We present scanning focused laser beam as a multipurpose tool to engineer the physical and chemical properties of WS microflakes. For monolayers, the laser modification integrates oxygen into the WS microflake, resulting in ∼9 times enhancement in the intensity of the fluorescence emission. This modification does not cause any morphology change, allowing "micro-encryption" of information that is only observable as fluorescence under excitation. The same focused laser also facilitates on demand thinning down of WS multilayers into monolayers, turning them into fluorescence active components. With a scanning focused laser beam, micropatterns are readily created on WS multilayers through selective thinning of specific regions on the flake.

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