Young researcher Petr Hauschwitz in cooperation with other members of the HiLASE Centre team introduced a simple and effective method for increasing the throughput of surface functionalization in a new article „Large-Beam Picosecond Interference Patterning of Metallic Substrates” published for a Special Issue Advances in Laser Processing by MDPI.
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The newly developed method of large-beam interference patterning permits the production of micro and sub-micron sized features on a treated surface with increased processing throughputs by enlarging the interference area. The analyzed structures have shown superhydrophobic behavior with contact angles of 164°, 156°, and 150° in the case of stainless steel, invar, and tungsten, respectively.