Spontaneous evolution of nanotips on silicon surface below the laser ablation threshold

A facile preparation route for netlike microstructures on a stainless steel using an ethanol-mediated femtosecond laser irradiation

“…What is more, the similar surface microstructures were also observed by a nanosecond laser-matter interaction in the semiconfined configuration [29][30][31]. Generally, the mechanism of fs laser-matter interaction related to the interaction of photons with electrons.…”

Comparison of sub-micro/nano structure formation on polished silicon surface irradiated by nanosecond laser beam in ambient air and distilled water

“…Surface texturing of silicon solar cells can be performed by different means such as mechanical technique (Nakaya et al, 1994;Fathe et al, 1995), alkaline chemical etching (Finne et al, 1967;Szlufcik et al, 1997;Singh et al, 2001;Panek et al, 2005), pulsed laser deposition (Wang et al, 2007 and the references in there), and laser texturing (Dobrzański et al, 2007;Liu et al, 2008;Lugomer et al, 2011;) from which alkaline chemical etching has been historically the main technique.…”