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Study of surface layers and ejected powder formed by oxidation of titanium substrates with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser beam

  • 1. Univ Bourgogne, Inst Carnot Bourgogne, UMR CNRS 5209, F-21078 Dijon, France
  • 2. Univ Paris 07, ITODYS, UMR CNRS 7086, F-75205 Paris 13, France

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Laser treatment of a titanium surface at certain conditions initiates the formation of titanium oxide layers as well as micro (nano) scale powder ejected from the surface of the substrate. The resultant morphology of the surface as well as the size and the structure of the particles are all strongly dependent on the treatment parameters (laser fluence, pulse frequency, overlap parameter, etc.). In this study, titanium substrates were treated with an industrial pulsed Nd:YAG laser in air, with varying parameters. Surface layers and ejected materials were compared using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The rutile phase of TiO(2) dominates in the surface layers, while the ejected powder is mainly formed of anatase nanoparticles. (C) 2008 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

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