A review on TiO2 nanotube arrays: Fabrication, properties, and sensing applications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-338

  Yang, LiXia ^a,b   Luo, ShengLian ^a,b   Cai, QingYun ^a   Yao, ShouZhuo ^a  

^a State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anodization; Sensor; TiO2 nanotube arrays

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949297246     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0712-3     Document Type: Review

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