222 research outputs found
Study of the processing conditions for stainless steel additive manufacturing using femtosecond laser
The use of ultrashort-pulsed (USP) lasers in Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables the processing of different
materials and has the potential to reduce the sizes and shapes manufactured with this technology. This work
confirms that USP lasers are a viable alternative for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) when higher precision is
required to manufacture certain critical parts. Promising results were obtained using tailored and own-produced
stainless steel powder particles, manufacturing consistent square layers with a series of optimized processing
parameters. The critical role of processing parameters is confirmed when using this type of lasers, as a slight
deviation of any of them results in an absence of melting. For the first time, melting has been achieved at low
pulse repetition (500 kHz) and using low average laser power values (0.5–1 W), by generating heat accumulation
at reduced scanning speeds. This opens up the possibility of further reducing the minimum size of parts when
using USP lasers for AM
Exame De Papanicolaou Em Mulheres Encarceradas
In Brazil, in 2012, 6.4% of the prison population was made up of women. The aim of the study was to verify the coverage of the Pap smear according to sociodemographic characteristics and health problems reported among incarcerated women. Cross-sectional study conducted from August 2012 to July 2013, considering the records of 702 inmates aged between 25 and 64 years and the duration of imprisonment (not less than 12 months). The average age of the women surveyed was 34.7 years. The performance of cervical cytology was reported by 26.3% of inmates. There were no difference in prevalence according to selected variables. The containment condition enables the implementation of preventive measures such as offering and realization of Pap smear for most inmates. The observed results are worrying and differ significantly from those presented in the national diagnosis on the health of incarcerated women. © 2016, Assocaicao Brasileira de Pos, Gradacao em Saude Coletiva. All rights reserved.19367567
Direct patterning of periodic semiconductor nanostructures using single-pulse nanosecond laser interference
We demonstrate an effective method for fabricating large area periodic two-dimensional
semiconductor nanostructures by means of single-pulse laser interference. Utilizing a pulsed
nanosecond laser with a wavelength of 355 nm, precisely ordered square arrays of nanoholes
with a periodicity of 300 nm were successfully obtained on UV photoresist and also directly
via a resist-free process onto semiconductor wafers. We show improved uniformity using a
beam-shaping system consisting of cylindrical lenses with which we can demonstrate highly
regular arrays over hundreds of square micrometers. We propose that our novel observation of
direct pattern transfer to GaAs is due to local congruent evaporation and subsequent droplet
etching of the surface. The results show that single-pulse interference can provide a rapid and
highly efficient route for the realization of wide-area periodic nanostructures on semiconductors
and potentially on other engineering materials
LIPSS manufacturing with regularity control through laser wavefront curvature
Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) manufacturing is a convenient laser direct-writing technique for the fabrication of nanostructures with adaptable characteristics on the surface of virtually any material. In this paper, we study the influence of 1D laser wavefront curvature on nanoripples spatial regularity, by irradiating stainless steel with a line-focused ultrafast laser beam emitting 120 fs pulses at a wavelength of 800 nm and with 1 kHz repetition rate. We find high correlation between the spatial regularity of the fabricated nanostructures and the wavefront characteristics of the laser beam, with higher regularity being found with quasi-plane-wave illumination. Our results provide insight regarding the control of LIPSS regularity, which is essential for industrial applications involving the LIPSS generation technique
Polarization conversion on nanostructured metallic surfaces fabricated by LIPSS
Waveplates modify polarization by generating a phase change. Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) have recently started to be studied as waveplates due to the birefringence in-duced by the nanoripples, easily fabricated in a one-step process by laser, where LIPSS morphology is defined by the characteristics of the laser process parameters and the substrate material. The optical properties of these waveplates are defined by LIPSS parameters such as period, depth or width of the ripples. In this work we have deposited thin film coatings on stainless steel samples containing LIPSS for different coating thickness and composition. Results show that thin film coatings are a good candidate for the tunability of LIPSS birefringence since the coating modifies the induced polarization change and reflectivity of the sample depending on coating thickness and composition, as expected from numerical simulations
Gravity on codimension 2 brane worlds
We compute the matching conditions for a general thick codimension 2 brane, a
necessary previous step towards the investigation of gravitational phenomena in
codimension 2 braneworlds. We show that, provided the brane is weakly curved,
they are specified by the integral in the extra dimensions of the brane
energy-momentum, independently of its detailed internal structure. These
general matching conditions can then be used as boundary conditions for the
bulk solution. By evaluating Einstein equations at the brane boundary we are
able to write an evolution equation for the induced metric on the brane
depending only on physical brane parameters and the bulk energy-momentum
tensor. We particularise to a cosmological metric and show that a realistic
cosmology can be obtained in the simplest case of having just a non-zero
cosmological constant in the bulk. We point out several parallelisms between
this case and the codimension 1 brane worlds in an AdS space.Comment: 24 page
Higher codimension braneworlds from intersecting branes
We study the matching conditions of intersecting brane worlds in Lovelock
gravity in arbitrary dimension. We show that intersecting various codimension 1
and/or codimension 2 branes one can find solutions that represent
energy-momentum densities localized in the intersection, providing thus the
first examples of infinitesimally thin higher codimension braneworlds that are
free of singularities and where the backreaction of the brane in the background
is fully taken into account.Comment: 20 pages; v2. references and comments added to match the published
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