Laser-induced growth of titanium nitride microcolumns on biased titanium targets

Laser processing of solid surfaces has been extensively investigated during the last decade because of its large variety of applications in recrystallization, doping, smoothing, hardening, or compound formation.1 Moreover, specific irradiation conditions permit the creation of different surface morp...

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Authors: György, Eniko, Pérez del Pino, Ángel, Serra Coromina, Pere, Morenza Gil, José Luis
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2005
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/18210
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/18210
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Titani
Làsers
Nitrogen
Microscopia electrònica
Titanium
Lasers
Electron microscopy
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Summary:Laser processing of solid surfaces has been extensively investigated during the last decade because of its large variety of applications in recrystallization, doping, smoothing, hardening, or compound formation.1 Moreover, specific irradiation conditions permit the creation of different surface morphologies as laser-induced periodic structures, microcones, or microcolumns. We have recently reported for the first time the growth of titanium nitride microcolumns during the cumulative action of high repetition rate laser pulses.2,3 In our experiments, we used a pulsed Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG; 1.064 m) laser for the irradiation of titanium surfaces in high-pressure nitrogen atmosphere...