Laser‐induced forward transfer (LIFT) is a digital printing technique that uses a pulsed laser
beam as the driving force to project material from a donor thin film toward the receiving …

This review focuses on the current state of the art in liquid metal additive manufacturing
(AM), an emerging and growing family of related printing technologies used to fabricate near …

Laser-based materials processing techniques are gaining widespread use in micro-
manufacturing applications. The use of laser microfabrication techniques enables the …

This article is the second in a four-part series of articles providing an overview of the
challenges and opportunities in microscale additive manufacturing (AM) processes with …

Additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been researched and developed for almost
three decades. Microscale AM is one of the fastest-growing fields of research within the AM …

1.1 Overview 1.2 Fundamental Studies of Laser Interaction With Solids 1.2. 1 Studies of the
ablation event 1.2. 1.1 Processes occurring during the light pulse 1.2. 1.2 Study of particles …

The influence of plasma shielding on the coupling of laser energy to a target surface during
picosecond pulsed laser–material interactions is demonstrated using a He and Ar gas …

A simple single‐step technique for surface patterning is presented. It is shown that well‐
adhering micrometer‐sized patterns of 100% coverage preserving the shape and …

As a result of a systematic study on laser-induced forward transfer of tungsten (W) thin films
by a focused Ar+ laser (λ= 514 nm, 2w 0= 3μm), it is shown that deposition of 2–3μm …

Ultra short, ie femto-and picosecond laser pulses, give new possibilities for additive
manufacturing at micro-or nanometre length scales. This keynote paper focuses on two …