TY - CHAP AU - Walter Mendes de Azevedo AU - Sérgio de Lemos Campello AU - Diego Leite da Cunha AU - Leonardo Tadeu Boaes de Mendonça AU - Ohanna Maria Menezes Madeiro da Costa ED - Dongfang Yang Y1 - 2016-12-21 PY - 2016 T1 - Laser Ablation in Liquid: An Unconventional, Fast, Clean and Straightforward Technique for Material Preparation N2 - Laser ablation refers to the phenomenon in which a low wavelength and short pulse (ns-fs) duration of laser beam irradiates the surface of a target to induce instant local vaporization of the target material generating a plasma plume consisting of photons, electrons, ions, atoms, molecules, clusters, and liquid or solid particles. This book covers various aspects of using laser ablation phenomenon for material processing including laser ablation applied for the deposition of thin films, for the synthesis of nanomaterials, and for the chemical compositional analysis and surface modification of materials. Through the 18 chapters written by experts from international scientific community, the reader will have access to the most recent research and development findings on laser ablation through original research studies and literature reviews. BT - Applications of Laser Ablation SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/66245 DO - 10.5772/66245 SN - 978-953-51-2812-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -