Description
Book SynopsisLaser Cleaning II is the second of a series of books reporting research on the use of lasers for cleaning material surfaces and related micro-scale and nano-scale laser processing. It follows Laser Cleaning, edited by Boris Luk'yanchuk, published in 2002. The primary focus is on contaminant particle removal, nano-scale sized particles in particular, which represents a major cleaning challenge in industrial contexts and poses a broad range of research questions. The contributions provide stimulating answers to these questions, spanning the essential areas: the fundamental theoretical and experimental physics of light/particle/interface interactions, invention and development of laser cleaning techniques and diagnostics, simulations for important material and process systems, and laser cleaning and processing applications. Laser cleaning for art and cultural heritage conservation is a related, mature field of research which is also treated.
Trade Review"The arrangement of the chapters is good with each of them reasonably well written ... The book serves as a useful introduction to this research field and would be particularly useful for a commencing PhD student in this field."Australian Physics
Table of ContentsLaser Cleaning and Surface Modifications: Applications in Nano- and Biotechnology (D Bauerle et al.); An Overview of Experimental Research into the Laser Cleaning of Contaminants from Surfaces (A J Fernandes & D M Kane); Particle on a Surface: About Possible Acoustic and Plasmonics Effects in Dry Laser Cleaning (B S Luk'yanchuk et al.); Axially Symmetries Focusing of Light in Dry Laser Cleaning and Nanopatterning (J Kofler & N Arnold); Liquid-Assisted Laser Shock Cleaning for Nanoscale Particle Removal (D Jang et al.); UV Laser-Induced Dehydroxylation of UV Fused Silica Surfaces (A J Fernandes et al.); Removal of Silica Microspheres from Glass and Silica Substrates by Dry Laser Cleaning (S Pleasants and D M Kane); The Effect of Pulse Shape on 3D Modeling of Laser Cleaning Fluences (S Pleasants et al.); Nanoparticles During Laser Cleaning of Decoration Samples of Sigismund's Chapel (S Barcikowski et al.); Femtosecond Laser Cleaning of Metallic Antique Artworks -- Advantages, Limits and Economic Aspects (S Barcikowski et al.); Ultrafast Laser Cleaning of Museum Artifacts (A V Rode et al.); Laser Cleaning of Entrance Window During Ultra-Fast Pulsed Laser Deposition (N R Madsen et al.); Surface Cleaning of Optical Materials Using Novel VUV Sources (D M Kane et al.); Micro- and Nano-Machining with Ultrashort Laser Pulses: From Basic Science to the Real World (P Balling); Optical Surface Profilometry of Low Reflectance Materials -- Evaluation as a Laser Processing Diagnostic (D M Kane et al.); and other papers.
