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Modification of wetting property of Inconel 718 surface by nanosecond laser texturing

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Yang, Zheng , Tian, Yanling, Yang, C.J., Wang, Fujun and Liu, Xianping (2017) Modification of wetting property of Inconel 718 surface by nanosecond laser texturing. Applied Surface Science, 414 . pp. 313-324. doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.04.050

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Abstract

Topographic and wetting properties of Inconel 718 (IN718) surfaces were modified via nanosecond laser treatment. In order to investigate surface wetting behavior without additional post treatment, three kinds of microstructures were created on IN718 surfaces, including line pattern, grid pattern and spot pattern. From the viewpoint of surface morphology, the results show that laser ablated grooves and debris significantly altered the surface topography as well as surface roughness compared with the non-treated surfaces. The effect of laser parameters (such as laser scanning speed and laser average power) on surface features was also discussed. We have observed the treated surface of IN718 showed very high hydrophilicity just after laser treatment under ambient air condistion.And this hydrophicility property has changed rapidly to the other extreme; very high hydrophobicity over just about 20 days. Further experiments and analyses have been carried out in order to investigate this phenomena. Based on the XPS analysis, the results indicate that the change of wetting property from hydrophilic to hydrophobic over time is due to the surface chemistry modifications, especially carbon content. After the contact angles reached steady state, the maximum water contact angle (WCA) for line-patterned and grid-patterned surfaces increased to 152.3 1.2° and 156.8 1.1° with the corresponding rolling angle (RA) of 8.8 1.1° and 6.5 0.8°, respectively. These treated IN718 surfaces exhibited superhydrophobic property. However, the maximum WCA for the spot-patterned surfaces just increased to 140.8 2.8° with RA above 10°. Therefore, it is deduced that laser-inscribed modification of surface wettability has high sensitivity to surface morphology and surface chemical compositions. This work can be utilized to optimize the laser processing parameters so as to fabricate desired IN718 surfaces with hydrophobic or even superhydrophobic property and thus extend the applications of IN718 material in various fields.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Engineering
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Materials science, Inconel, Manufacturing processes, Metals
Journal or Publication Title: Applied Surface Science
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0169-4332
Official Date: 31 August 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
31 August 2017Published
7 April 2017Available
6 April 2017Accepted
Volume: 414
Page Range: pp. 313-324
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.04.050
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: Horizon 2020 (European Commission) (H2020), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Grant number: 51405333, 51675371, 51675376 and 51675367, 2016YFE0112100, 644971

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