In this paper, an additive manufacturing process has been used to deposit nanoparticles on a substrate. In this innovative technique called the nano-electrospray laser deposition process, droplets of various nanosuspensions are dispensed onto a silicon substrate where subwavelength structures and bouncing droplets have been observed. An analytical model is presented for determining the temperature distribution in the substrate by considering the microdroplet as a ball lens. This lens continuously changes the focus of the laser beam as the droplet travels toward the substrate. The laser is either defocused or focused on the substrate forming locally decreased or enhanced heating near the center of the laser beam depending on the distance of the droplet from the substrate. It is found that the enhancement in heating differs for the nanosuspensions since their optical properties are different. The subwavelength structures determined from the post-pulse temperature qualitatively match with the experimental results. The steady end-period temperature is also compared with the experimentally observed temperature for bouncing droplets and the temperatures are in good agreement.
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February 2021
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December 21 2020
Enhanced heating by microdroplet lens in nanoparticle electrospray laser deposition
Tianyi Li;
Tianyi Li
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida
, Orlando, Florida 32816
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Ranganathan Kumar;
Ranganathan Kumar
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida
, Orlando, Florida 32816
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Aravinda Kar
Aravinda Kar
2
CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
, Orlando, Florida 32816
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Note: Paper published as part of the special topic on Proceedings of the International Congress of Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics 2020.
J. Laser Appl. 33, 012012 (2021)
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Received:
November 30 2020
Accepted:
November 30 2020
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Tianyi Li, Ranganathan Kumar, Aravinda Kar; Enhanced heating by microdroplet lens in nanoparticle electrospray laser deposition. J. Laser Appl. 1 February 2021; 33 (1): 012012. https://doi.org/10.2351/7.0000317
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