Fabrication of anodic aluminum oxide on silica optical fiber with nanopore channels oriented off surface normal
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken New Jersey USA
Abstract
Aluminum coating on silica optical fiber was anodized by applying an electric field off‐axis to surface normal of the fiber coating with simulation of the electric field lines between angularly positioned anode and cathode as a guide. The nanostructure features, including nanopore orientation, of the resultant anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) were characterized using scanning electron microscopy. This unique off‐axis electric field arrangement enabled the formation of AAO with uniformly tilted nanopore channel arrays. Nanopore channels with tilting angles around 10°–20° relative to surface normal of AAO were obtained. These results are in general agreement with the simulated electric field lines between the anode and cathode.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0014664
- OSTI ID:
- 2425679
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 105; ISSN 0002-7820
- Publisher:
- American Ceramic Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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