Electrical-bridge model on the self-organized growth of nanopores in anodized aluminum oxide

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 462-467

  Pan, Hui ^a   Lin, Jianyi ^a   Feng, Yuanping ^a   Gao, Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO); Electrical bridge model; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ANODIC ALUMINIUM OXIDE (AAO); ELECTRICAL FIELD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRICAL-BRIDGE MODEL; SELF-ORGANIZATION;

ANODIC OXIDATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLYTES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PH EFFECTS; POROSITY;

ALUMINA;

EID: 10944233684     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2004.834187     Document Type: Article

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