期刊
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
卷 408, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126792
关键词
Terahertz imaging; Nondestructive testing; Morphology; Nanoporous alumina film; Characterization
资金
- ArcelorMittal
- Conseil R 'egional Grand Est
- CPER SusChemProc
The ordered nanoporous alumina films were grown on aluminum substrates through a two-step electrochemical anodization process. THz-based techniques allow for nondestructive characterization of the surface morphology of the entire films on the 10-100 mu m length scale, providing information over macroscopic scan areas. The regularity of the surface morphology is not readily ascertained using visible-light optical microscopy.
Ordered nanoporous (NP) alumina (Al2O3) films were grown on Al substrates through a two-step electrochemical anodization process. The morphology as well as the roughness are characterized by terahertz (THz) reflectometry and scattering imaging. In particular, we show that before the second anodization, irregular surface morphology of the NP Al2O3 films leads to significant THz scattering, whereas the far more homogeneous films following the second anodization show far less scattering. The regularity of the surface morphology is not readily ascertained using visible-light optical microscopy. The THz results are corroborated by field-emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic-force microscopy (AFM), both of which are time-consuming, not easy to operate, and can only provide the local characterization of NP Al2O3 films on Al substrate. THz-based techniques allow for the nondestructive characterization of the surface morphology of the entire NP Al2O3 films on the 10-100 mu m length scale important for a range of applications while providing information over macroscopic scan areas, and obviate the need for sample preparation required by other common surface-morphology characterization techniques.
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