The imaging and the microanalysis of hydrated and insulating materials using electron beam probe methods (Conventional SEM, Auger Electron Microscopy,...) are very limited by the necessity to keep the sample under high vacuum and the presence of the charge effect. In this case the sample must be coated except when the experiment is performed at very low energy in order to avoid the charge pheno...

A thin industrial corrosion-protection nanostructured coating for the Al alloy AA2024-T3 is demonstrated. The prepared in a two-step process utilizing hard anodizing as pre-treatment, followed by sealing and atomic layer deposition (ALD). In first step, sulfuric acid at low temperature converts surface into low-porosity anodic oxide. second pores are sealed coated low-temperature ALD using diff...