Mechanisms of metal wettability transition and fabrication of durable superwetting/superhydrophilic metal surfaces

J Long, M Xi, P Yang, Z Huang - Applied Surface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Maintaining superhydrophilicity on metal surfaces is challenging due to the inevitable
surface adsorption of airborne organics after exposure to ambient air. In this study, we aim to …

Grooved-porous composite wick structures for highly efficient capillary-fed boiling heat transfer

J Wu, J Lin, Y Yan, Z You, Z Su, J Long - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Capillary-fed evaporation/boiling is a crucial process that occurs inside a two-phase heat
transfer device. Efficient capillary-fed evaporation/boiling relies on both effective capillary …

Rosmarinic Acid-Rich Perilla frutescens Extract-Derived Silver Nanoparticles: A Green Synthesis Approach for Multifunctional Biomedical Applications including …

VR Netala, T Hou, SS Sana, H Li, Z Zhang - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study describes a simple, cost-effective, and eco-friendly method for synthesizing silver
nanoparticles using a rosmarinic acid extract from Perilla frutescens (PFRAE) as the …

Hydrophilicity degradation and steam-induced rewetting during capillary-fed boiling

J Long, J Wu, Y Zhou, X Xie - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Capillary-fed evaporation/boiling is a crucial process that occurs within two-phase heat
transfer devices. Herein, we delve into the capillary-fed boiling performance of a grooved …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental findings and 2 dimensional two-temperature model in the multi-pulse ultrafast laser ablation on stainless steel considering the incubation factor

L Omeñaca, SM Olaizola, A Rodríguez… - Optics & Laser …, 2025 - Elsevier
The interaction between ultrashort laser pulses and metal targets is of great interest for
machining and micro-or nano-processing applications. An experimental study was …

Femtosecond Laser Fabrication of Noble Metal Plasma Nanostructures and Its Application-A Mini Review

Y Feng, M Liang, R You, T Li, L Zhu - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Noble metal plasmonic nanostructures have a wide range of applications in surface-
enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), solar energy conversion, optical imaging, biosensing …

Backward flux re-deposition patterns during multi-spot laser ablation of stainless steel with picosecond and femtosecond pulses in air

T Zhou, S Kraft, W Perrie, J Schille, U Löschner… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
We report on novel observations of directed re-deposition of ablation debris during the
ultrafast laser micro-structuring of stainless steel in the air with multi-beams in close …

Femtosecond laser-induced sub-wavelength periodic structure for nano-transfer of PDMS flexible SERS substrate

Q Hu, D Yang, J He, M Han, C Zhang - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Flexible surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates are increasingly used for
non-destructive testing of surface analytes due to the ability to conformally fit to non-planar …

Compact high-flux X-ray source based on irradiation of solid targets by gigahertz and megahertz bursts of femtosecond laser pulses

L Rimkus, I Stasevičius, M Barkauskas, L Giniūnas… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this study, we demonstrate the significant increase in the hard X-ray yield (more than 10^
11 photons/s in 4π solid angle in 6-40 keV range) that can be achieved in an ambient air …

Pulsed laser deposition of plasmonic structures in air by irradiation through the substrate

N Nedyalkov, R Nikov, R Nikov, A Dikovska… - Thin Solid Films, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents results from a method for single step fabrication of noble metal
nanostructures in air that express plasmonic properties. A special configuration of the laser …