Title :
Controlling the surface functionalities of nanoporous alumina membranes
Author :
Jani, Abdul Mutalib Md ; Kempson, Ivan M. ; Losic, Dusan ; Voelcker, Nicolas H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem. & Phys. Sci., Flinders Univ. of South Australia, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
Abstract :
A new approach for controlling and to functionalise nanoporous anodic alumina oxide (AAO) membranes is described. Our approach is predicated on the remarkable stability of the silanised AAO surface during anodisation. Well ordered nanoporous AAO membranes with different external surface properties compared to the internal pore surface properties were prepared and characterised.
Keywords :
alumina; anodisation; membranes; nanofabrication; nanoporous materials; Al2O3; anodisation; external surface properties; internal pore surface properties; nanoporous anodic alumina membranes; stability; surface functionality; Biomembranes; Chemicals; Fabrication; Nanobioscience; Polymers; Scanning electron microscopy; alumina membranes; anodisation; silanisation;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5261-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5262-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICONN.2010.6045249
