Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) membrane fabrication under different conditions and comparison of results | |
| Author | Gujela, Om Prakash |
| Subject(s) | Anodic Aluminum Oxide Membranes (Technology) |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) membrane is most popular membrane that can be fabricated by using anodization process. The AAO membrane is popular for its regular and controllable pores for many applications including sensors, hemodialysis, protein separation, photovoltaic, high density memories, synthesis of functional nanostructures, nano tubes, and making mask for semiconductor industry. This thesis work contains research on the AAO membranes- its fabrication process, comparison and analysis of the results obtained under different conditions. For this research three type of Aluminum sheets are used (based on purity), and on each type of Aluminum sheet AAO membrane has been grown. The process include cutting of Al sheet, cleaning in Acetone and DI water, Annealing, Electro polishing, 1st step of anodization, Alumina etching, 2nd step of anodization, Aluminum etching and finally testing with Scanning Electron Microscope. Two types of anodization processes have been used for this research: mild anodization and hard anodization. Both process tested for three different type of Aluminum sheet at different time and finally results obtained as SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope), image has been compared and analyzed. |
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Microelectronics (ME) |
| Chairperson(s) | Afzulpurkar, Nitin V.;Bohez, Erik L. J.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Manukid Panichkun;Kasi, Ajab Khan; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | AIT Fellowship; |