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Effect of Heat Treatment on the Structure and Optical Properties of Porous Anodic Titanium Oxide Films

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We have studied the effect of anodizing voltage on the optical properties and structure of anodic titanium oxide films before and after annealing. Annealing at temperatures in the range 400–550°C has been shown to cause crystallization of initially amorphous anodic titanium oxide in the anatase phase, accompanied by an increase in porosity, pore diameter, and the refractive index of cell walls and a decrease in film thickness and average nanotube center-to-center distance.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank T.B. Shatalova for performing thermal analysis of the samples.

We are grateful to the Future of the Planet and Global Environmental Change Interdisciplinary Science and Education School, Moscow State University.

In some of the experiments, we used scientific equipment purchased through the Development of the Moscow State University Program.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-03-00946.

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  1. Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    N. A. Sapoletova, S. E. Kushnir, Yu. M. Cherepanova & K. S. Napolskii

  2. Faculty of Materials Science, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    S. E. Kushnir & K. S. Napolskii

  3. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), 141701, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, Russia

    K. S. Napolskii

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Sapoletova, N.A., Kushnir, S.E., Cherepanova, Y.M. et al. Effect of Heat Treatment on the Structure and Optical Properties of Porous Anodic Titanium Oxide Films. Inorg Mater 58, 40–47 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168522010101

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