Electrochemically replicated smooth aluminum foils for anodic alumina nanochannel arrays.

@article{Biring2008ElectrochemicallyRS,
  title={Electrochemically replicated smooth aluminum foils for anodic alumina nanochannel arrays.},
  author={Sajal Biring and Kun-Tong Tsai and Ujjal Sur and Yuh-Lin Wang},
  journal={Nanotechnology},
  year={2008},
  volume={19 1},
  pages={
          015304
        }
}
A fast electrochemical replication technique has been developed to fabricate large-scale ultra-smooth aluminum foils by exploiting readily available large-scale smooth silicon wafers as the masters. Since the adhesion of aluminum on silicon depends on the time of surface pretreatment in water, it is possible to either detach the replicated aluminum from the silicon master without damaging the replicated aluminum and master or integrate the aluminum film to the silicon substrate. Replicated… 
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