Fabrication and geometric characterization of highly-ordered hexagonally arranged arrays of nanoporous anodic alumina

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-69

  Stȩpniowski, Wojciech J ^a   Nowak Stȩpniowska, Agata ^a   Michalska Domańska, Marta ^a   Norek, Małgorzata ^a   Czujko, Tomasz ^a   Bojar, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anodization; Fast fourier transform; Nanopores; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898623680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18994741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/pjct-2014-0011     Document Type: Article

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