Mohammadtaher Safarzadeh - Chalmers University of Technology
seyed Mohammad ali Boutorabi - Iran University of Science and Technology
Asghar Arab - Advanced Material Research Center, Iran University of Science and Technology,

The effects of anodizing condition and post treatment on the growth of nickel nanowires, were investigated. A two-step anodizing process was applied in phosphoric and oxalic acid solution. Nickel electrochemical plating was applied to fill Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) pores. For pore filling enhancement, AAO surfaces were treated by silver predeposition. After electroplating, aluminum and oxide layer of some specimens were removed. The results showed that silver preplating increases the pore filling and as the applied voltage becomes higher, the pores diameter decreases.

anodizing, nanopores, aluminum oxide, deposition