Structuring and functionalization of non-metallic materials using direct laser interference patterning: a review

Abstract Direct laser interference patterning (DLIP) is a laser-based surface structuring method that stands out for its high throughput, flexibility and resolution laboratory industrial manufacturing. This top–down technique relies on the formation of an pattern by overlapping multiple beams onto sample thus producing periodic texture melting and/or ablating material. Driven large sectors, DLIP has been extensively used in last decades to functionalize metallic surfaces, such as steel, aluminium, copper or nickel. Even so, processing non-metallic materials gaining popularity promising fields photonics, optoelectronics, nanotechnology biomedicine. review aims comprehensively collect main findings polymers, ceramics, composites, semiconductors other non-metals outline their most relevant results. contribution also presents mechanisms which radiation interacts with process summarizes developed functions applications different fields.