Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser cutting finds one of its most relevant applications in the
processing of a wide variety of polymeric materials like thermoplastics and thermosetting …

Microfluidic platform technology has presented a new strategy to detect and analyze
analytes and biological entities thanks to its reduced dimensions, which results in lower …

Laser beam assisted machining process is widely utilized to cut high strength engineering
materials. It is very important to enhance the process mechanism in such process for …

A smart design method to transform the original two-layer microfluidic chip into a four-layer
3D microfluidic chip is proposed. A novel fabrication method is established to rapidly and …

Laser surface treatment is a promising technique to increase the adhesive strength of
carbon fibres reinforced plastics joints. In this technique, the laser beam is adopted to …

In the present study, a 30 W Q-switched fiber laser was adopted for milling 2024 aluminium
alloy sheet 2 mm in thickness. Square pockets, 10× 10 mm 2 in plane dimension, were …

Computational intelligence (CI) involves using a computer algorithm to capture hidden
knowledge from data and to use them for training “intelligent machine” to make complex …

In the present study, laser milling tests were carried out on aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3) plate,
3 mm in thickness, using a Q-Switched 30 W Yb: YAG fiber laser. A systematic approach …

CO 2 lasers are commonly used in fabricating microchannels on Polymethyl methacrylate
(PMMA) substrate. Due to significant lower cost and smaller fabrication time, several …

Laser surface finishing of 3D printed components made by material extrusion is investigated.
A 30W CO 2 laser source, working in continuous wave (CW) mode, was employed to treat …