Jiangsu University

Yu Zhang

Pengfei Li

Jianzhong Zhou

Shu Huang

Xiankai Meng

Yanqiang Gou

Li Li

Gaoqiang Jiang

Xv Feng

A stress and texture morphology controlling method for preparing a super-hydrophobic surface of an aluminum alloy by laser etching includes the following steps: pretreating a surface of an aluminum alloy; fixing a pretreated aluminum alloy to an ultrasonic vibration platform, continuously charging flowing liquid nitrogen to a to-be-machined surface of the aluminum alloy, and controlling a flow of the liquid nitrogen to cool the to-be-machined surface of the aluminum alloy and keep the to-be-machined surface of the aluminum alloy at a low temperature; keeping stable flowing of the liquid nitrogen on the to-be-machined surface of the aluminum alloy after the to-be-machined surface of the aluminum alloy is cooled, using the ultrasonic vibration platform to generate a high-frequency ultrasonic vibration field, and etching the to-be-machined surface of the aluminum alloy to form a super-hydrophobic textured micro-nano structure surface; and reducing a surface energy of the super-hydrophobic textured micro-nano structure surface.

Stress and texture morphology controlling method for preparing super-hydrophobic surface of aluminum alloy by laser etching

A pulse current-assisted laser peen forming and hydrophobic surface preparing method for an aluminum alloy includes the following steps: placing a pretreated aluminum alloy onto a shock platform, where electrodes are respectively provided at two ends of the aluminum alloy, and flowing silicone oil covers a surface of the aluminum alloy; determining a laser energy; applying a high-frequency pulse current to the surface of the aluminum alloy through the electrodes, where a shot peening laser generates a laser beam according to the laser energy to shock the surface of the aluminum alloy, and under an action of an electrical pulse and laser shock, the aluminum alloy shows a bent arc-shaped surface, with a shock surface forming a porous micro-nano multi-stage surface; and performing chemical modification on the shock surface of the aluminum alloy to reduce a surface energy of the material, thereby obtaining a super-hydrophobic arc-shaped aluminum alloy surface.

Pulse current-assisted laser peen forming and hydrophobic surface preparing method for aluminum alloy

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