Laser Cleaning

History: the road to "steam laser cleaning", W. Zapka. Dry laser cleaning: dry laser cleaning of particles by nanosecond pulse - theory, N. Arnold and D. Bauerle; optical resonance and near-field effects in dry laser cleaning, B.S. Lukiyanchuk et al. Steam laser cleaning: pulsed laser cleaning of particles from surfaces and optical materials, D.M. Kane et al; liquid-assisted pulsed laser cleaning with near-infrared and ultraviolet pulsed lasers, C.P. Grigoropoulos and D. Kim; new trends in steam laser cleaning, M. Mosbacher et al; physical mechanisms of laser cleaning, V.P. Veiko and E.A. Shakhno. Laser cleaning of artworks: laser ablation applications on complex and delicate surfaces -parameter optimization in cleaning of artworks, V. Zafiropulos; on the theory of discoloration effect in pigments at laser cleaning, B.S. Lukiyanchuk and V. Zafiropulos. Applications of laser cleaning: laser cleaning for field emitter arrays, M. Takai; laser cleaning of organic contamination on microelectronic devices and process real-time monitoring, M.H. Hong et al.