Deliverable D3.5: Public summary of laser processing of bug-like surface structures with fast fluid transport

The objective of the work delivered by this stage is based on the production of laser-induced structures on steel surfaces so as to mimic the wetting and fluid transport properties of the integument of bark bugs. The goal of D3.5 was to present a public summary of laser processing of bug-like surface structures with fast fluid transport (M24). In milestone MS5 (M24), the status of understanding the laser-based mimicking of bug-like structures on inorganic materials surfaces providing a fast fluid transport will be reported. This includes an up-scaling and large-area manufacturing of the different characteristic surface structures (identified in Tasks 3.1 & 3.2) and performing fluid transport tests (Task 3.3) for identifying the wetting/spreading behaviour of the laser processed surfaces. Delivery D3.5 complements delivery D3.4, presenting first results of bug-like surface morphologies. Once the publication related to D3.6 is accepted for publication in Applied Physics A and considering the associated copyrights, which will be transferred to the publisher Springer, parts of the content will be made available to the public on the LiNaBioFluid webpage (www.laserbiofluid.eu).