READ ME File For 'Data for 'Patterned nanofoam fabrication from a variety of materials via femtosecond laser pulses'' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D0753 ReadMe Author: James Grant-Jacob, University of Southampton This dataset supports the publication: Grant-Jacob, J., Mills, B., Heath, D., MacKay, B. S., Xie, Y., McDonnell, M. D. T., & Praeger, M. (2019). Patterned nanofoam fabrication from a variety of materials via femtosecond laser pulses. Materials Sciences and Applications This dataset contains: Fig1.bmp is a schematic of the experimental setup for fabrication of nanofoam on the sur-face of a material. Fig2.bmp contains SEM images of the silicon nanofoam showing a) the 0.45 mm by 0.45 mm to-tal area and b) higher magnification detail of the nanofoam fibres. Fig3.bmp contains SEM images of the borosilicate nanofoam showing a) the 0.3 mm by 0.3 mm total area and b) higher magnification detail of the nanofoam fibres. Fig4.bmp contains SEM images of the soda-lime nanofoam showing a) the presence of beads of material at the end of the nanofibers, and b) higher magnification detail for single nano-fibers. Fig5.bmp contains high resolution SEM images of the GLS nanofoam showing a) nanofoam de-tail and b) the ability to mechanically deform the nanofoam. Fig6.bmp contains SEM images of the lithium niobate nanofoam showing a) the 0.25 mm by 0.25 mm total area and b) higher magnification detail of the nanofoam fibres, outside the la-ser irradiated region, where in general the nanofibers are orientated in the preferential di-rection. Fig7.bmp contains average pore width as a function of nanofibre width from the nanofoams produced in this work, showing average pore width and average nanofibre width as a function of (b) density of the bulk material and (c) thermal expansion coefficient of the material. Fig8.bmp demonstrates of patterned nanofoam, showing a) an SEM image of a wheel pattern and (b) a microscope image of a QR code. Table 1 displays the approximate avarage pore width and approximate nanofibre width of the nanofoams produced from the different materials. Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K. Licence: CC BY Related projects: Beam-shaping for laser-based additive and subtractive manufacturing technology Mills, B. EPSRC EP/N03368X/1 1/11/16 → 31/10/21 Date that the file was created: March, 2019