Progress in nano-engineered anodic aluminum oxide membrane development

Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-526

  Poinern, Gerrard Eddy Jai ^a   Ali, Nurshahidah ^a   Fawcett, Derek ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anodic aluminum oxide; Nano devices; Nano materials; Nanotechnology; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANODIC OXIDATION; MEMBRANES; NANOSENSORS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE MEMBRANES; ANODIC OXIDE LAYERS; ANODIZATIONS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; HIGHLY ORDERED ARRAYS; NANO-DEVICES; NANO-MATERIALS; SELF-ORGANISED; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 81355166581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma4030487     Document Type: Article

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