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Oleksiy Myronyuk, Denys Baklan, Aleksej M. Rodin, Egidijus Vanagas and Zuo Yong
The eligibility of applying the Owens?Wendt approach to determining the free surface energy of liquid-repellent aluminum surfaces, with micro- and nanotextures formed by a femtosecond laser, was considered. This approach has been shown to be applicable u...
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Dmitry Gritsenko, Roberto Paoli and Jie Xu
Constrained-surface-based stereolithography has recently attracted much attention from both academic and industrial communities. Despite numerous experimental, numerical and theoretical efforts, the fundamental need to reduce the separation force between...
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Ange Nsilani Kouediatouka, Qiang Ma, Qi Liu, Fagla Jules Mawignon, Faisal Rafique and Guangneng Dong
Surface texture is regarded as a promising solution for enhancing the tribological features of industrial materials due to its outstanding benefits, such as minimization of the contact area, enhancement of the load bearing capacity, storage of the lubric...
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Celina L. Li, Carl J. Fisher, Ray Burke and Stefan Andersson-Engels
The potential of ultrafast lasers (pico- to femtosecond) in orthopedics-related procedures has been studied extensively for clinical adoption. As compared to conventional laser systems with continuous wave or longer wave pulse, ultrafast lasers provide a...
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Amirabbas Akbarzadeh and M. M. Khonsari
The running-in behavior and the associated transient friction characteristics of a piston ring with different surface treatments are experimentally evaluated using a custom-made engine testing apparatus. Results are reported for a series of running-in an...
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Kosmas Ellinas, Angeliki Tserepi and Evangelos Gogolides
Most studies on superhydrophobic fabrics focus on their realization using additive manufacturing (bottom-up) techniques. Here we present the direct modification of three different fabrics using a plasma-based method to obtain anti-adhesive and self-clean...
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Daniele M. Trucchi, Alessandro Bellucci, Marco Girolami, Matteo Mastellone and Stefano Orlando
Diamond is a wide bandgap semiconductor with excellent physical properties which allow it to operate under extreme conditions. However, the technological use of diamond was mostly conceived for the fabrication of ultraviolet, ionizing radiation and nucle...
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Yongfeng Jiang, Yefeng Bao and Min Wang
Plasma electrolytic boriding (PEB) is a method of combination surface strengthening and surface texturing on metal. In this study, the kinetics and the lubrication friction of borided layers in the plasma electrolytic boriding on the Q235 were investigat...
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Kuo-Yung Hung, Hong-Chen Lai and Hui-Ping Feng
Hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings on titanium have been investigated for many years, and have demonstrated advantageous biocompatibility in dental implants. Animal experiments have demonstrated that the biological response to plasma-sprayed HA-coated implants...
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Javier A. Barón-Miranda, Octavio Calzadilla, Liliana E. Arvizu-Rodríguez, Jose L. Fernández-Muñoz, Cesia Guarneros-Aguilar, Fabio Chale-Lara, Ulises Páramo-García and Felipe Caballero-Briones
The local electrical response in alkaline-doped CuInSe2 films prepared by single-step electrodeposition onto Cu substrates was studied by current-sensing atomic force microscopy. The CuInSe2 (CIS) films were prepared from single baths containing the dopa...
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