Laser Implantation: An Innovative Technique for Surface Texturing

Textured surfaces are used in a wide range of engineering applications like aeronautics, automotive industry, or manufacturing technology. Especially the use of micro‐elevated surface features has been shown to be very beneficial to adjust frictional conditions. However, protruding microfeatures are susceptible to wear and a reliable texturing process is difficult to achieve. By introducing the laser implantation technique, this may change.