Advances in Laser Materials Processing

1. 'Light' industry: an introduction to laser processing and its industrial applications 2. The challenges ahead for laser macro, micro and nano manufacturing 3. Laser fusion cutting of difficult materials 4. Laser-assisted glass cleaving 5. Laser dicing of silicon and electronics substrates 6. Laser machining of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic composites 7. Understanding and improving process control in pulsed and continuous wave laser welding 8. Physical mechanisms controlling keyhole and melt pool dynamics during laser welding 9. Laser microspot welding in electronics production 10. Laser Hybrid Welding 11. Laser transformation hardening of steel 12. Pulsed laser annealing technology for nanoscale fabrication of silicon-based devices in semicondoctors 13. Laser Peening technology 14. Lasers for materials deposition 15. The laser-induced forward transfer technique for microprinting 16. Production of biomaterial coatings by laser-assisted processes 17. Thick metallic coatings produced by coaxial and side laser cladding: processing and properties 18. Laser consolidation: a rapid manufacturing process for making net-shape functional components 19. Advances in laser-induced plastic deformation processes 20. Lasers for additive manufacturing 21. Laser micro/nano-fabrication techniques and their applications in electronics 22. Laser processing of direct-write nano-sized materials 23. Micro- and nano-parts generated by laser-based solid freeform fabrication 24. Laser-assisted additive fabrication of micro-sized coatings 25. Multiphysics modelling of laser solid freeform fabrication techniques 26. Process control of laser materials processing 27. Experimental Design