Effect of the anodization voltage on the porewidening rate of nanoporous anodic alumina

Autor: Rahman, Mohammad Mahbubur, Garcia-Caurel, Enric, Santos, Abel, Marsal, Lluis F., Pallares, Josep, Ferre-Borrull, Josep
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Nanoscale Research Letters 7 (2012) 474
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-474
Popis: A detailed study of the pore-widening rate of nanoporous anodic alumina layers as a function of the anodization voltage was carried out. The study focuses on samples produced under the same electrolyte and concentration but different anodization voltages within the self-ordering regime. By means of ellipsometry-based optical characterization, it is shown that in the porewidening process, the porosity increases at a faster rate for lower anodization voltages. This opens the possibility of obtaining three-dimensional nanostructured nanoporous anodic alumina with controlled thickness and refractive index of each layer, and with a refractive index difference of up to 0.24 between layers, for samples produced with oxalic acid electrolytes.
Databáze: arXiv