Table of Contents

1. 'Light' industry: an introduction to laser processing and its industrial applications 2. The challenges ahead for laser macro, micro and nano manufacturing 3. Laser fusion cutting of difficult materials 4. Laser-assisted glass cleaving 5. Laser dicing of silicon and electronics substrates 6. Laser machining of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic composites 7. Understanding and improving process control in pulsed and continuous wave laser welding 8. Laser microspot welding in electronics production 9. Laser Hybrid Welding 10. Influencing the weld pool during laser welding 11. Laser transformation hardening of steel 12. Pulsed laser annealing technology for nanoscale fabrication of silicon-based devices in semicondoctors 13. Laser-Induced Forward Transfer Techniques and Applications 14. Production of biomaterial coatings by laser-assisted processes 15. Thick metallic coatings produced by coaxial and side laser cladding: processing and properties 16. Laser consolidation: a rapid manufacturing process for making net-shape functional components 17. Lasers for additive manufacturing 18. Laser micro/nano-fabrication techniques and their applications in electronics 19. Laser processing of direct-write nano-sized materials 20. Micro- and nano-parts generated by laser-based solid freeform fabrication 21. Laser-assisted additive fabrication of micro-sized coatings 22. Multiphysics modelling of laser solid freeform fabrication techniques 23. Process control of laser materials processing 24. Experimental Design 25. Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Reliability of Laser-Machined Structures

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An overview of the science, technology and current and future applications of the multidisciplinary subject of laser materials processing

About the Author

Professor Jonathan Lawrence is Director of the Laser Engineering and Manufacturing Group at Coventry University, and Editor-in-Chief of Lasers in Engineering and International Journal of Laser Science: Fundamental Theory and Analytical Methods. His work has attracted over GBP5M in research funding and yielded six patents. He has published eight books and over 140 journal papers.