Controlling the stainless steel surface wettability by nanosecond direct laser texturing at high fluences

Peter Gregorčič (Author), Barbara Šetina (Author), Matej Hočevar (Author)

Abstract

This work investigates the influence of the direct laser texturing at high fluences (DLT-HF) on surface mor - phology, chemistry, and wettability. We use a Nd:YAG laser (gamma= 1064 nm) with pulse duration of 95 ns to process stain- less steel surface. The surface morphology and chemistry after the texturing is examined by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), while the surface wettability is evaluated by measuring the static contact angle. Immediately after the texturing, the surface is superhydrophilic in a saturated Wenzel regime. However, this state is not stable and the superhydrophilic-to-superhy - drophobic transition happens if the sample is kept in atmos- pheric air for 30 days. After this period, the laser-textured stainless steel surface expresses lotus-leaf-like behavior. By using a high-speed camera at 10,000 fps, we measured that the water droplet completely rebound from this superhydro- phobic surface after the contact time of 12 ms.

Keywords

surface engineering;laser microstructuring;surface functionalization;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2017
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
UDC:	535(045)
COBISS:	15750427
ISSN:	0947-8396
Views:	2321
Downloads:	518
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	inženiring površin;lasersko mikrostrukturiranje;funkcionalizacija površin;
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Embargo end date (OpenAIRE):	2018-11-13
Pages:	str. 1-8
Issue:	ǂVol. ǂ123
Chronology:	Nov. 2017
DOI:	10.1007/s00339-017-1392-5
ID:	10914917