Hard and brittle materials (HBMs) are promising materials for aerospace and astronomy
applications, due to their excellent mechanical, optical, and chemical properties. However …

Transparent polycrystalline magnesium aluminate spinel (PMAS), owing to its high optical
transparency with acceptable mechanical properties and chemical stabilities, exhibits great …

Ceramics are solid compounds largely consisting of inorganic and non-metallic components
bound by strong ionic and/or covalent bonds. Advanced ceramics such as Zirconia, Silicon …

With the development of technology in aerospace, medical devices and other fields, high-
performance difficult-to-machine materials have been widely used in these fields due to their …

In order to realize plastic processing in the continuous-wave laser-assisted machining (LAM)
of SiC ceramics, the thermal effect of the laser and the influence of preheating the surface …

Laser precision cutting of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films technology will greatly promote
development of flexible electronics industry. However, mechanism and optimization method …

Titanium alloys are used in a variety of engineering applications, especially in automotive,
aerospace and nuclear fields due to their high strength and excellent corrosion resistance …

Machining of ceramics is difficult by conventional processes due to their hard and brittle
nature as well as high costs involved. To overcome these disadvantages laser assisted …

Nickel-based alloys of Inconel 718 are well-known for their excellent properties of high-
temperature hardness, mechanical strength, and wear resistance and are currently popular …

Alumina ceramics, due to their excellent properties of high hardness, corrosion resistance,
and low thermal expansion coefficient, are important industrial materials with a wide range …