Laser Processing Technology and Principles of Metal Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 220
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; laser cladding; ARC surfacing; friction stir processing; surface modification; microstructure; defect; mechanical properties; wear; corrosion
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: heterogeneous material connection; carbonaceous materials; nanoporous materials; interfacial design; surface modification and processing for welding and joining; brazing and soldering; alloy-type SIBs anodes; carbon fiber-reinforced composites
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The laser, displaying characteristics such as high brightness, and good directionality, monochromaticity and coherence, is one of the major technological inventions of the 20th century. The laser has an extremely high power density, which can melt and vaporize materials. It can also quickly and precisely process local areas. Overall, laser processing technology started with laser drilling, and quickly spread to fields such as cutting, welding, surface modification, heat treatment, and even laser rapid prototyping, laser cleaning, and laser micro/nano processing. Due to good spatial and temporal characteristics, laser processing technology also demonstrates great freedom in the material, shape, size, and processing environment of the processed object; it is impressive regarding both the precision and flexibility of micro materials and in the processing of large and thick parts. Overall, the laser has outstanding advantages such as high flexibility, efficiency, and quality. Therefore, across the last few decades, it has been applied to various aspects of modern industry, agriculture, medicine, communication, national defense, and science and technology. Laser processing technology not only drives the development of the advanced manufacturing industry, but also has a profound impact on the process of industrial intelligence, and has become an indispensable processing technology in high-tech industries.
In this Special Issue, we welcome articles that focus on the advanced laser processing technology of metal materials, such as laser drilling, cutting, welding, surface modification and heat treatment, shock, cladding, cleaning, 3D printing technology, micro-nano processing, and so on. In addition, the laser processing principle of metal materials will also be considered. We invite you to contribute research work on the effects of laser processing technology on the microstructure and properties of metal materials, and the development and application of new laser processing technologies and principles.
Dr. Dan Wang
Dr. Zeyu Wang
Guest Editors
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