• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.137-140
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• 2006

The effect of pre-existing barrier-type film on porous aluminum oxide film formation during anodization was investigated to control the uniform film growth rate. Initial potential fluctuations during anodization indicated that the breakdown of barrier-film is preceded before the porous formation and the induction time for the porous film growth increases with the increases of pre-existing film thickness. The porous film growth mechanism is lot affected by the presence of barrier film on aluminum surface. In parallel, uniform growth of barrier film underneath the porous structure was attained by two-step anodization processes.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.90-94
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• 2007

유연하고 얇은 0.025 mm와 0.2 mm의 두께를 지닌 알루미늄 포일을 사용하여 다공성 알루미나 막을 제작하였다. 알루미늄 포일들은 에탄올/과염소산 용액에서 전해연마하여 표면처리를 하였으며, 0.3 M의 옥살산 용액 안에서 양극산화 시켰다. 양극산학 시용액의 온도는 $9^{\circ}C$로 유지시켰으며, 전극에 가해주는 전압을 0.4와 40 V 사이에서 변화시킨 후, 형성된 알루미나 막의 표면을 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 관찰 결과, 장시간의 양극 산화 시 사용되는 전압의 크기가 1 V 이상일 경우 강한 전기분해 반응으로 인해 생성된 산화막 표면이 파괴되어 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 반면 1 V 이하로 처리할 경우, 장시간에 걸쳐 안정적으로 양극산화시킬 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이 실험을 통해 얇은 알루미늄 포일의 경우 두꺼운 알루미늄 판과 달리 장시간의 양극산화를 통해 다공성 알루미나 막을 형성하기 위해선 1 V 이하의 낮은 전압이 요구되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.282-289
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• 2022

Aluminum 1000 series alloy, a pure aluminum with excellent workability and weldability, is mainly used in the ship field. Aluminum alloy can combine with oxygen in the atmosphere and form a natural oxide film with high corrosion resistance. However, its corrosion resistance and durability are decreased when it is exposed to a harsh environment for a long period of time. For solving this problem, a porous oxide film can be formed on the surface using an anodizing treatment method, a typical surface technique among various methods. In this study, aluminum 1050 alloy was anodized for 2 minutes, 6 minutes, and 10 minutes. The structure and shape of the oxide film were then analyzed to determine the corrosion resistance according to the thickness of the oxide film that changed depending on working condition using 15 wt% NaCl. After it was immersed in NaCl solution for 1, 5, and 10 days, corrosion damage was observed. Results confirmed that the thickness of the oxide film increased as the anodization time became longer. The depth of surface damage due to corrosion became deeper when the film was immersed in the 15 wt% NaCl solution for a longer period of time.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.1519-1523
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• 2002

A procedure for preparing semiconductor/metal nanowire arrays is described, based on a template method which entails electrochemical deposition into nanometer-wide parallel pores of anodic aluminum oxide films on aluminum. Aligned CdS/Co heterostructured nanowires have been prepared by ac electrodeposition in the anodic aluminum oxide templates. By varying the preparation conditions, a variety of CdS/Co nanowire arrays were fabricated, whose dimensional properties could be adjusted.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.349-352
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• 2014

Anodic alumina oxide (AAO), a self-ordered hexagonal array, has various applications in nanofabrication such as the fabrication of nanotemplates and other nanostructures. In order to obtain highly ordered porous alumina membranes, a two-step anodization or prepatterning of aluminum are mainly conducted with straight electric field. Electric field is the main driving force for pore growth during anodization. However, impurities in aluminum can disturb the direction of the electric field. To confirm this, we anodized two different aluminum foil samples with high purity (99.999%) and relatively low purity (99.8%), and compared the differences in the surface morphologies of the respective aluminum oxide membranes produced in different electric fields. Branched pores observed in porous alumina surface which was anodized in low-purity aluminum and the size; dimensions of the pores were found to be usually smaller than those obtained from high-purity aluminum. Moreover, anodization at high voltage proceeds to a significant level of conversion because of the high speed of the directional electric field. Consequently, anodic alumina membrane of a specific morphology, i.e., meshed pore, was produced.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2017

In this work, we have fabricated anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) with ordered nanoscale porosity through an anodization process. We deposited gold and nano-organic thin films on the porous AAO surface to protect its structure and reduce friction. We investigated the tribological characteristics of the porous AAO with respect to the protective surface coatings using tribometers. While investigating the frictional characteristics of the samples by applying normal forces of the order of micro-Newton, we observed that AAO without a protective coating exhibits the highest friction coefficient. In the presence of protective surface coatings, the friction coefficient decreases significantly. We applied normal forces of the order of milli-Newton during the tribotests to investigate the wear characteristics of AAO, and observed that AAO without protective surface coatings experiences severe damage due to the brittle nature of the oxide layer. We observed the presence of several pieces of fractured particles in the wear track; these fractured particles lead to an increase in the friction. However, by using surface coatings such as gold thin films and nano-organic thin films, we confirmed that the thin films with nanoscale thickness protect the AAO surface without exhibiting significant wear tracks and maintain a stable friction coefficient for the duration of the tribotests.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.4 No.2
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• pp.922-925
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• 2003

The interest of self-organization materials that have uniform and regular structure in nano scale has been grown due to their utilization in various fields of nanotechnology. An attractive candidate among these materials is anodic aluminum oxide film, which are formed by anodization of aluminum in an appropriate acid solution. The anodic aluminum oxide film has a highly ordered porous structure with very uniform and nearly parallel pores that can be organized in an almost precise close-packed hexagonal structure. In this study, we attempt to make Au dot arrays, which were fabricated using anodic aluminum oxide film as an evaporation mask. The Au dot arrays have a uniform sized dots and spacing to its neighbors and the average diameter of Au dots is about 60 nm corresponding to them of the mask.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.144-152
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• 2020

In the manufacturing process of joining of aluminum alloy and polymer, the strength of the metal-polymer joining is greatly influenced by the nanostructure of the oxide film. In this study, we investigated the dependence of joining strength on the thickness, structure, pore formation and surface roughness of the formed film. After the two-step anodization process, the surface oxide layer became thinner and rougher resulting in higher joining strength with the polymer. More specifically, after the two-step anodization, the surface roughness, Ra increased from 2.3 to 3.2 ㎛ with pore of three-dimensional (3D) nanostructure, and the thickness of the oxide film was thinned from 350 to 250 nm. Accordingly, the joining strength of the aluminum alloy with polymer increased from 23 to 30 MPa.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2019

현재까지 다공성 알루미나 구조물은 대표적으로 양극산화 방법으로 구현되어 오고 있다. 양극산화 방법을 통해 규칙적인 배열을 가진 알루미늄 산화 피막은 쉽게 만들 수 있지만, 복합 구조물 형태를 가진 산화피막은 상대적으로 구현하기가 어렵다. 본 연구는 인산용액에서 양극산화 인가전압에 따른 피막 기공 크기, 두께 및 구조물 형태 변화를 관찰하고자 한다. 다층 복합 산화물 구조물 구현을 위해 양극산화 인가전압 조건을 조절하였고, 실험 조건은 10% 인산용액에서 양극산화 인가전압 100 V와 120 V로 각각 수행하였다. 실험 결과는 각 조건에 따라 다공성 구조물과 복합 구조물 형태의 산화물 구조를 구현할 수 있었다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.168-172
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• 2008

A new type of electrochemical random signal (electrochemical noise) analysis technique was applied to localized corrosion of anodic oxide film formed 1100 aluminum alloy in $0.5kmol/m^3$ $H_3BO_4/0.05kmol/m^3$ $Na_2B_4O_7$ with $0.01kmol/m^3$ NaCl. The effect of anodic oxide film structure, barrier type, porous type, and composite type on galvanic corrosion resistance was also examined. Before localized corrosion started, incubation period for pitting corrosion, both current and potential slightly change as initial value with time. The incubation period of porous type anodic oxide specimens are longer than that of barrier type anodic oxide specimens. While pitting corrosion, the current and potential were changed with fluctuations and the potential and the current fluctuations show a good correlation. The records of the current and potential were processed by calculating the power spectrum density (PSD) by the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) method. The potential and current PSD decrease with increasing frequency, and the slopes are steeper than or equal to minus one (-1). This technique allows observation of electrochemical impedance changes during localized corrosion.