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Fabrication of highly ordered short free-standing titania nanotubes

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Highly ordered TiO2 nanotube arrays were fabricated by anodic oxidation of titanium thin film in organic electrolyte containing ammonium fluoride and water. The effect of electrolyte composition as well as sputter deposition parameters of titanium thin film on morphology of nanotubes was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and surface chemical analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The electrolyte composition was optimized to reach the balance between anodic oxidation and chemical etching of initial oxide barrier layer, leading to freestanding and highly ordered open nanotubes with lengths in the range of 400–800 nm. Further these surfaces of nanostructured titania may be easily decorated with broad spectrum of nanoparticles or various functional materials according to required applications.

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Research described in this paper was financed by the National Sustainability Program under grant LO1401. For the research, infrastructure of the SIX Center was used.

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  1. Department of Microelectronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, Technická 3058/10, 616 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Kateřina Přikrylová, Jana Drbohlavová, Vojtěch Svatoš, Imrich Gablech, Zdeněk Pytlíček, Radim Hrdý & Jaromír Hubálek

  2. Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technická 3058/10, 616 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Kateřina Přikrylová, Jana Drbohlavová, Vojtěch Svatoš, Imrich Gablech, Zdeněk Pytlíček, Radim Hrdý & Jaromír Hubálek

  3. Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Materials Science, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 118, 612 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Lukáš Kalina

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Přikrylová, K., Drbohlavová, J., Svatoš, V. et al. Fabrication of highly ordered short free-standing titania nanotubes. Monatsh Chem 147, 943–949 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-016-1679-9

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