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Thin Film Laser Damage, Ablation, Deposition and Structuring
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Thin Film Laser Damage, Ablation, Deposition and Structuring

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 10814

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Gedvilas Mindaugas

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Department of Laser Technologies, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: efficient laser ablation; two-color double-pulse irradiation; burst-mode; heat transfer in laser-matter interaction; stealth dicing; laser interference ablation; laser formation of bio-inspired functional surfaces; laser-induced periodical surface structuring (LIPSS); ripple formation; multilayer thin-film solar cell interaction with laser irradiation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Coatings Special Issue entitled "Thin Film Laser Damage, Ablation, Deposition, and Structuring" seeks to promote scientific and technological research from all aspects of thin-film connections to laser irradiation, including basic, applied, and engineering investigations. This journal’s Special Issue will publish novel research papers in the cutting-edge advances of thin-film interaction, modification, and deposition by the laser beam. The research works related to topics of thin-film texturing induced by lasers, including interference ablation, self-organization, and micro-/nano-structuring, are welcome for submission. The scientific insights of multilayer thin-film solar cell laser scribing for P1, P2, and P3 scribes will also be published. Optical coating damage resistance to laser irradiation is one of the key scopes of this Special Issue. Advances in thin-film pulsed laser deposition will also be accepted for publication in this Issue by Coatings. Research papers related to bio-inspired functional surface creation by the laser ablation of metal, semiconductor, and dielectric layers on various substrates are invited.

The journal will publish communications, articles, and reviews that are of a high quality, impact, and novelty, as well as being interesting for wide audiences of scientific and technological communities. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Laser interference ablation of thin films;
  • Laser-induced nano-structuring of layers;
  • Advances in laser-induced forward transfer;
  • Pulsed laser deposition of thin films;
  • Laser-induced damage threshold of optical coatings.

The Coatings journal by MDPI is a peer-reviewed, open access, and online-only journal.

Dr. Gedvilas Mindaugas
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Ablation
  • Structuring
  • Interfernce
  • Damage
  • Deposition

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Safety and Local Efficacy of Laser Ablation for the Extrahepatic Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Available Treatment Strategy
by Haiyi Long, Bowen Zhuang, Guangliang Huang, Xiaoju Li, Manxia Lin, Jianting Long, Xiaoyan Xie and Baoxian Liu
Coatings 2020, 10(10), 951; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10100951 - 1 Oct 2020
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Thermal ablation plays an important role in the treatment of extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Yet laser ablation (LA), as a safe thermal ablative modality, is less investigated in this field. In this study, the safety and local effectiveness of LA in [...] Read more.
Thermal ablation plays an important role in the treatment of extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Yet laser ablation (LA), as a safe thermal ablative modality, is less investigated in this field. In this study, the safety and local effectiveness of LA in the treatment for the extrahepatic metastasis of HCC were evaluated. From May 2012 to May 2019, 17 patients (13 males and 4 females; mean age, 54.1 ± 14.6 years; age range, 34–80 years), who underwent LA for treatment of extrahepatic metastasis of HCC at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, were retrospectively enrolled in this study. Local effectiveness, complications, local tumor progression (LTP), and overall survival (OS) were evaluated. Finally, a total of 28 LA treated extrahepatic metastatic lesions of HCC were reviewed. Neither LA-related mortality nor major complication occurred. Complete ablation (CA) was achieved in 20 out of 28 lesions (71.4%). During the follow-up (mean, 19.5 ± 12.8 months; range, 5–42.7 months), LTP developed in 4 out of 20 lesions with CA (20%). Four patients died of tumor progression or multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The accumulative one- and three-year OS rates were 79.0% and 65.8%, respectively. In conclusion, LA is a safe and effective therapeutic option in the treatment of extrahepatic metastasis of HCC. Further studies are necessary to evaluate the benefit of LA. Full article
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Biocompatibility Evaluation and Enhancement of Elastomeric Coatings Made Using Table-Top Optical 3D Printer
by Giedre Grigaleviciute, Daiva Baltriukiene, Virginija Bukelskiene and Mangirdas Malinauskas
Coatings 2020, 10(3), 254; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10030254 - 10 Mar 2020
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In this experimental report, the biocompatibility of elastomeric scaffold structures made via stereolithography employing table-top 3D printer Ember (Autodesk) and commercial resin FormLabs Flexible (FormLabs) was studied. The samples were manufactured using the standard printing and development protocol, which [...] Read more.
In this experimental report, the biocompatibility of elastomeric scaffold structures made via stereolithography employing table-top 3D printer Ember (Autodesk) and commercial resin FormLabs Flexible (FormLabs) was studied. The samples were manufactured using the standard printing and development protocol, which is known to inherit cytotoxicity due to remaining non-polymerized monomers, despite the polymerized material being fully biocompatible. Additional steps were taken to remedy this problem: the fabricated structures were soaked in isopropanol and methanol under different conditions (temperature and duration) to leach out the non-polymerized monomers. In addition, disc-shaped 3D-printed structures were UV exposed to assure maximum polymerization degree of the material. Post-processed structures were seeded with myogenic stem cells and the number of live cells was evaluated as an indicator for the material biocompatibility. The straightforward post-processing protocol enhanced the biocompatibility of the surfaces by seven times after seven days soaking in isopropanol and methanol and was comparable to control (glass and polystyrene) samples. This proposes the approach as a novel and simple method to be widely applicable for dramatic cytotoxicity reduction of optically 3D printed micro/nano-scaffolds for a wide range of biomedical studies and applications. Full article
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Substituted Hydroxyapatite, Glass, and Glass-Ceramic Thin Films Deposited by Nanosecond Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) for Biomedical Applications: A Systematic Review
by Roberto Teghil, Mariangela Curcio and Angela De Bonis
Coatings 2021, 11(7), 811; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11070811 - 4 Jul 2021
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The deposition of thin films of bioactive materials is the most common approach to improve the bone bonding ability of an implant surface. With this purpose, several wet and plasma assisted deposition methods were proposed in the scientific literature. In this review, we [...] Read more.
The deposition of thin films of bioactive materials is the most common approach to improve the bone bonding ability of an implant surface. With this purpose, several wet and plasma assisted deposition methods were proposed in the scientific literature. In this review, we considered films obtained by nanosecond Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD). Since hydroxyapatite (HA) has composition and structure similar to that of the mineral component of the bone, the initial studies focused on the selection of experimental conditions that would allow the deposition of films that retain HA stoichiometry and crystallinity. However, biological apatite was found to be a poorly crystalline and multi-substituted mineral; consequently, the attention of researchers was oriented towards the deposition of substituted HA, glass (BG), and glass-ceramic (BGC) bioactive materials to exploit the biological relevance of foreign ions and crystallinity. In this work, after a description of the nanosecond ablation and film growth of ceramic materials, we reported studies on the mechanism of HA ablation and deposition, evidencing the peculiarities of PLD. The literature concerning the PLD of ion substituted HA, BG, and BGC was then reviewed and the performances of the coatings were discussed. We concluded by describing the advantages, limitations, and perspectives of PLD for biomedical applications. Full article
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