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Method of manufacturing porous anodized alumina film

Patent 6139713 Issued on October 31, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject November 2, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

Anodic aluminium oxide membranes Patent #: 4889631
Issued on: 12/26/1989
Inventor: Rigby, et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 180240 filed on 11/02/1998

US Classes:

205/206, Contacting substrate with solid member or material (e.g., polishing, rolling, etc.)205/213, Predominantly aluminum substrate205/223, Etching of coating205/229, Predominantly nonmetal electrolytic coating205/324, Anodizing205/328, Utilizing sulfuric acid-containing bath205/332Utilizing organic compound-containing bath

Examiners

Primary: Valentine, Donald R.
Assistant: Leader, William T.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 60-177198 JP. 09/13/1985
  • 61-101946 JP. 05/13/1986
  • 62-270794 JP. 11/13/1987
  • 8-78769 JP. 03/13/1996

International Class

C25D 011/16

Foreign Application Priority Data

1996-08-26 JP

Abstract

A plurality of recesses having the same interval and array as those of pores of an alumina film, which are to be formed in anodizing, are formed on a smooth surface of an aluminum plate in advance, and then, the aluminum plate is anodized. With this process, the roundness of the pores of the porous anodized alumina film and the uniformity of pore size are improved, and the pores are regularly arrayed at a predetermined interval. The recesses are formed by pressing a substrate having a plurality of projections on its surface against the aluminum plate surface to be anodized.

Other References

  • "Structure and Density of Anodic Oxide Films Formed on Aluminum in Oxalic Acid Solutions" by Ken Ebihara et al., Kinzokuhyomengijutsu, vol. 34, No. 11, 1983, pp. 28-33
  • "Fabrication of Gold Nanodot Array Using Anodic Porous Alumina as an Evaporation Mask" by Hideki Masuda et al., Jpn.J. Appl.Phys. vol. 35 (1996) pp. L126-L129, Part 2, No. 1B, Jan. 15, 1996
  • "Ordered Metal Nanohole Arrays Made by a Two-Step Replication of Honeycomb Structures of Anodic Alumina" by Hideki Masuda et al., Science vol. 268, Jun. 9, 1995, pp. 1466-146
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