We’ve all seen brightly-colored pieces of aluminum and can identify them as anodized. But what does that mean, exactly? A recent video from [Ariel Yahni] starring [Wawa] — a four-legged ...

Aluminum pans have been kitchen staples for decades, prized for their affordability, heat conductivity, and accessibility. However, questions about the safety of aluminum cookware have come under ...

More information: Marco Laurence M. Budlayan et al, Droplet-Scale Conversion of Aluminum into Transparent Aluminum Oxide by Low-Voltage Anodization in an Electrowetting System, Langmuir (2025).

With each transition to a new technology node, fab requirements for metal and particle contamination become more stringent, posing challenges for existing coating methods such as anodization or plasma ...