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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Steven Seghi, Bloomington, IN (US);
Jason Kalishek, Bloomington, IN (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to modifying a material's surface chemistry and surface profile using a pulsed laser. In embodiments, a system comprises: a material, the material including a surface portion having a surface chemistry; an enclosure, the enclosure containing a gaseous mixture having a non-atmospheric composition; and a pulsed laser configured to emit at least one laser pulse, the at least one laser pulse being directed to pass through the gaseous mixture onto the surface portion thereby modifying the surface chemistry of the surface portion.