Laser-Treated Steel Surfaces Gliding on Snow at Different Temperatures

With the goal of substituting a hard metallic material for the soft Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) presently used to make the bases of skis for alpine skiing, we used two non-thermodynamic equilibrium surface treatments with ultra-short (7–8 ps) laser pulses to modify the surface...

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Main Authors: Ettore Maggiore, Carmelo Corsaro, Enza Fazio, Inam Mirza, Francesco Ripamonti, Matteo Tommasini, Paolo M. Ossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/8/3100

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