In ambient atmospheres, aluminum becomes rapidly coated with a compact 2–3 nm thick
oxide layer. This native oxide layer prevents the metal surface from further oxidation …

Transparent conductive films (TCFs) are irreplaceable components in most optoelectronic
applications such as solar cells, organic light‐emitting diodes, sensors, smart windows, and …

Silicon nanostructures exhibit promising application potentials in many fields in comparison
with their bulk counterpart or other semiconductor nanostructures. Therefore, the exploiting …

Plasmon‐enhanced photocatalysis has emerged as a promising technology for solar‐to‐
chemical energy conversion. Compared to isolated or disordered metal nanostructures, by …

Clean and efficient energy conversion systems can overcome the depletion of the fossil fuel
and meet the increasing demand of the energy. Ordered nanostructures arrays convert …

The template-strategy is one of the most significant techniques for the controllable synthesis
of hollow architectures with unique structures, morphologies and properties. In this review …

Metal assisted chemical etching (MACE) of Si has been used to fabricate both simple and
complex Si nanostructures, through the relatively straightforward process of noble metal …

High-quality nanoporous anodic alumina gradient-index filters (NAA-GIFs) are realized by
sinusoidal pulse anodisation (SPA) of aluminum. A three-level factorial design of …

Ordered nanostructure arrays have attracted intensive attention because of their various
applications. However, it is still a great challenge to achieve ordered nanostructure …

Develo** flexible sensors with high sensitivity, a wide sensing range, and good stability is
a challenge. By replicating the anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) hole structure, we proposed …