Advances in Laser Processing of Polymer Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 November 2023) | Viewed by 327
Special Issue Editor
Interests: laser micro- and nanoprocessing of polymers; study of mechanisms of laser ablation of polymers; laser induced period surface structures in polymers; polymer thin films; applications of modified polymers; functional polymers; pulsed laser deposition; atomic force microscopy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The laser processing of polymers has become an important field in applied and fundamental research. Laser techniques are attractive alternatives for the processing of soft materials, affording the sought-after versatility and reliability. Laser techniques can be used to fabricate substrates with a variety of high-precision patterns on different length scales, and can be applied in noncontact and flexible set-ups under a wide variety of environments. Laser processing can be adapted both to the materials’ properties and to the desired surface pattern by controlling the laser characteristics.
This Special Issue aims to gather contributions on recent advances in the use of laser techniques for the processing of polymers, both concerning surface and bulk modification, micro- and nanostructuring, and considering both the fundamentals of laser processing and the applications of the modified polymer materials.
Dr. Esther Rebollar
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- laser microstructuring of polymers
- laser nanostructuring of polymers
- laser foaming
- laser ablation of polymers
- laser texturing of polymers
- laser polymerization
- laser deposition of polymers
- laser transfer and printing of polymers
- applications of polymers processed by laser
- modelling of laser processing of polymers
