Fabrication of aluminum nano-scale structures using direct-embossing with a nickel template

  • Sang Chul Oh
  • , Byeong Ju Bae
  • , Ki Yeon Yang
  • , Moo Hyun Kwon
  • , Heon Lee*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Al plate was patterned by a direct embossing process. An electroformed Ni plate with a nano-sized surface protrusion pattern was used as an embossing mold. The Ni stamp with a nano-sized surface protrusion pattern was pressed onto an electro-polished Al plate; thus, a reversed Al nano-pattern was formed on the Al surface by the localized plastic deformation of Al. The Al plate was softened by annealing at 400 °C for 5 min; thus, high-fidelity pattern transfer was achieved at a low embossing pressure.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)771-775
    Number of pages5
    JournalMetals and Materials International
    Volume17
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011 Oct

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by Business for Cooperative R&D between Industry, Academy, and Research Institute funded Korea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2010 (Grants No.000416030111) and Korea Industrial Technology Foundation (KOTEF) through the Human Resource Training Project for Strategic Technology.

    Keywords

    • Annealing
    • Deformation
    • Extrusion
    • Metals
    • Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Metals and Alloys
    • Materials Chemistry

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