45132 2018 eng lecture 0 -- -- -- Laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS, ripples) are a universal phenomenon that can be observed on almost any material after the irradiation by linearly polarized laser beams, particularly when using ultrashort laser pulses with durations in the femtosecond to picosecond range. During the past few years significantly increasing research activities have been reported in the field of LIPSS, since their generation in a single-step process provides a simple way of nanostructuring and surface functionalization towards the control of optical, mechanical, biological, or chemical surface properties. In this contribution the mechanisms of formation and current applications of LIPSS are reviewed, including the colorization of technical surfaces, the control of surface wetting properties, the mimicry of the natural texture of animal integuments, the tailoring of surface colonization by bacterial biofilms, the advancement of medical pacemakers, and the improvement of the tribological performance of nanostructured metal surfaces. Stuttgarter Lasertage - SLT 2018 Stuttgart, Germany 05.06.2018 06.06.2018 0 Jörn Bonse eng uncontrolled Surface functionalization eng uncontrolled Laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) eng uncontrolled Femtosecond laser ablation Angewandte Physik Datei im Netzwerk der BAM verfügbar ("Closed Access") Präsentation