Origin of the bottlenecks in preparing anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) templates on ITO glass

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2250-2256

  Foong, Thelese R B ^a   Sellinger, Alan ^b,c   Hu, Xiao ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anodizing AI on ITO glass; Barrier layer; Electrodeposition; Nanoporous anodic alumina

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SHEET; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GLASS; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; TIN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

AAO TEMPLATES; ANODIZATION; ANODIZATION PROCESSES; ANODIZED ALUMINUM OXIDES; ANODIZING AI ON ITO GLASS; ASSISTED DEPOSITIONS; BARRIER LAYER; COMPLEX CORRELATIONS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; INDIUM TIN OXIDES; INTER-LAYERS; ITO SUBSTRATES; LAYER THICKNESSES; NANOPOROUS ANODIC ALUMINA; PASSIVATION LAYERS; PORE CHANNELS; PORE CONNECTIVITIES; PRECISE CONTROLS; STUMBLING BLOCKS; SUB NANOMETERS; THICK BARRIER LAYERS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 58049221309     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800435n     Document Type: Article

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