The effect of high-temperature annealing on optical properties of porous anodic alumina formed in oxalic acid

Luminescence

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-361

  Li, Zhaojian ^a   Huang, Kelong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alumina membrane; Anodization; Photoluminescence; Template

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANNEALING; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXALIC ACID; OXYGEN VACANCIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINA MEMBRANES; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANODIC ALUMINA MEMBRANES; ANODIZATIONS; F-CENTERS; F-CENTRES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE BANDS; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; TEMPLATE;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 34548074946     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: 15227243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.971     Document Type: Article

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