Contributors |
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Preface |
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1 "Light" Industry: An Overview of the Impact of Lasers on Manufacturing |
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1 | (22) |
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1.1 The Laser, and the Generation of a Mature Industry |
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1 | (6) |
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1.2 Economic Impact of Laser Materials Processing |
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7 | (1) |
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1.3 The Developing Application Space |
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8 | (9) |
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17 | (6) |
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19 | (4) |
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2 The Challenges Ahead for Laser Macro, Micro and Nano Manufacturing |
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23 | (20) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (6) |
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29 | (3) |
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32 | (2) |
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2.5 Laser Surface Engineering |
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34 | (1) |
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2.6 Additive Multiple Layer Manufacturing |
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35 | (1) |
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2.7 Micro/Nano Fabrication |
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36 | (4) |
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2.8 Fundamental Beam/Material Interactions and Process Modeling |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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3 Laser Fusion Cutting of Difficult Materials |
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43 | (26) |
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43 | (1) |
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3.2 Principles Involved in Fusion Laser Cutting |
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44 | (1) |
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3.3 Experiences in Laser Cutting of Difficult Materials |
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45 | (5) |
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3.4 Attempts to Improve Cutting Process |
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50 | (12) |
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62 | (7) |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (7) |
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4 Laser-Assisted Glass Cleaving |
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69 | (20) |
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69 | (1) |
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4.2 The Multiple Laser System |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (3) |
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4.4 Numerical Results and Discussions |
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74 | (7) |
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4.5 Crack Propagation in Laser Cleaving |
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81 | (4) |
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85 | (4) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (2) |
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5 Laser Dicing of Silicon and Electronics Substrates |
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89 | (32) |
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89 | (1) |
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5.2 Industrial Dicing Processes for Silicon and Electronic Substrates |
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90 | (6) |
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5.3 Dicing of Silicon With Ultra-Fast Laser Radiation |
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96 | (7) |
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5.4 Explanation of Surface Phenomena During Laser Dicing Processes |
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103 | (2) |
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5.5 Factors Influencing the Aspect Ratio During Laser Dicing Processes |
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105 | (10) |
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5.6 Increasing Dicing Modification Depth Using High-Repetition-Rate Femtosecond Laser Radiation and Spatial Beam Shaping |
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115 | (6) |
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118 | (3) |
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6 Laser Machining of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Composites |
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121 | (32) |
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121 | (3) |
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6.2 Welding of Thermoplastic Composites |
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124 | (8) |
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6.3 Cutting of Composite Structures |
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132 | (8) |
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6.4 Repair Preparation for Composites |
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140 | (7) |
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147 | (6) |
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149 | (4) |
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7 Understanding and Improving Process Control in Pulsed and Continuous Wave Laser Welding |
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153 | (32) |
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153 | (1) |
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7.2 Laser Spot Welding Results, and Formation Mechanisms and Suppression Procedures of Welding Defects |
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154 | (12) |
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7.3 CW Laser Welding Results, and Formation Mechanisms and Suppression Procedures of Welding Defects |
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166 | (14) |
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180 | (5) |
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181 | (4) |
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8 Laser Microspot Welding in Electronics Production |
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185 | (18) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (3) |
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8.3 Micro Welding of Copper and Aluminum |
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189 | (8) |
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8.4 Reliability of Copper-Aluminum Welded Joints |
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197 | (4) |
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201 | (2) |
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201 | (2) |
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9 Laser Arc Hybrid Welding |
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203 | (32) |
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203 | (7) |
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9.2 Laser MIG/MAG Hybrid Welding |
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210 | (1) |
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9.3 Laser TIG Hybrid Welding |
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211 | (2) |
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9.4 Laser PAW Hybrid Welding |
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213 | (1) |
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9.5 Laser Arc Hybrid Welding Parameters |
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214 | (7) |
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9.6 Improvements of Performance Characteristics and Weld Quality |
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221 | (3) |
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9.7 Industrial Applications |
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224 | (3) |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (6) |
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231 | (4) |
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10 Influencing the Weld Pool During Laser Welding |
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235 | (22) |
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235 | (3) |
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10.2 Approaches and Methods for Manipulating Weld-Pool Dynamics |
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238 | (6) |
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10.3 Ultrasound-Assisted Laser-Beam Welding |
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244 | (13) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (2) |
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11 Laser Transformation Hardening of Steel |
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257 | (42) |
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257 | (11) |
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268 | (23) |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (6) |
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293 | (6) |
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12 Pulsed Laser Annealing Technology for Nano-Scale Fabrication of Silicon-Based Devices in Semiconductors |
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299 | (40) |
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299 | (1) |
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12.2 Laser-Induced Formation of p/n Junction |
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300 | (22) |
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12.3 Laser-Induced Formation of Silicide |
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322 | (12) |
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12.4 Conclusions and Future Trends |
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334 | (5) |
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335 | (4) |
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13 Laser-Induced Forward Transfer Techniques and Applications |
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339 | (42) |
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339 | (2) |
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13.2 LIFT Experimental Setup |
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341 | (3) |
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13.3 LIFT Physical Processes |
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344 | (8) |
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352 | (5) |
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13.5 Applications of LIFT |
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357 | (13) |
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370 | (11) |
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371 | (1) |
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371 | (10) |
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14 Production of Biomaterial Coatings by Laser-Assisted Processes |
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381 | (32) |
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381 | (1) |
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14.2 The Laser Way to Produce Coatings |
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382 | (1) |
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14.3 Pulsed Laser Deposition of Bioceramics |
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383 | (11) |
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14.4 Laser Cladding of Bioceramics |
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394 | (12) |
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406 | (7) |
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406 | (7) |
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15 Thick Metallic Coatings Produced by Coaxial and Side Laser Cladding: Processing and Properties |
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413 | (48) |
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413 | (15) |
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15.2 Coaxial Laser Cladding Geometry and Theoretical Calculations |
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428 | (4) |
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15.3 Experimental Evaluation of Coaxial and Side Cladding Processes |
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432 | (3) |
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15.4 Statistical Relations Between Processing Parameters and Laser Track Geometry |
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435 | (9) |
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15.5 Microstructural Characteristics and Properties of Thick Metallic Coatings |
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444 | (11) |
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455 | (6) |
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457 | (1) |
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457 | (4) |
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16 Laser Consolidation---A Rapid Manufacturing Process for Making Net-Shape Functional Components |
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461 | (46) |
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461 | (1) |
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462 | (1) |
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16.3 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Laser-Consolidated (LC) Materials |
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463 | (21) |
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16.4 Case Studies of Various Industrial Applications |
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484 | (17) |
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16.5 Future Trend of the Technology |
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501 | (6) |
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502 | (1) |
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502 | (5) |
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17 Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing Processes |
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507 | (34) |
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507 | (2) |
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509 | (5) |
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17.3 Materials Processed Using Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing Techniques |
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514 | (4) |
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17.4 Materials Used in Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing Techniques |
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518 | (8) |
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526 | (6) |
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17.6 Summary and Future Trends |
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532 | (9) |
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535 | (6) |
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18 Direct Infrared Laser Machining of Semiconductors for Electronics Applications |
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541 | (30) |
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541 | (2) |
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18.2 Main Principles of Laser-Matter Interactions |
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543 | (7) |
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18.3 Infrared Ultrashort Pulse Laser Processing |
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550 | (7) |
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18.4 Infrared Nanosecond Pulse Laser Processing |
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557 | (10) |
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567 | (4) |
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569 | (2) |
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19 Laser Processing of Direct-Write Nano-Sized Materials |
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571 | (24) |
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571 | (1) |
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19.2 Direct-Write Deposition of Nano-Sized Materials |
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572 | (4) |
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19.3 Background of Nano-Sized Materials Sintering |
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576 | (4) |
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19.4 Laser Sintering of Direct-Write Nano-Sized Materials |
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580 | (10) |
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590 | (1) |
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19.6 Sources of Further Information and Advice |
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591 | (4) |
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592 | (1) |
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592 | (3) |
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20 Micro- and Nano-Parts Generated by Laser-Based Solid Freeform Fabrication |
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595 | (40) |
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595 | (3) |
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20.2 Manufacturing Based on Photopolymerization |
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598 | (16) |
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20.3 Materials for Micro Stereolithography and Two-Photon Laser Lithography |
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614 | (4) |
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20.4 Manufacturing Based on Sintering, Melting, and Cladding |
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618 | (10) |
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20.5 Materials for Micro Sintering, Melting, and Cladding |
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628 | (2) |
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630 | (5) |
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630 | (3) |
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633 | (2) |
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21 Laser-Assisted Additive Fabrication of Micro-Sized Coatings |
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635 | (30) |
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635 | (2) |
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21.2 Types of Micro-Sized Coatings and Their Areas of Applications |
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637 | (1) |
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21.3 Laser Based Additive Manufacturing for Micro-Sized Coatings |
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638 | (8) |
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21.4 Case Studies: Fabrication of Ti6Al4V and TiC/Ti6Al4V Composite on Ti6Al4V Substrate Using Laser Metal Deposition Process |
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646 | (15) |
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661 | (4) |
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661 | (1) |
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661 | (3) |
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664 | (1) |
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22 Multiphysics Modelling of Laser Solid Freeform Fabrication Techniques |
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665 | (28) |
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665 | (3) |
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668 | (4) |
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22.3 Multiphysics Modelling of LSFF Processes |
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672 | (5) |
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22.4 Numerical Multiphysics Modelling---A Case Study |
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677 | (12) |
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689 | (4) |
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690 | (3) |
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23 Process Control of Laser Materials Processing |
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693 | (14) |
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693 | (1) |
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694 | (5) |
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699 | (1) |
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23.4 Experimental Results |
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700 | (3) |
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703 | (2) |
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705 | (2) |
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706 | (1) |
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24 Development of Laser Processing Technologies via Experimental Design |
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707 | (24) |
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707 | (2) |
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24.2 Design of Experiments (DoE) Methods |
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709 | (7) |
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24.3 Modeling and Optimization of Laser Processes With Nonconventional Approaches |
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716 | (2) |
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24.4 Experimental Analysis of Laser Processing |
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718 | (8) |
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726 | (5) |
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727 | (4) |
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25 Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Reliability of Laser-Machined Structures |
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731 | (32) |
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731 | (1) |
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25.2 Laser Micromachining and Its Features |
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732 | (4) |
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25.3 Laser Sources for Laser Machining |
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736 | (6) |
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25.4 Methods of Microstructure and Surface Evaluation |
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742 | (4) |
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25.5 Mechanical Characteristics and Laser-Induced Thermal Effects |
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746 | (10) |
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756 | (7) |
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757 | (6) |
Index |
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