In ambient atmospheres, aluminum becomes rapidly coated with a compact 2–3 nm thick
oxide layer. This native oxide layer prevents the metal surface from further oxidation …

Increasing demands for environmental accountability and energy efficiency in industrial
practice necessitates significant modification (s) of existing technologies and development of …

Nanotechnology, in combination with surface engineering focused on a fabrication of
various nanostructures and new materials, has recently attracted a vast amount of research …

Over the past few years, researchers have made numerous breakthroughs in the field of
aluminum anodizing and faced the problem of the lack of adequate theoretical models for …

Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) films with uniform cylindrical pores are widely used as
templates and membranes. The annealing of initially amorphous AAO enhances its …

The fabrication of a thick oxide layer onto an aluminum surface via anodization has been a
subject of intense research activity for more than a century, largely due to protective and …

We prepared anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) templates with “honeycomb” geometry, ie
hexagonally ordered circular pores. The structures were extensively studied and …

Aluminium anodizing in phosphonic acid is known to produce anodic aluminium oxide
(AAO) honeycomb structures with large interpore distances. However, detailed information …

The thermal stability and magnetic properties of iron oxide nanomaterials under different
environmental conditions are important for technological applications. Herein, we report the …

Anodic porous alumina (AAO) templates, also known as nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA)
platforms or membranes, are widely used as templates in nanoscience and nanotechnology …