Programmable nanoengineering templates for fabrication of three-dimensional nanophotonic structures

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Lin, Qingfeng ^a   Leung, Siu Fung ^a   Tsui, Kwong Hoi ^a   Hua, Bo ^a   Fan, Zhiyong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Large pitch anodic alumina membranes; Nanocones; Programmable nanoengineering templates; Three dimensional nanophotonic structures

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM SHEET; AMORPHOUS SILICON; COST EFFECTIVENESS; NANOPHOTONICS; NANOPILLARS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCALABILITY;

ANODIC ALUMINA MEMBRANES; NANO-CONES; NANO-ENGINEERING; NANO-PILLAR ARRAYS; NANOIMPRINT TECHNIQUES; NANOPHOTONIC STRUCTURES; POROUS ANODIC ALUMINA MEMBRANES; SCALABLE METHODS;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84881227996     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-268     Document Type: Article

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