Increased growth rate of anodic porous alumina by use of ionic liquid as electrolyte additive

Materials Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1826-1829

  Salerno, Marco ^a   Patra, Niranjan ^a   Losso, Romeo ^a   Cingolani, Roberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alumina; Anodization; Growth rate; Ionic liquid; Nanomaterials; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; ADDITIVE CONCENTRATIONS; ANODIC POROUS ALUMINA; ANODIZATION; ANODIZATIONS; ELECTROLYTE ADDITIVES; ETHYL SULFATE; GALVANOSTATIC MODE; NANOMATERIALS; OXALIC ACID; REGULAR STRUCTURE;

ELECTROLYTES; FILM GROWTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 67649380324     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2009.05.058     Document Type: Article

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