Rapid fabrication of iridescent alumina films supported on an aluminium substrate by high voltage anodization

Autor: Wang Yongguo, Qi Peng, Qin Xu, Zhi-Jun Wang, Tian Lan, Chunxin Sun, Sheng-Zhen Hao
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Optical Materials. 104:109937
ISSN: 0925-3467
Popis: Porous alumina photonic crystals supported on an aluminium substrate were successfully fabricated by applying a high voltage for a short period of time in an oxalic acid solution. These films show brilliant structural colors, and the highest applied voltage was 250 V. The experimental results indicate that a photonic crystal supported on an aluminium substrate shows a uniform structural colour when a voltage is increased to 150 V and, with oxidation time increasing, the colour gradually turns blue. A reasonable explanation was given for this phenomenon through a theoretical analysis combined with microstructure measurement. In this study, the growth process and colour generation mechanism of porous anodic alumina under a linear anodizing voltage were discussed and analyzed in detail. These films may have great potential in colour display, decoration, anti-counterfeiting, sensing and other fields.
Databáze: OpenAIRE