Fabrication of Water- and Ice-Repellent Surfaces on Additive-Manufactured Components Using Laser-Based Microstructuring Methods

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Beitragende

Abstract

Laser patterning techniques have shown in the last decades to be capable of producing functional surfaces on a large variety of materials. A particular challenge for these techniques is the treatment of additively manufactured parts with high roughness levels. The presented study reports on the surface modification of additive-manufactured components of Ti64 and Al–Mg–Sc (Scalmalloy), with the aim of implementing water- and ice-repellent properties. Different laser-based microstructuring techniques, using nanosecond and picosecond pulses, are combined to create multiscale textures with feature sizes between ≈800 nm and 21 μm. The wettability could be set to static water contact angles between 141° and 153° for Ti64 and Al–Mg–Sc, respectively. In addition, surface free energy is analyzed for different surface conditions.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer2101624
Seitenumfang9
FachzeitschriftAdvanced engineering materials
Jahrgang24
Ausgabenummer9
Frühes Online-DatumFeb. 2022
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Sept. 2022
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85125082886
ORCID /0000-0003-4333-4636/work/196675422

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Al–Mg–Sc, Ti6Al4V, direct laser interference patterning, direct laser writing, surface free energy, water- and ice-repellent properties