Ultra-fast femtosecond (fs) lasers provide a unique technological opportunity to precisely
and efficiently micromachine materials with minimal thermal damage owing to the reduced …

Despite the exceptional hardness of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools, rapid wear
remains a challenge when machining carbon fiber-reinforced silicon carbide (Cf/SiC). To …

In this work we present an overview on structure formation, optical and electrical properties
of diamond like carbon (DLC) based metal nanocomposites deposited by reactive …

This paper presents and discusses the tribological characteristics of the untextured and
textured silicon diamond-like carbon (Si-DLC) coatings in the temperature range of room …

A novel device using single-crystal chemical vapour deposited diamond and resistive
electrodes in the bulk forming a 3D diamond detector is presented. The electrodes of the …

This work considers the resulting material structural effects of laser-processing chemical
vapor deposited (CVD) diamond. The utilized 532 nm wavelength laser had a pulse duration …

Currently there is an increasing demand for the application of hydrophobic surface in
industrial and biological processes. It has been found that the contact angle with liquid …

The generation of controlled 3D micro-features by pulsed laser ablation in various materials
requires an understanding of the material's temporal and energetic response to the laser …

Surface texturing was investigated in order to improve the tribological properties of a
DLC/steel lubricated sliding contact. A direct coating texturing process based on a laser …

Using a pump-probe technique the authors have measured reflectivity of diamondlike
carbon (DLC) film irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses to understand dynamic …