Nanoporous alumina membranes as the basis for functional nanocomposite materials

In the present study, we report about results of obtaining nanocomposite materials based on various types of nanoporous alumina membranes (NAM). The NAM were fabricated by two ways: (I) — using the technique of thinning the barrier layer of porous anodic alumina; (2) — by two-layer galvanostatic electrochemical anodization of aluminium samples. Using atomic force microscopy, it was found that a method of thermal decomposition of K2MnO4 leads to the formation of nanoparticles γ-MnO2 with size ~ 20 nm on the surface and in the pores of NAM, and the use of the method of photochemical synthesis of Ag nanoparticles with a size of ~ 30 nm.