Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2019,10, 735–745, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.73
of the fabrication of an iridescent film of porous AAO on an industrial aluminum alloy substrate, with alternatingly electrodeposited Cu and SiO2 nanoparticles (NPs). A rainboweffect was effectively obtained for the optimized sample with appropriate alternating electrodeposition times. The structure
film that exhibited a rainboweffect and superior anti-corrosion performance.
Keywords: aluminum alloys; anodic aluminum oxidation; interference-enabled color production; rainboweffect; structural color; Introduction
Due to the low cost, high mechanical strength and ductility, and well-developed
complementary light waves. Structural colors do not absorb light, implying that the light intensity will not decrease, and significantly, a local iridescent phenomenon appears as a result of light diffraction and reflection. This rainboweffect of structural colors refers to that different colors are displayed
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Figure 1:
a,b) SEM images of the surface of the aluminum alloy before (a) and after (b) anodization.