Nanoporous anodic alumina: A versatile platform for optical biosensors

Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4297-4320

  Santos, Abel ^a   Kumeria, Tushar ^a   Losic, Dusan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical functionalisation; Electrochemical anodisation; Nanoporous anodic alumina; Optical biosensors; Optical properties; Structural engineering

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SHEET; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POROUS SILICON; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ANODISATION; CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALISATION; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; NANOPOROUS ANODIC ALUMINAS; OPTICAL BIO-SENSING; OPTICAL BIO-SENSORS; OPTICAL DETECTION; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 84902590073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma7064297     Document Type: Review

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