Fast fabrication of long-range ordered porous alumina membranes by hard anodization

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 741-747

  Lee, Woo ^a   Ji, Ran ^a   Gösele, Ulrich ^a   Nielsch, Kornelius ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ANODIC OXIDATION; COOLING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROLYTES; MEMBRANES;

ANODIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; HARD ANODIZATION (HA); OXIDE MEMBRANE;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33748262432     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1717     Document Type: Article

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