Fabrication of porous alumina templates with a large-scale tunable interpore distance in a H2C2O4-C 2H5OH-H2O solution

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1608-1612

  Li, Yi ^a   Ling, ZhiYuan ^a   Wang, JinChi ^a   Chen, ShuoShuo ^a   Hu, Xing ^a   He, XinHua ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anodization; Interpore distance; Oxalic acid; Porous alumina template

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249104312     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0092-0     Document Type: Article

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