Revisiting anodic alumina templates: From fabrication to applications

A Ruiz-Clavijo, O Caballero-Calero, M Martín-González - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Anodic porous alumina,–AAO–(also known as nanoporous alumina, nanohole alumina
arrays,–NAA–or nanoporous anodized alumina platforms,–NAAP–) has opened new …

Nanoporous alumina as templates for multifunctional applications

CT Sousa, DC Leitao, MP Proenca, J Ventura… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Due to its manufacturing and size tailoring ease, porous anodic alumina (PAA) templates
are an elegant physical-chemical nanopatterning approach and an emergent alternative to …

Reverse scan polarization of anodic aluminum oxide until detachment in sulfuric acid: Mechanisms and morphologies

AG Owens, D Veys-Renaux, E Rocca - Electrochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Innovative anodic aluminum oxides (AAO) can be created by applying pulsed/oscillated
signals during the aluminum anodizing process. However, a deeper understanding of the …

Nano-patterning using ultra-thin alumina membranes

C Fernández-González, S Ruiz-Gómez… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the mass production of well-controlled and low-cost nanostructures on the horizon,
considerable attention has been given to porous anodic alumina (PAA) templates to assist in …

Template-based electrodeposited nonmagnetic and magnetic metal nanowire arrays as building blocks of future nanoscale applications

MA Kashi, AH Montazer - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Realizing promising materials for use in next-generation devices at the nanoscale is of
enormous importance from both fundamental and applied perspectives. Nonmagnetic and …

Optimization of nickel-infused alumina nanostructure for enhanced solar-thermal conversion

X Wang, LV Repolho Cagliari, JE Hicken… - MRS …, 2023 - Springer
This study investigates the optimization of nickel-infused alumina nanostructure for
enhanced solar-thermal energy conversion. The optimization is based on the analytical …

Ultra-long Fe nanowires by pulsed electrodeposition with full filling of alumina templates

J Azevedo, CT Sousa, J Ventura… - Materials Research …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
With the increasing demand for high quality methods for the fast fabrication of extremely high
aspect ratio nanoparticles, the research for efficient, low-cost and simple techniques has …

Fabrication of porous anodic alumina (PAA) templates with straight pores and with hierarchical structures through exponential voltage decrease technique

L Sacco, I Florea, CS Cojocaru - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The present work aims to become a standard step for the fabrication of the next generation
porous anodic alumina (PAA) templates based devices and to provide new insights on the …

Electrochemical pore filling strategy for controlled growth of magnetic and metallic nanowire arrays with large area uniformity

M Arefpour, MA Kashi, A Ramazani… - Nanotechnology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
While a variety of template-based strategies have been developed in the fabrication of
nanowires (NWs), a uniform pore filling across the template still poses a major challenge …

Metal nanotubes and nanowires with rhombohedral cross-section electrolessly deposited in mica templates

F Muench, U Kunz, HF Wardenga, HJ Kleebe… - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Electroless plating is a facile wet-chemical process for the creation of metal thin films on
arbitrary substrates, which can be used to produce intricate nanomaterials. In this study, we …