As a noncontact strategy with flexible tools and high efficiency, laser precision engineering
is a significant advanced processing way for high-quality micro-/nanostructure fabrication …

We present an overview of the different processes that can result from focusing an ultrafast
laser light in the femtosecond–nanosecond time regime on a host of materials, eg, metals …

Many studies have shown how pigments and internal nanostructures generate color in
nature. External surface structures can also influence appearance, such as by causing …

This paper reviews a new field of direct femtosecond laser surface nano/microstructuring
and its applications. Over the past few years, direct femtosecond laser surface processing …

Black silicon (BSi) represents a very active research area in renewable energy materials.
The rise of BSi as a focus of study for its fundamental properties and potentially lucrative …

This work presents a survey on the recent progress in laser ablation of a solid target in a
confining liquid for the synthesis of nanocrystals with focus on the mechanism of nanocrystal …

Lasers provide the ability to accurately deliver large amounts of energy into confined regions
of a material in order to achieve a desired response. For opaque materials, this energy is …

Ever since the discovery of black silicon, scientists around the world have been trying to
come up with novel, cost-effective methods of utilizing this super material in a variety of …

Photodetectors fabricated on microstructured silicon are reported. The photodetectors
exhibited high photoresponse; at 3 V bias, the responsivities were 92 A∕ W at 850 nm and …

We investigated the current–voltage characteristics and responsivity of photodiodes
fabricated with silicon that was microstructured by use of femtosecond-laser pulses in a …