A great paper and research led by my friend Oscar M. Prada Ramirez recently shows that the corrosion resistance of aerospace grade Al-based alloys can be significantly improved using Ce-nanoparticles in an anodization treatment using tartaric-sulfuric acid environments!
A pathway to reduce the use of Chromium Acid Anodizing treatments in industry, which can be quite detrimental for workers and the environment!
Online now at Corrosion Science!
Materials at Extremes 