Abstract
The present chapter briefly describes the ablation of metallic materials by ultrashort laser pulses as well as the variety of multiscale self-organised surface textures that can be produced by using direct laser writing methods. It also reviews some potential applications of these textures on metallic biomaterials due to their capability of controlling the wettability of different biological fluids and the cell behaviour. A special attention is paid to the surface texturing of titanium alloys due to their significant usage as endosseous (dental and orthopaedic) implants. Apart from biomaterials, this chapter shows interesting industrial applications of these textures due to their influence on the optical and tribological properties of the laser-textured materials.
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