Controlled self-cleaning aluminum surfaces mediated by anodic aluminum oxide

Qi Zhang; Zhichao Huang; Ruijuan Shao; Junjie Chen; Dongmian Zang

doi:10.1002/jemt.24329

Controlled self-cleaning aluminum surfaces mediated by anodic aluminum oxide

Microsc Res Tech. 2023 Jun;86(6):694-700. doi: 10.1002/jemt.24329. Epub 2023 Apr 18.

Authors

Qi Zhang^{1

2}, Zhichao Huang^{1

2}, Ruijuan Shao^{1

2}, Junjie Chen², Dongmian Zang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Performance Monitoring and Protecting of Rail Transit Infrastructure, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, P. R. China.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, P. R. China.

PMID: 37070747
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.24329

Abstract

Special porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes are created on Al in a phosphonic acid electrolyte solution through one-step anodic oxidation and modified with polydimethysiloxane using a vapor deposition technique. In this context, the anodic oxidation time is tuned during its process. As such, the Al surface's wettability, and self-cleaning property are controlled by the tunable anodic oxidation time, for the anodic oxidation, time can regulate the structure of the AAO and the proportion of the air-liquid interface.

Keywords: Al2O3; anodic oxidation; controlled self-cleaning; superhydrophobic; vapor deposition.

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