Micro-and nanoscale structures produced on surfaces of metals, polymers, ceramics, and
glasses have many important applications in different fields such as engineering, medical …

Laser texturing, involving the creation of patterns on material surfaces, is considered an
efficient and facile approach to fabricate hierarchical surface structures on various material …

Ultra-short pulse lasers, generating coherent light pulses with pulse durations in the
picosecond and femtosecond range, are becoming popular in precision laser …

Although high-entropy alloys have been intensively studied in the past decade, there are still
many requirements for manufacturing processes and application directions to be proposed …

Superhydrophobic surfaces have been a popular research topic in the research
communities due to disruptive innovations in a variety of applications. The synergistic effect …

Static contact angle measurements are one of the most popular methods to analyze the
wetting behavior of materials of any kind. Although this method is readily applicable without …

Fabricating aluminium surfaces with superhydrophobic and ice-repellent properties present
nowadays a challenging task. In this work, multifunctional structures are manufactured by …

Metallic cellular solids are a class of materials known for their high specific mechanical
properties, being desirable in applications where a combination of high strength or stiffness …

Self-cleaning ability on technical surfaces can increase the added value of a product. A
common path to achieve this property is making the surface superhydrophobic so that water …

The objective of this work is to investigate the relationship between wettability and surface
microgeometry of 6060 aluminum alloy created by electric discharge machining (EDM). The …