Current characterization and growth mechanism of anodic titania nanotube arrays

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-442

  Cao, Chunbin ^a,b,c   Li, Junlei ^b   Wang, Xian ^b   Song, Xueping ^b   Sun, Zhaoqi ^b  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC TITANIA; ANODIZATIONS; CURRENT CURVE; CURRENT SLOPE; GROWTH MECHANISMS; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; NANOARCHITECTURES; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; OXIDE LAYER; PURE TITANIUM SUBSTRATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; TIO; VOLUMETRIC RATIO;

GLYCEROL; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER CONTENT;

ANODIC OXIDATION;

EID: 79952465178     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.33     Document Type: Article

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