Recent Advances in Functionalized Material Manufacturing Based on Laser Techniques

Dear Colleagues,

Laser functionalization has attracted a great deal of attention due to its ability to modify the properties of a material, at microscale and nanoscale, by keeping the bulk material intact. Thus, it has been used to produce materials and surfaces with unique properties for a wide range of applications, including tribological applications, heat transfer applications, as well as materials with unique wettability, superior corrosion behavior, or optical properties. Moreover, these materials with improved properties can be further exploited as materials for sensors and actuators.

This Special Issue of Sensors welcomes both reviews and original research articles in the field of material functionalization using laser techniques as well as on their use for sensing application.

Topics include, but are not restricted to the following:

• Laser manufacturing techniques:
  • Laser ablation
  • Laser-induced periodic surface structures
  • Laser interference lithography
  • Laser-induced forward transfer
  • Laser additive manufacturing

• Sensors based on materials functionalized with laser techniques:
  • Optical sensors
  • Biosensors
  • Gas sensors
  • Chemical sensors

Dr. Ainara Rodriguez
Dr. Isabel Ayerdi
Dr. Mikel Gomez-Aranzadi
Guest Editors

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• Functional materials
• Laser materials processing
• Laser ablation
• Laser additive manufacturing
• Sensor fabrication
• Ultrafast laser applications to sensors