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Kushnir SE, Devyanina NP, Roslyakov IV, Lyskov NV, Stolyarov VS, Napolskii KS. Stained Glass Effect in Anodic Aluminum Oxide Formed in Selenic Acid. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:298-306. [PMID: 38166418 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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A combination of the unique porous structure and physical and chemical properties of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) makes it widely used in cutting-edge areas of materials science and nanotechnology. Selenic acid electrolyte provides the ability to obtain AAO with low porosity and high optical transparency and thus is promising for the preparation of AAO photonic crystals (PhCs). Here, we show the influence of crystallographic orientation of Al on the electrochemical oxidation rate in 1 M H2SeO4 as well as on the growth rate, porosity, and the effective refractive index of AAO. The cyclic anodization regime is used to prepare AAO PhCs with photonic band gaps, their wavelength positions are used to measure the AAO growth rate. At an anodization voltage of 40-45 V, the growth rate varies by up to 22.6% with crystallographic orientation of Al grains, causing the stained glass effect, which can be seen with the naked eye.
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medical Chemistry RAS, Chernogolovka, Moscow region 142432, Russia
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- LPEM, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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Białek E, Włodarski M, Norek M. Designing porous photonic crystals for MIR spectral region-a deeper insight into the anodic alumina layer thickness versus charge density relation. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 34:125603. [PMID: 36595263 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aca546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The mid-infrared region (MIR) is crucial for many applications in security and industry, in chemical and biomolecular sensing, since it contains strong characteristic vibrational transitions of many important molecules and gases (e.g. CO2, CH4, CO). Despite its great potential, the optical systems operating in this spectral domain are still under development. The situation is caused mainly by the lack of inexpensive and adequate optical materials which show no absorption in the MIR. In this work, we present an easy and affordable way to develop 1D photonic crystals (PCs) based on porous anodic alumina for MIR region. The porous PCs were produced by the pulse anodization of aluminum using charge-controlled mode. The first order photonic stopbands (λ1) were located within ca. 3.5-6.5μm. Annealing of the material at 1100 °C for an hour has allowed to recover the wavelength range from around 5.8 to 7.5μm owing to the decomposition of the absorption centers (oxalate anions) present in the anodic oxide framework while maintaining the PC structural stability. The spectral position and the shape of the resonances were regulated by the charge passing under high (UH) and low (UL) voltage pulses, porosity of the correspondingdHanddLsegments, and dura tion of the process (ttot). The thickness of thedHanddLlayers was proportional to the charge passing under respective pulses, with the proportionality coefficient increasing with the applied voltage. Despite the constant charge (2500 mC cm-2) applied during the anodization, the thickness of anodic alumina (d) increased with applied voltage (10-60 V) and anodizing temperature (5 °C-30 °C). This behavior was ascribed to the different kinetics of the anodic alumina formation prompted by the variable electrochemical conditions. The photonic material can be used in portable nondispersive gas sensors as an enhancement layer operating up to around 9μm.
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- Ewelina Białek
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Technologies and Chemistry, Military University of Technology, Str. gen Sylwestra Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Str. gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Technologies and Chemistry, Military University of Technology, Str. gen Sylwestra Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
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Sayed H, Aly AH, Krauss TF. Photonic crystals umbrella for thermal desalination: simulation study. Sci Rep 2022; 12:21499. [PMID: 36513708 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24336-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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For sustainable water desalination, there is a worldwide push towards solar thermal desalination with the objective to limit the amount of consumed energy in other desalination technologies and maximize the resulting freshwater from saline water. Here, we demonstrate a photonic crystals solar umbrella that covers the saline water surface, demanding to absorb all the incident electromagnetic wave and remit it as greater wavelengths in the range of mid-infrared (MIR) to be highly absorbed and localized close to the water surface. The temperature of the saline water with a refractive index of 1.3326 is reached to [Formula: see text] after one hour of illumination with the incident power intensity equal 680 [Formula: see text]. Hence, by adding one-dimensional PCs the surface temperature is reached [Formula: see text]. Also, by adding 2D PCs to allow the vapor to flow up through the pores of the structure with the diameter of the pore equal to 500 nm, the surface temperature is reached [Formula: see text] after three hour of illumination. Thus, the effective use of electromagnetic waves and warmth localization at the surface of saline water is accomplished by radiative coupling with the effect of 2D PCs. We design the considered structure by using COMSOL multiphysics which based on the finite element method (FEM).
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- Hassan Sayed
- TH-PPM Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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- TH-PPM Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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Kushnir SE, Sapoletova NA, Roslyakov IV, Napolskii KS. One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals with Nonbranched Pores Prepared via Phosphorous Acid Anodizing of Aluminium. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12091548. [PMID: 35564256 PMCID: PMC9103521 DOI: 10.3390/nano12091548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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One-dimensional photonic crystals (1D PhCs) obtained by aluminium anodizing under oscillating conditions are promising materials with structure-dependent optical properties. Electrolytes based on sulphuric, oxalic, and selenic acids have been utilized for the preparation of anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) 1D PhCs with sub-100-nm pore diameter. AAO films with larger pores can be obtained by anodizing in phosphorous acid at high voltages. Here, for the first time, anodizing in phosphorous acid is applied for the preparation of AAO 1D PhCs with nonbranched macropores. The sine wave profile of anodizing voltage in the 135–165 V range produces straight pores, whose diameter is above 100 nm and alternates periodically in size. The pore diameter modulation period linearly increases with the charge density by a factor of 599 ± 15 nm·cm2·C−1. The position of the photonic band gap is controlled precisely in the 0.63–1.96 µm range, and the effective refractive index of AAO 1D PhCs is 1.58 ± 0.05.
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- Sergey E. Kushnir
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia; (N.A.S.); (K.S.N.)
- Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia;
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia; (N.A.S.); (K.S.N.)
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- Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia;
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia; (N.A.S.); (K.S.N.)
- Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia;
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Alrowaili ZA, Elsayed HA, Ahmed AM, Taha TA, Mehaney A. Simple, efficient and accurate method toward the monitoring of ethyl butanoate traces. OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS 2022; 54:126. [PMID: 35095173 PMCID: PMC8783197 DOI: 10.1007/s11082-021-03497-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We introduce in this research a simple, accurate, safe, and efficient design for the detection of ethyl butanoate that be present in the dry exhaled breath. In particular, the presence of ethyl butanoate in the dry exhaled breath could be utilized as a platform for the diagnosing of COVID 19. The main idea of this theoretical investigation is based on the inclusion of a cavity layer between a thin layer of Au and the well-known one-dimension photonic crystals. Accordingly, the cavity layer is filled with dry exhaled breath. The numerical results are investigated in the vicinity of the Drude model and transfer matrix method. The investigated results show the appearance of Tamm plasmon resonance in the reflectance spectrum of our design through the IR region. Such resonant mode provides very high sensitivity with the change in the concentration of ethyl butanoate. We have examined the performance of the proposed sensor by calculating its sensitivity, detection limit, detection accuracy, quality factor and figure of merit. The designed sensor could receive sensitivity of 0.3 nm/ppm or 260,486 nm/RIU, resolution of 7 ppm and quality factor of 969.
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- Z. A. Alrowaili
- Physics Department, College of Science, Jouf University, P.O. Box: 2014, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
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- TH-PPM Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62512 Egypt
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62512 Egypt
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- Physics Department, College of Science, Jouf University, P.O. Box: 2014, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
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- TH-PPM Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62512 Egypt
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Peculiar Porous Aluminum Oxide Films Produced via Electrochemical Anodizing in Malonic Acid Solution with Arsenazo-I Additive. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14175118. [PMID: 34501208 PMCID: PMC8433957 DOI: 10.3390/ma14175118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The influence of arsenazo-I additive on electrochemical anodizing of pure aluminum foil in malonic acid was studied. Aluminum dissolution increased with increasing arsenazo-I concentration. The addition of arsenazo-I also led to an increase in the volume expansion factor up to 2.3 due to the incorporation of organic compounds and an increased number of hydroxyl groups in the porous aluminum oxide film. At a current density of 15 mA·cm−2 and an arsenazo-I concentration 3.5 g·L−1, the carbon content in the anodic alumina of 49 at. % was achieved. An increase in the current density and concentration of arsenazo-I caused the formation of an arsenic-containing compound with the formula Na1,5Al2(OH)4,5(AsO4)3·7H2O in the porous aluminum oxide film phase. These film modifications cause a higher number of defects and, thus, increase the ionic conductivity, leading to a reduced electric field in galvanostatic anodizing tests. A self-adjusting growth mechanism, which leads to a higher degree of self-ordering in the arsenazo-free electrolyte, is not operative under the same conditions when arsenazo-I is added. Instead, a dielectric breakdown mechanism was observed, which caused the disordered porous aluminum oxide film structure.
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Gordeeva EO, Roslyakov IV, Leontiev AP, Klimenko AA, Napolskii KS. Uniform arrays of gold nanoelectrodes with tuneable recess depth. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 12:957-964. [PMID: 34621609 PMCID: PMC8450946 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.12.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Nanoelectrode arrays are much in demand in electroanalytical chemistry, electrocatalysis, and bioelectrochemistry. One of the promising approaches for the preparation of such systems is templated electrodeposition. In the present study, porous anodic alumina templates are used to prepare Au nanoelectrode arrays. Multistage electrodeposition is proposed for the formation of recessed electrodes with the ability to tune the distance between the surface of the porous template and the top surface of the nanoelectrodes. A set of complementary techniques, including chronoamperometry, coulometry, and scanning electron microscopy, are used to characterize the nanoelectrode arrays. The number of active nanoelectrodes is experimentally measured. The pathways to further improve the recessed nanoelectrode arrays based on anodic alumina templates are discussed.
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- Elena O Gordeeva
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 199991, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 199991, Russia
- Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS, Leninsky av., Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 199991, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 199991, Russia
- Institute of Nanotechnology of Microelectronics RAS, Leninsky av., Moscow 115487, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 199991, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy per., Dolgoprudny 141701, Russia
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Sadykov AI, Leontev AP, Kushnir SE, Lukashin AV, Napolskii KS. Kinetics of the Formation and Dissolution of Anodic Aluminum Oxide in Electrolytes Based on Sulfuric and Selenic Acids. RUSS J INORG CHEM+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036023621020182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Domagalski JT, Xifre-Perez E, Marsal LF. Recent Advances in Nanoporous Anodic Alumina: Principles, Engineering, and Applications. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:430. [PMID: 33567787 PMCID: PMC7914664 DOI: 10.3390/nano11020430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The development of aluminum anodization technology features many stages. With the story stretching for almost a century, rather straightforward-from current perspective-technology, raised into an iconic nanofabrication technique. The intrinsic properties of alumina porous structures constitute the vast utility in distinct fields. Nanoporous anodic alumina can be a starting point for: Templates, photonic structures, membranes, drug delivery platforms or nanoparticles, and more. Current state of the art would not be possible without decades of consecutive findings, during which, step by step, the technique was more understood. This review aims at providing an update regarding recent discoveries-improvements in the fabrication technology, a deeper understanding of the process, and a practical application of the material-providing a narrative supported with a proper background.
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda dels Països Catalans, 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain; (J.T.D.); (E.X.-P.)
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Elsayed HA, Mehaney A. Monitoring of soybean biodiesel based on the one-dimensional photonic crystals comprising porous silicon. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-020-01579-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Acosta LK, Bertó-Roselló F, Xifre-Perez E, Law CS, Santos A, Ferré-Borrull J, Marsal LF. Tunable Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals by Gaussian Pulse Anodization. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:19778-19787. [PMID: 32227979 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b23354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study presents a Gaussian pulse anodization approach to generate nanoporous photonic crystals with highly tunable and controllable optical properties across the visible-NIR spectrum. Nanoporous anodic alumina Gaussian photonic crystals (NAA-GPCs) are fabricated in oxalic acid electrolyte by Gaussian pulse anodization, a novel form of pulse-like anodization. The effect of the Gaussian pulse width in the anodization profile on the optical properties of these photonic crystals is assessed by systematically varying this fabrication parameter from 5 to 60 s. The optical features of the characteristic photonic stopband (PSB) of NAA-GPCs-the position of the central wavelength, full width at half-maximum, and intensity-are found to be highly dependent on the Gaussian pulse width, the angle of incidence of incoming photons, and the nanopore diameter of NAA-GPCs. The effective medium of NAA-GPCs is assessed by monitoring spectral shifts in their characteristic PSB upon infiltration of their nanoporous structure with analytical solutions of d-glucose of varying concentration (0.0125-1 M). Experimental results are validated and mechanistically described by theoretical simulations, using the Looyenga-Landau-Lifshitz effective medium approximation model. Our findings demonstrate that Gaussian pulse anodization is an effective nanofabrication approach to producing highly sensitive NAA-based PC structures with versatile and tunable PSBs across the spectral regions. The findings provide new exiting opportunities to integrate these unique PC structures into photonic sensors and other platform materials for light-based technologies.
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- Laura K Acosta
- Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Huang W, Xu H, Ying Z, Dan Y, Zhou Q, Zhang J, Zhu X. Split TiO2 nanotubes − Evidence of oxygen evolution during Ti anodization. Electrochem commun 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2019.106532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Kikuchi T, Kunimoto K, Ikeda H, Nakajima D, Suzuki RO, Natsui S. Fabrication of anodic porous alumina via galvanostatic anodizing in alkaline sodium tetraborate solution and their morphology. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Titania Photonic Crystals with Precise Photonic Band Gap Position via Anodizing with Voltage versus Optical Path Length Modulation. NANOMATERIALS 2019; 9:nano9040651. [PMID: 31018593 PMCID: PMC6523195 DOI: 10.3390/nano9040651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 04/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Photonic crystals based on titanium oxide are promising for optoelectronic applications, for example as components of solar cells and photodetectors. These materials attract great research attention because of the high refractive index of TiO2. One of the promising routes to prepare photonic crystals based on titanium oxide is titanium anodizing at periodically changing voltage or current. However, precise control of the photonic band gap position in anodic titania films is a challenge. To solve this problem, systematic data on the effective refractive index of the porous anodic titanium oxide are required. In this research, we determine quantitatively the dependence of the effective refractive index of porous anodic titanium oxide on the anodizing regime and develop a model which allows one to predict and, therefore, control photonic band gap position in the visible spectrum range with an accuracy better than 98.5%. The prospects of anodic titania photonic crystals implementation as refractive index sensors are demonstrated.
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