Nanoporous alumina as templates for multifunctional applications

CT Sousa, DC Leitao, MP Proenca, J Ventura… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Due to its manufacturing and size tailoring ease, porous anodic alumina (PAA) templates
are an elegant physical-chemical nanopatterning approach and an emergent alternative to …

Nano-patterning using ultra-thin alumina membranes

C Fernández-González, S Ruiz-Gómez… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the mass production of well-controlled and low-cost nanostructures on the horizon,
considerable attention has been given to porous anodic alumina (PAA) templates to assist in …

Magnetic anisotropy in CoNi nanowire arrays: analytical calculations and experiments

LG Vivas, M Vazquez, J Escrig, S Allende, D Altbir… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
Ordered arrays of Co x Ni 1− x nanowires (0< x< 1) were fabricated by a template-assisted
method using electrodeposition into anodic aluminum oxide membranes. Tuning of the Co …

Capillary-driven solar-thermal water desalination using a porous selective absorber

X Wang, ML Hsieh, JA Bur, SY Lin, S Narayanan - Materials Today Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The desalination of seawater has the potential to address the increasing demand for potable
water. Specifically, solar-thermal water desalination can generate clean water without …

Magnetic interactions and reversal mechanisms in Co nanowire and nanotube arrays

MP Proenca, CT Sousa, J Escrig, J Ventura… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Ordered hexagonal arrays of Co nanowires (NWs) and nanotubes (NTs), with diameters
between 40 and 65 nm, were prepared by potentiostatic electrodeposition into suitably …

Effect of the anodization parameters on TiO2 nanotubes characteristics produced in aqueous electrolytes with CMC

RA Ocampo, FE Echeverría - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanotube structures were produced on the titanium surface by anodization using an
aqueous electrolyte composed of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and NaF. The aim of using …

The role of Cu length on the magnetic behaviour of Fe/Cu multi-segmented nanowires

S Moraes, D Navas, F Béron, MP Proenca, KR Pirota… - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
A set of multi-segmented Fe/Cu nanowires were synthesized by a two-step anodization
process of aluminum substrates and a pulsed electrodeposition technique using a single …

Improving exposure of anodically ordered Ni–Ti–O and corrosion resistance and biological properties of NiTi alloys by substrate electropolishing

YH Sun, Y Zhao, YY Zhao, YJ Rong, RH Yao, XH Yao… - Rare Metals, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Although Ni–Ti–O nanopores (NPs) can be fabricated by anodization of
mechanically polished NiTi alloys, the top disordered layer is difficult to remove thus …

Ni growth inside ordered arrays of alumina nanopores: Enhancing the deposition rate

MP Proenca, CT Sousa, J Ventura, M Vazquez… - Electrochimica …, 2012 - Elsevier
High aspect ratio Ni nanowires (NWs) were electrodeposited inside ordered arrays of self-
assembled pores (∼ 50nm in diameter) in anodic alumina templates by a potentiostatic …

The role of the Ti surface roughness in the self-ordering of TiO 2 nanotubes: a detailed study of the growth mechanism

A Apolinário, CT Sousa, J Ventura, JD Costa… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Highly ordered TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) were synthesized by electrochemical anodization of Ti
foils. We investigated the effect of the Ti surface roughness (applying different pre-treatments …