaces by fs Laser Pulses
Author(s) -
Groenendijk Max
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
laser technik journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1863-9119
pISSN - 1613-7728
DOI - 10.1002/latj.200890025
Subject(s) - laser , fabrication , materials science , molding (decorative) , surface micromachining , mold , nanometre , core (optical fiber) , structuring , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , optics , composite material , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , finance , pathology , economics
The chair of Applied Laser Technology of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, is performing research into applications of ultrashort pulsed lasers for micromachining. In a recent project, PhD student Max Groenendijk developed a method for the production of super water repellant surfaces by injection molding. The core of this technique is the structuring of mold surfaces by micro and nanometer sized textures, using a femtosecondpulsed laser.