Academic literature on the topic 'Multiscale surface texturing'

The longevity of prosthetic hip implants is significantly influenced by wear. Surface textures of various length scales can reduce the friction coefficient and wear of lubricated bearing surfaces. The optimization of multiscale texture parameters, aimed at maximizing lubricant film thickness, was achieved through hydrodynamic lubrication simulations that solve the Reynolds equation with a mass-conserving cavitation model under various operating conditions. The outcomes indicate that adding “interstitial” texture features to a pattern of microscale texture features can further increase the lubricant film thickness. Additionally, the lubricant film thickness increases as the interstitial texture feature aspect ratio and texture density decrease. Pin-on-disc experiments align with simulation findings, demonstrating that multiscale texturing with ultra-fast laser ablation on Ti6Al4V discs significantly improves wettability and reduces the friction coefficient of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene pins when compared to untextured and microscale textured surfaces. The multiscale surface texturing also changes the evident wear mechanisms on the pins, reducing the incidence of abrasive scratches and adhesive wear compared to both untextured and just microscale textured surfaces.

Diverse industries are witnessing an increase in demand for hybrid structures of metals and carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTPs). Welding is an essential technique in the manufacture of metal–CFRTP hybrid structures. However, achieving high-strength metal–CFRTP welded joints faces serious challenges due to the considerable disparities in material characteristics. As an effective method to strengthen metal–CFRTP joints, surface texturing on metal is gaining significant attention. This study introduces an emerging surface texturing approach, electrochemical jet machining (EJM) using a film electrolyte jet, for enhancing the performance of AA6061-CF/PA66 hot-pressure-welded (HPW) joints. Parametric effects on surface morphology and roughness in the EJM of AA6061 are investigated. The results show that a rough surface with multiscale pores can be generated on AA6061 by EJM, and that surface morphology can be modulated by adjusting the applied current density and jet translational speed. Subsequently, the effects of different EJM-textured surface morphologies on the performance of HPW joints are examined. Surface textures created by EJM are demonstrated to significantly enhance the mechanical interlocking effect at the bonding interface between AA6061 and CF/PA66, resulting in a substantial increase in joint strength. The maximum joint strength attained in the present work with EJM texturing is raised by 45.29% compared to the joints without surface texturing. Additionally, the joint strength slightly improves as the roughness of EJM-textured surfaces rises, with the exception of rough surfaces that are textured with a combination of low current density and rapid translational speed. Overall, these findings suggest that EJM texturing using a film jet prior to welding is a potential approach for the manufacture of high-performance metal–CFRTP hybrid structures.

Femtosecond laser texturing is a promising surface functionalization technology to improve the integration and durability of dental and orthopedic implants. Four different surface topographies were obtained on titanium-6aluminum-4vanadium plates by varying laser processing parameters and strategies: surfaces presenting nanostructures such as laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) and ‘spikes’, associated or not with more complex multiscale geometries combining micro-pits, nanostructures and stretches of polished areas. After sterilization by heat treatment, LIPSS and spikes were characterized to be highly hydrophobic, whereas the original polished surfaces remained hydrophilic. Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) grown on simple nanostructured surfaces were found to spread less with an increased motility (velocity, acceleration, tortuosity), while on the complex surfaces, hMSCs decreased their migration when approaching the micro-pits and preferentially positioned their nucleus inside them. Moreover, focal adhesions of hMSCs were notably located on polished zones rather than on neighboring nanostructured areas where the protein adsorption was lower. All these observations indicated that hMSCs were spatially controlled and mechanically strained by the laser-induced topographies. The nanoscale structures influence surface wettability and protein adsorption and thus influence focal adhesions formation and finally induce shape-based mechanical constraints on cells, known to promote osteogenic differentiation.

The excellent lubrication and load-bearing synergistic modulation of the meshing interface has been well recognized, as the microtextured tooth surface seems to be a punished area in deep-sea gear thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication (TEHL). This is mainly because of the traditional perception of the anti-scuffing load-bearing capacity (ASLBC) and the similarity of the interfacial microelement configurations. Microtextured contact can be applied to the meshing interface to adjust the time-varying TEHL characteristics and enhance the meshing load-bearing performance. In this study, the analytical homogeneous equivalent micro-hydrodynamic contact multiscale parameters are determined, and the dispersed micro-flow real distribution area of the texturing interface is indicated, revealing the TEHL friction characteristics of the rolling–sliding line contact microelement, which is regarded as a bridge connecting the micro-dynamic pressure discrete contact friction behavior and the TEHL textured interface meshed-gear load-bearing. The contact model mentioned theoretically predicts the evolutionary time-varying characteristics of the micro-thermoelastic lubrication behavior of the textured contact interface under hydrodynamic conditions and demonstrates that the microtextured configuration parameters of the molecular scale meshing interface are the most influential structural parameters for the load-bearing problem of the homogeneous flow pressure film layer between the gear pair tooth surfaces, especially for deep-sea gear meshing load-bearing reliability under limited lubrication space.

Hydrophilic materials can be made superrepellent to water by chemical texturing, a stochastic rather than deterministic process. Here, multiscale features render copper surfaces comparable to lotus leaves, in terms of wettability, texture and water repellency. The novel ability to make hydrophilic materials superrepellent without deterministic structuring opens the way to large-scale manufacturing of superrepellent surfaces.

Abstract The cylinder block/valve plate interface in the axial piston pump has been proven to be easily worn out, which will increase power loss and reduce its efficiency. The valve plate surface is required to be manufactured with low viscous friction and wear. Multiscale micro-texture has been proven to improve surface tribological properties. However, there are few types of research in the effect of surface topography on the tribological performance of multiscale micro-textured surfaces. The purpose of this study is to explore how the multiscale micro-texture on H62 brass affects its sliding friction behavior on 38CrMoAl. Based on micro-milling and wet micro-blasting, the multiscale micro-textured surface was manufactured on H62 brass. The wet micro-blasting was applied in the H62 brass after the surface micro-texturing. The surface topography of multiscale micro-textured samples processed by three abrasive grit sizes accompanied by two processing times was comprehensively measured in terms of height, feature, functional, and functional volume parameters. The tribological performance of multiscale micro-textured H62 brass was characterized by disk-on-disk frictional experiments. Through analyzing the relationship between surface morphology and tribological properties, the antifriction mechanism of the multiscale micro-textured surface was analyzed from the perspective of 3D surface roughness parameters. The friction coefficient of the multiscale micro-textured surface processed by the combination of micro-milling and wet micro-blasting decreased with the increasing grit size and micro-blasting time.

A dynamic model of a rotating shaft on two textured hydrodynamic journal bearings is presented. The hydrodynamic mean pressure is computed using multiscale periodic homogenization and is projected on a flexible shaft with internal damping. Harmonic balance method (HBM) is used to study the limit cycles of unbalance response of the coupled system discretized by finite element method (FEM). Stability is analyzed with Floquet multipliers computation. An example of an isotropic texturing pattern representing laser dimples on a lightweight rotor is analyzed. Vibration amplitude and stability zone are compared with plain bearing lubrication. It is shown in an example that full surface texturing leads to relatively higher vibration amplitude compared to plain bearings.

Dans ce travail de thèse, la texturation de surface d‟alliages de titane a été étudiée en utilisant un procédé d'écriture directe par laser femtoseconde dans le but d'améliorer la mouillabilité d‟implants dentaires et orthopédiques par les fluides biologiques et la minéralisation de la matrice (formation osseuse) tout en réduisant l'adhésion bactérienne et la formation de biofilmes. Des surfaces de titane (Ti-6Al-4Vet cp Ti) ont été micro-, nano-texturées par laser femtoseconde et une biofonctionnalisation de ces surfaces a été ajoutée ou non par greffage de peptides d'adhésion cellulaire (peptides RGD) en surface de ces différents matériaux. Les textures de surface peuvent être classées comme suit: (a) structures périodiques de surface induites par laser (LIPSS); (b) étalage de nanopiliers (NP); (c) étalage de micro colonnes recouvertes de LIPSS (MC-LIPSS) formant une distribution bimodale de rugosité. Nous avons montré que la texturation de surface par laser améliore la mouillabilité des surfaces avec de l'eau ainsi qu‟une solution saline tamponnée Hank's (HBSS) et amène une anisotropie de mouillage. Une minéralisation cellulaire est observée pour toutes les surfaces des deux alliages de titane lorsque des Cellules Souches Mésenchymateuses humaines (hMSC) sont cultivées dans un milieu ostéogénique. La minéralisation de la matrice et la formation de nodules osseux sont considérablement améliorées sur les surfaces texturées LIPSS et NP. Parallèlement,l'adhésion de Staphylococcus aureus et la formation de biofilmes sont considérablement réduites pour les surfaces texturées LIPSS et NP. La biofonctionnalisation des différentes surfaces texturées (cp Ti) par laser a été réalisée et caractérisée par spectroscopie de photoélectrons (XPS) et par microscopie à fluorescence en utilisant des peptides fluorescents. L‟ensemble des résultats obtenus suggèrent que la texturation de surface d'alliages de titane (Ti-6Al-4V et cp Ti) en utilisant une technique d‟écriture directe par laser femtoseconde est un procédé prometteur pour l'amélioration de la mouillabilité de la surface d'implants dentaires et orthopédiques par les fluides biologiques et leur ostéointégration (différenciation ostéoblastique et minéralisation de la matrice), tout en réduisant l‟adhésion de Staphylococcus aureus et la formation de biofilmes. Enfin, la combinaison de la texturation par laser et du greffage covalent d‟un principe actif (ici un peptide d‟adhésion cellulaire comme le peptide RGD) amènera indéniablement une bioactivité utile pour favoriser l'adhésion des hMSC et faciliter laformation osseuse
In the present thesis the surface texturing of Ti alloys using femtosecond laser direct writing method is explored as a potential technique to enhance the wettability of dental and orthopaedic implants by biological fluids and matrix mineralisation (bone formation), while reducing bacteria adhesion and biofilmformation. The surface texture was combined with biofunctionalisation by covalent grafting of a RGD peptide sequence as well. The surface textures can be classified as follows: (a) Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures-LIPSS; (b) nanopillars arrays(NP); (c) arrays of microcolumns covered with LIPSS (MC-LIPSS), forming a bimodal roughness distribution. Laser texturing enhances surface wettability by water andHank‟s balanced salt solution (HBSS) and introduces wetting anisotropy, crucial incontrolling the wetting behaviour. Matrix mineralisation is observed for all surfaces of both Ti alloys when human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are cultured in osteogenic medium. Matrix mineralisation and formation of bone-like nodules are significantly enhanced on LIPSS and NP textured surfaces. On the contrary, Staphylococcus aureusadhesion and biofilm formation are significantly reduced for LIPSS and NP textured surfaces. The biofunctionalisation of the laser textured surfaces of cp Ti is sucessfully achieved. In general, these results suggest that surface texturing of Ti alloys using femtosecond laser direct writing is a promising method for enhancing surface wettability of dental and orthopaedic implants by biological fluids and their osseointegration (osteoblastic differentiation and matrix mineralisation), while reducing Staphylococcus aureus adhesion and biofilm formation. Finally, the combination of laser texturing and covalent grafting of a RGD peptide sequence may be potentially useful for increasing cell adhesion and facilitating bone formation

Une goutte d’eau roule sur une feuille de lotus sacré mais elle adhère à un pétale de rose. Ces deux surfaces présentent, aux échelles micrométrique et nanométrique, une morphologie complexe. Quel est alors le lien entre leur mouillabilité et leur morphologie multi-échelles ? L’objectif de cette thèse est de mener une approche biomimétique pour la conception de surfaces superhydrophobes tout en comprenant les stratégies mises en œuvre par le vivant. Dans une première partie, nous caractérisons des surfaces végétales dont le régime de mouillage est observé directement par microscopie confocale à balayage laser. Nous démontrons que le lotus sacré produit un mouillage en régime mixte métastable caractérisable par une profondeur d’ancrage non nulle des lignes triples à l’équilibre. De plus, nous observons un régime hiérarchique de Wenzel-Wenzel sur le pétale de rose, à rebours des hypothèses de la littérature. De ces observations, nous tirons des questionnements clés que nous confrontons aux modèles actuels de la littérature. Dans une seconde partie, nous adaptons deux approches des phénomènes capillaires à l’étude du piégeage d’air sur une topographie multi-échelles et introduisons la paramétrisation nécessaire à l’étude des régimes de mouillage mixte et de leur robustesse. Nous prédisons la profondeur d’ancrage à l’équilibre sur le lotus sacré en mettant en lumière le rôle de sa topographie nanométrique. Enfin, nous décrivons les mécanismes gouvernant les mouvements à l’avancée et à la reculée et leurs propagations par récurrence à travers les échelles topographiques constituant une surface en introduisant la notion de mouvement précurseur. Nous démontrons l’effet de la profondeur d’ancrage à l’équilibre sur l’hystérèse d’angle de contact et le rôle des sous-échelles topographiques sur la robustesse du régime de piégeage d’air. À travers l’étude expérimentale de surfaces fabriquées par photolithographie, nous confrontons ce modèle à la réalité. Enfin, dans une troisième partie, nous transposons les conclusions issues de ce modèle en un cahier des charges pour la conception de surfaces superhydrophobes robustes, déclinons la stratégie mise en œuvre par la feuille du lotus sacré et proposons deux voies de fabrication de surfaces déperlantes, par recristallisation de cire naturelle et polymérisation deux-photons
A drop of water rolls on the sacred lotus leaf but stay fiercely anchored onto a rose petal. Both surfaces display a complex morphology at the micrometric and nanometric scales. Therefore, one could ask: how are their wettability and their morphology related? The purpose of this dissertation is to carry out a biomimetic approach in order to conceive superhydrophobic surfaces and to better understand nature’s strategies. In a first part, vegetal surfaces have been characterized by directly observing the wetting state they produce with the help of confocal microscopy. We demonstrate the fact that the sacred lotus produces a metastable mixed-state wetting that is characterized by a finite equilibrium anchorage depth of triple lines. On the other hand, a Wenzel-Wenzel hierarchical wetting state is observed on the rose petal, in spite of what literature suggests. From these experiments, key questions have been highlighted and confronted to the current models available within the literature. In a second part, two approaches to capillary phenomena have been adapted to the study of a composite wetting state produced by a multiscale topography. We introduce a complete parameterization allowing us to tackle the problem of the mixed-state wetting and its stability, to predict the value of the equilibrium anchorage depth on the sacred lotus leaf and to identify the contribution of its nanoscale topography to its wetting. Then, we thoroughly describe the mechanisms underlying the advancing and receding motions of triple lines and their recursive propagation across every topographical scale constituting a surface by introducing the notion of precursor motion. We highlight the effect of the equilibrium anchorage depth on the contact angle hysteresis and the role played by topographical subscales on the robustness of the composite wetting state. Through the experimental study of model surfaces manufactured by photolithography, we compare our predictions to reality. Eventually, in a third part, the conclusions drawn from our model are transposed into technical specifications for the conception of robust superhydrophobic surfaces, the strategy of the sacred lotus leaf is thoroughly described and two promising manufacturing processes are proposed through the recrystallization of natural wax and two-photon polymerization

Abstract As an emerging tribological technology, surface texturing has been widely studied and applied. More and more scholars have committed to the theoretical optimization of textures. To improve the optimization efficiency of textured surfaces, a multiscale method combining the finite cell method with Fischer-Burmeister-Newton-Schur, named as FCM-FBNS, the Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (FAST) and genetic algorithm (GA) were combined in this paper. The proposed methods can calculate the first-order sensitivity indices of texturing parameters to the tribological characteristics efficiently and fastly. Results show that the texture density is the most crucial geometric parameter; the effects of the cell size are negligible. In addition, the effects of texturing parameters have a close relationship with operating conditions and the same parameters may have different influences on different static characteristics. The parameters with higher sensitivity indices can be defined as the key ones and the GA method was applied to improve the tribological performance of textured surfaces by optimizing these texturing parameters. The results achieved by optimizing only the key parameters are similar to that of optimizing all parameters, but the time can be saving up to 30 percent. The methods not only can reduce the optimization difficulty and time, but also provide a novel perspective to understand the optimization problem by quantifing the influence of input on the output.