Fabrication of Copper Nanowires into Nanoporous Alumina Template Using Electrodeposition Process

Copper is one of the most important metals in modern electronic technology. Keeping in view its role in nanoelectronics, we have fabricated copper nanowires of diameters 60 nm using Anodic Alumina templates. Electrodeposition technique based on the principle of electroplating was adopted for copper nanowire fabrication in an electrochemical cell designed in our laboratory. Hexagonal-close-packed nanochannel anodized aluminum oxide template used as the deposition template. A high degree of ordering and uniformity in these arrays can be obtained with this technique by fine-tuning the electrodeposition parameters. SEM micrographs are used to calculate the aspect ratio of nanowires.