Laser Processing and Chemistry

This book gives an overview of the fundamentals and applications of laser-matter interactions, in particular with regard to laser material processing. Special attention is given to laser-induced physical and chemical processes at gas-solid, liquid-solid, and solid-solid interfaces. Starting with the background physics, the book proceeds to examine applications of lasers in "(Bstandard" laser machining and laser chemical processing (LCP), including the patterning, coating, and modification of material surfaces. This fourth edition has been enlarged to cover the rapid advances in the understanding of the dynamics of materials under the action of ultrashort laser pulses, and to include a number of new topics, in particular the increasing importance of lasers in various different fields of surface functionalizations and nanotechnology. In two additional chapters, recent developments in biotechnology, medicine, art conservation and restoration are summarized. Graduate students, physicists, chemists, engineers, and manufacturers alike will find this book an invaluable reference work on laser processing Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-12 Thermal, Photophysical, and Photochemical Processes....Pages 13-38 Reaction Kinetics and Transport of Species....Pages 39-62 Nucleation and Cluster Formation....Pages 63-83 Lasers, Experimental Aspects, Spatial Confinement....Pages 85-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 General Solutions of the Heat Equation....Pages 111-126 Semi-infinite Substrates....Pages 127-146 Infinite Slabs....Pages 147-154 Non-uniform Media....Pages 155-175 Surface Melting....Pages 177-198 Front Matter....Pages 199-200 Vaporization, Plasma Formation....Pages 201-235 Nanosecond-Laser Ablation....Pages 237-278 Ultrashort-Pulse Laser Ablation....Pages 279-313 Etching of Metals and Insulators....Pages 315-337 Etching of Semiconductors....Pages 339-366 Front Matter....Pages 367-367 Laser-CVD of Microstructures....Pages 369-392 Growth of Fibers....Pages 393-406 Direct Writing....Pages 407-427 Thin-Film Formation by Laser-CVD....Pages 429-455 Adsorbed Layers, Laser–MBE....Pages 457-475 Front Matter....Pages 367-367 Liquid-Phase Deposition, Electroplating....Pages 477-487 Thin-Film Formation by Pulsed-Laser Deposition and Laser-Induced Evaporation....Pages 489-531 Front Matter....Pages 533-533 Material Transformations, Laser Cleaning....Pages 535-559 Doping....Pages 561-571 Cladding, Alloying, and Synthesis....Pages 573-579 Oxidation, Nitridation, and Reduction....Pages 581-604 Transformation and Functionalization of Organic Materials....Pages 605-621 Instabilities and Structure Formation....Pages 623-677 Front Matter....Pages 679-679 Diagnostic Techniques....Pages 681-696 Analysis of Species and Plasmas....Pages 697-723 Front Matter....Pages 725-725 Lasers in Medicine and Biotechnology....Pages 727-733 Restoration and Conservation of Artworks....Pages 735-738 Back Matter....Pages 739-851

Laser Processing and Chemistry gives an overview of the fundamentals and applications of laser-matter interactions, in particular with regard to laser material processing. Special attention is given to laser-induced physical and chemical processes at gas-solid, liquid-solid, and solid-solid interfaces. Starting with the background physics, the book proceeds to examine applications of laser techniques in micro-machining, and the patterning, coating, and modification of material surfaces. Thisfourth edition has been revised and enlarged to cover new topics such as 3D microfabrication, advances in nanotechnology, ultrafast laser technology and laser chemical processing (LCP).
Graduate students, physicists, chemists, engineers, and manufacturers alike will find this book an invaluable reference work on laser processing.

Laser Processing and Chemistry gives an overview of the fundamentals and applications of laser-matter interactions, in particular with regard to laser material processing. Special attention is given to laser-induced physical and chemical processes at gas-solid, liquid-solid, and solid-solid interfaces. Starting with the background physics, the book proceeds to examine applications of laser techniques in micro-machining, and the patterning, coating, and modification of material surfaces. This fourth edition has been revised and enlarged to cover new topics such as 3D microfabrication, advances in nanotechnology, ultrafast laser technology and laser chemical processing (LCP). Graduate students, physicists, chemists, engineers, and manufacturers alike will find this book an invaluable reference work on laser processing. Laser Processing and Chemistry gives an overview of the fundamentals and applications of laser--matter interactions, in particular with regard to laser material processing. Special attention is given to laser-induced physical and chemical processes at gas--solid, liquid--solid, and solid--solid interfaces. Starting with the background physics, the book proceeds to examine applications of laser techniques in micro-machining, and the patterning, coating, and modification of material surfaces. Students, engineers, and manufacturers alike will find this book an invaluable reference work for the state of the art in laser processing.