Challenges in Laser Surface Texturing and Structuring

  1. Pattern resolution (nano-scale);
  2. Processing speed, scaling up, throughput and system cost;
  3. Durability of laser-generated textures;
  4. Hybrid structures – multiple structures, multiple functionality, multiple materials and metamaterials;
  5. Nanostructures’ design-ability and software tools;
  6. Realization of user-defined nanostructures;
  7. Physics behind the dynamic phenomena in ultrafast laser processing;
  8. Nano-scale optical materials’ properties;
  9. Relationship between the patterns and functionality;
  10. Designing functional surfaces realized by micro/nano-structures in both small and large scales.