ABSTRACT
Parallel to the laser surface processing in the air, liquid-assisted laser processing also started right after the invention of the laser. The presence of liquid only helps to avoid redeposition of debris to make sharper edges and cleaner surfaces, but also increases the rate of surface processing through laser-plasma-induced etching. PLA/irradiation of solid targets or suspended particles in liquids exhibits much simpler and low-cost experimental arrangements as compared to gas-phase laser ablations, and provides a simple and scalable way for the generation of colloidal solution of particles. Nanoparticles from the solution of liquid media can be transferred to a desired substrate in the form of thin film using laser-induced forward transfer for fabricating nanomaterial-based devices. Availability and rapid development of VUV/EUV lasers in the spectral range of 10-50 nm can make pattern and devices of nanoscale sizes and is a unique way for the validation of Moore's law.
