Optical properties and color generation mechanism of porous anodic alumina films

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1826-1830

  Xu, Qin ^a,b   Sun, Hui Yuan ^a,b   Yang, Yu Hua ^a,b   Liu, Li Hu ^a,b   Li, Zi Yue ^a,b  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hebei Advanced Thin Films Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

Alumina films; Electrochemical oxidization; Optical properties; Porous material

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM SHEET; COLOR; ELECTROLYTES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POROUS MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

ACID ELECTROLYTES; ALUMINA FILMS; COLOR GENERATION; IRIDESCENT COLORS; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OXIDIZATION; POROUS ANODIC ALUMINA; POROUS ANODIC ALUMINA FILMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 81555200048     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.10.054     Document Type: Article

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