Abstract
Various pore sizes of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) were fabricated using a two-step anodization process. AAO pores with diameters ranging from 5 to 500 nm were formed in diluted electrolyte solutions of sulfuric acid, oxalic acid, and phosphoric acid. Irregularly shaped tin particles in nano sizes were formed on the AAO using a thermo-vaporizing process. Tin spheres with diameters ranging from 3 to 500 nm were then obtained by reflowing vaporized AAO in silicate oil. A transmission electron microscope (TEM JEOL 2000) was employed to characterize the crystalline structure of a tin sphere with 18 nm diameter.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1102-1104 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Materials Transactions |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 May |
Keywords
- Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO)
- Anodization
- Reflowing
- Thermo-vaporizing
- Tin
- Tin sphere
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering