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Effect of anneal pre-treatment of polycrystalline aluminum sheets on synthesis of highly-ordered anodic aluminum oxide membranes

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Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes with large ordered pore domains were successfully prepared by adopting the anneal pre-treatment of polycrystalline aluminum sheets. A statistical method with Gaussian distribution was introduced to quantitatively study the size of the domain with ordered pores. The largest average area of ordered pore domains was 2.6 μm2±0.11 μm2. The corresponding AAO membrane was synthesized by aluminum sheets annealed at 893 K for 24 h.

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    Lu Zhang, Xiao Zhang, CaoFeng Pan & Jing Zhu

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Supported by the National “973” Project of China (Gratn No. 2002CB613505), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Gratn No. 90206046) and National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China

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Zhang, L., Zhang, X., Pan, C. et al. Effect of anneal pre-treatment of polycrystalline aluminum sheets on synthesis of highly-ordered anodic aluminum oxide membranes. Sci. China Ser. E-Technol. Sci. 51, 1838–1842 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-008-0117-6

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