Functional nanocomposite layers based on anodic aluminum oxide and its chemical metallization
The project is aimed at conducting research to clarify the mechanisms of catalysis and chemical deposition of metal in a nanoporous matrix of anodic aluminum oxide with improved dielectric properties. The conducted research will deepen our knowledge of the growth of barrier layers at the porous oxide/metal interface under a mixed galvanostatic-voltammetric regime of re-anodization and the use of this technique to enhance the insulating properties of the resulting combined anodic oxide. It is planned to develop innovative methods for activating the surface of the anodic layers, which will allow controlled chemical deposition of metal in the nanoporous matrices of anodic aluminum oxide to obtain nanorods or nanotubes of ferromagnetic and colored metals. This will enable modeling and modification within wide limits of the morphology and physico-mechanical properties of the resulting final structures of the type Al/Al2O3/nanocomposite of Al2O3+Me/Me.
About the project
As a result of the project implementation, technologies for chemical metallization of nanoporous dielectric layers of anodic aluminum oxide on a flat or curved aluminum substrate will be developed. The planned physico-mechanical and electrical tests of the resulting layered structures will allow determining their potential application in microelectronics, MEMS, and optics.