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In this research, the fabrication process of a super-hydrophobic metallic surface using laser ablation and electrodeposition was investigated. Re-entrant structure and surface roughness play an important role in forming a super-hydrophobic surface on intrinsically hydrophilic material. A micro pillar array with a re-entrant structure of copper on stainless steel was fabricated through a sequential process of laser ablation, insulating, mechanical polishing and electrodeposition. Spacing of the micro pillars in the array played a major role in the structure hydrophobicity that was confirmed by measuring the water contact angle. Surface morphology changed relative to the parameters of the laser ablation process and electrodeposition process. Under a gradual increase in current density during the electrodeposition process, surface morphology roughness was maximized for fabricating a super-hydrophobic surface. Finally, the super-hydrophobic surface was successfully fabricated on metal.

The dynamics of the melt-quenched amorphization in TiOx mixed Ge2Sb2Te5 films were studied using real-time reflectivity measurements with a nanosecond laser pulse and various amounts of TiOx. It was observed that the laser-power required for amorphization was significantly reduced by 27% when 9.1 mol% of TiOx was incorporated with Ge2Sb2Te5. The lowering of the thermal conductivity of the films, due to the increase in the number of interface between the Ge2Sb2Te5 and TiOx phases, led to an increase in the thermal efficiency. Such enhanced thermal efficiency is of great technological importance in phase change storage applications.