Fabrication of ordered nanoporous anodic alumina prepatterned by mold-assisted chemical etching

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lai, Kuan Liang ^a   Hon, Min Hsiung ^a   Leu, Ing Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MOLDS; NANOPORES; ETCHING; NANOINDENTATION;

ANODIZATIONS; CHEMICAL ETCHANTS; CHEMICAL ETCHING; CHEMICAL-ETCHING PROCESS; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; NANOPORE ARRAY; NANOPOROUS ANODIC ALUMINAS; REACTION DIFFUSION; ANODIC ALUMINA; ETCH PITS; NANO SCALE; NANO-POROUS;

ETCHING; NANOPORES;

EID: 84255173243     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-157     Document Type: Article

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