dr. L. Capuano (Luigi) | University of Twente

I am a postdoctoral researcher under prof. dr. Sarthak Misra at the Surgical Robotics Lab.

Born and raised in Italy, I got my Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rome La Sapienza. After my Master’s degree, I joined University of Twente as a PhD Student, in the European Horizon 2020/Marie Curie project Laser4Fun (https://www.laser4fun.eu/). Throughout my PhD time, I developed a novel method of processing sapphire using laser irradiation and selective chemical etching. I received my doctoral degree in December 2020, defending the thesis “Laser micro/nanoprocessing and subsequent chemical etching of sapphire for surface and bulk functionalization”.

Between 2020 and 2021, I got the chance to join, as a postdoctoral researcher, a short project at XUV Optics group of the University of Twente. Here I developed and implemented X-ray nanofocusing micro- and nanolenses to be used at the DESY particle accelerator (Hamburg).

My current research at the Surgical Robotics lab focuses on novel methods of imaging and tracking of microrobots inside human tissue by means of light.

Physics & Astronomy

# Etching
# Lasers
# Sapphire
# Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers

Engineering & Materials Science

# Carbides
# High Speed Steel
# Lasers
# Sapphire

Capuano, L. , Berenschot, J. W. , Tiggelaar, R. M. , Feinaeugle, M. , Tas, N. R. , Gardeniers, J. G. E. , & Römer, G. R. B. E. (2022). Fabrication of microstructures in the bulk and on the surface of sapphire by anisotropic selective wet etching of laser-affected volumes. Journal of micromechanics and microengineering, 32(12), [125003]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6439/ac9911

Römer, G. R. B. E. , & Capuano, L. (2021). Ultra‐short pulsed laser processing of sapphire. In Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Electronic Materials (2021 IUMRS-ICEM) and the XIX Brazilian Materials Research Society Meeting (XIX B-MRS) [4DZM]

Capuano, L. , Tiggelaar, R. M. , Berenschot, J. W. , Gardeniers, J. G. E. , & Römer, G. R. B. E. (2020). Fabrication of millimeter-long structures in sapphire using femtosecond infrared laser pulses and selective etching. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 133, [106114]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2020.106114

Capuano, L. (2020). Laser micro/nanoprocessing and subsequent chemical etching of sapphire for surface and bulk functionalization. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036550772

Ur Rahman, N. , Capuano, L., Cabeza, S. , Feinaeugle, M., Garcia-Junceda, A. , de Rooij, M. B. , Matthews, D. T. A., Walmag, G., Gibson, I. , & Römer, G. R. B. E. (2019). Directed energy deposition and characterization of high-carbon high speed steels. Additive manufacturing, 30, [100838]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2019.100838

Mustafa, H., Aarnts, M. P. , Capuano, L. , Matthews, D. T. A. , & Römer, G. R. B. E. (2019). Data on laser induced preferential crystal (re)orientation by picosecond laser ablation of zinc in air. Data in brief, 24, [103922]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.103922

Ur Rahman, N. , Capuano, L. , de Rooij, M. B. , Matthews, D. T. A., Garcia-Junceda, A. , Mekicha, M. A. , Cordova, L., Walmag, G., Sinnaeve, M. , & Römer, G. R. B. E. (2019). Laser metal deposition of vanadium-rich high speed steel: Microstructuraland high temperature wear characterization. Surface and coatings technology, 364, 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.02.044

Capuano, L., de Zeeuw, D. , & Römer, G. R. B. E. (2018). Towards a numerical model of picosecond laser-material interaction in bulk sapphire. Paper presented at 19th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication 2018, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Capuano, L., de Zeeuw, D. , & Römer, G. R. B. E. (2018). Towards a numerical model of picosecond laser-material interaction in bulk sapphire. Journal of laser micro nanoengineering, 13(3), 166-177. https://doi.org/10.2961/jlmn.2018.03.0005

Capuano, L. , Pohl, R. , Tiggelaar, R. M. , Berenschot, J. W. , Gardeniers, J. G. E. , & Römer, G. R. B. E. (2018). Morphology of single picosecond pulse subsurface laser-induced modifications of sapphire and subsequent selective etching. Optics express, 26(22), 29283-29295. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.029283

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