https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00050-x
Anodic aluminium oxide: Concurrent SEM and SANS characterisation. Influence of AAO confinement on PEO mean-square displacement
Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (CEA-CNRS), CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) membranes are macroscopically highly ordered systems made of oriented nano-scale parallel cylindrical channels. The membrane topology is defined by the pore radius, the inter-pores distance and the pore length. We show by a combined SANS and SEM study that the membrane morphology can be tailored by the main anodization parameters: voltage, temperature and anodization duration. We show that the confinement of an hydrophilic polymer (poly(ethylene oxide)) inside the pores is possible. We observe a striking effect of the confinement on the polymer mean-square displacement as measure by high resolution neutron quasi-elastic scattering.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2007
