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Contribution to the study of physico-chemical properties of surfaces modified by last treatment : application to the enhancement of localized corrosi…
2011
Metallic materials are more and more used in severe conditions with particularly strong request for improving their behavior in aggressive environment and especially over long periods. The objective of this PhD work is to estimate the potentiality of a laser surface melting treatment on the improvement of the stainless steel 304L corrosion resistance, surface treatments by laser can be revisited on the basis of a recent change in the laser technology. In the frame of this work, a nano-pulsed laser fiber was chosen : it allows the treated surface to be melted for few microns in depth, followed by an ultra-fast solidification occuring with cooling rates up to 1011 K/s. The combination of thes…
Experimental and theoretical evidence for bilayer-by-bilayer surface melting of crystalline ice
2017
On the surface of water ice, a quasi-liquid layer (QLL) has been extensively reported at temperatures below its bulk melting point at 273 K. Approaching the bulk melting temperature from below, the thickness of the QLL is known to increase. To elucidate the precise temperature variation of the QLL, and its nature, we investigate the surface melting of hexagonal ice by combining noncontact, surface-specific vibrational sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy and spectra calculated from molecular dynamics simulations. Using SFG, we probe the outermost water layers of distinct single crystalline ice faces at different temperatures. For the basal face, a stepwise, sudden weakening of the hy…
Renforcement de la résistance à la corrosion localisée de l’acier inoxydable 304L grâce au traitement de surface par laser impulsionnel
2013
L’acier inoxydable 304L est utilise dans de nombreux domaines. Cependant, il peut, dans certaines conditions, etre sensible a la corrosion par piquration. Dans cette etude, nous nous sommes interesses aux potentialites du traitement de fusion superficielle par laser nanopulse pour l’amelioration de la resistance a la corrosion de cet acier. Ce traitement consiste a focaliser un faisceau laser sur la surface du materiau, provoquant sa fusion quasi instantanee sur quelques microns, immediatement suivie d’un refroidissement ultra-rapide allant jusqu’a 1011 K/s. Les parametres laser impliquent des modifications des proprietes physico-chimiques. Nous avons notamment etudie l’influence du recouvr…