Ordered Nanomaterial Thin Films via Supported Anodized Alumina Templates

Ordered Nanomaterial Thin Films via Supported Anodized Alumina Templates

*Correspondence: Mohammed Es-Souni , Institute for Materials and Surface Technology, University of Applied Sciences, Grenzstrasse 3, Kiel, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Supported anodized alumina template films with highly ordered porosity are best suited for fabricating large-area ordered nanostructures with tunable dimensions and aspect ratios. In this paper, we first discuss important issues...

Fabrication of Nanostructured Thin Films using Porous Alumina Templates

We demonstrate a method for fabricating a variety of nanostructured metallic thin films by using one simple approach based on the use of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane as masking template. Highly-ordered large-area metallic nanoporeor nanotip-arrays (e.g., Ni, Ag, Au), with various sizes and shapes, were deposited onto AAO membranes through e-beam evaporation. Free standing nano-patterned...

Investigation of resistive switching in anodized titanium dioxide thin films

In this work, TiO2 nanostructures were grown on titanium thin films by electrochemical anodizing method. The bipolar resistive switching effect has been observed in Pt/TiO2/Ti device. Resistive switching characteristics indicated the TiO2 nanotubes are one of the potential materials for nonvolatile memory applications.  Increasing anodizing duration will increase nanotube lengths which itself c...

Fabrication of Ordered Arrays of Nanodots Using Porous Alumina Thin Film Templates

Nanostructured materials have attracted much research over the recent years, as they provide the critical building blocks for the booming of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Nanostructures have novel properties due to the interplay between the size confinement of electrons in small structures and proximity effects. This is relevant for example in device miniaturization towards the Tbit/in record...

Highly ordered diamond and hybrid triangle-diamond patterns in porous anodic alumina thin films