Nanoporous anodized aluminum structures within micro-channels

• Author / Creator

  Goh, Alex

• We examined the production of high-surface area anodized porous aluminum (Al) oxide within a micro-scale channel. A potential surface modification using an initial layer of oxidized tantalum (Ta) was also studied. Channels were etched into a layer of silicon dioxide on silicon wafers (groups of sixteen 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, or 4 μm-wide channels x 1 μm deep x 6 cm long). A nominal deposition of 200 nm of Al or 50 nm of Ta on the channel base resulted in the deposition of ~100 nm Al or ~30 nm Ta on the channel side-walls. Anodization was performed at 8, 12, 16, 20 V and anodization times of 6, 8, 10 minutes for Al-only, and Al-on-Ta film layers.
  We produced continuous highly porous, 200 nm thick, nano-structured aluminum oxide (anodized under 12 and 16V conditions) within 1-4 μm wide x 1 μm deep x 6cm long channels.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Anodized
  • Nanoporous
  • Aluminum

• Graduation date

  Fall 2011

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Science

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R35P4T

• License

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