Laser Processing of Bulk Metallic Glasses

Dear Colleagues,

Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are a formed group of advanced engineering materials that have attractive properties, ranging from their superior hardness, excellent magnetic properties, good corrosion resistance, to a large elastic strain limit. The formation of BMGs and their identity as versatile advanced engineering materials have led to a surge in research efforts to investigate synthesize or shape processing methods.

In the last decade, the number of studies focusing on the laser processing of BMGs has gradually increased.

Laser processing studies are categorized into different laser applications, namely, the welding, cladding, additive layer manufacturing, micromachining, and microstructure modification of BMG substrates.

According to the mentioned trends and prospects, this Special Issue of Applied Sciences has been dedicated to publishing the latest research works on the laser processing of amorphous/nanocrystalline materials. The main topics of interest include the following:

- Laser processing on the aspects related to metastable, amorphous, and nanostructured materials;

- Development of new laser techniques and processing;

- Fundamentals of laser–materials interactions;

- Developing parameters and methods to process bulk metallic glasses/nanocrystalline alloys across all feasible laser techniques; 

- Lasers in additive manufacturing of amorphous/nanocrystalline alloys;

- Micromachining and microstructure laser modification of metastable alloys;

- Laser processing techniques and applications;

- Characterization methods and theoretical modelling amorphous/nanocrystalline materials after laser treatment;

- Ultrashort, ultrahigh power laser interactions with matter: fundamentals and applications.

The scope of this Special Issue, entitled “Laser Processing of Bulk Metallic Glasses”, is to provide the state-of-the-art of the research on the structure and properties, the production, the characterization, and the applications of amorphous/nanocrystalline materials after laser treatment, as well as to cover the current challenges related to them.

As a researcher in the field, I would like to invite you to enrich this Special Issue.

Assoc. Prof. Wirginia Pilarczyk
Guest Editor

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• bulk metallic glasses
• amorphous materials
• nanocrystallites
• selective laser melting
• laser welding
• laser cladding
• direct laser deposition
• micromachining and microstructure laser modification