Losic D., Santos A. (Eds.) Nanoporous Alumina: Fabrication, Structure, Properties and Applications

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2015. — 371 p. — (Springer Series in Materials Science. Volume 219) — ISBN: 9783319203331Written by an outstanding group of experts in the field, this book presents an exciting and fresh compilation of the last advances and developments in one of the most popular nanostructured materials, nanoporous anodic alumina. The electrochemical and synthetic methods, as well as characterization techniques and applications will be discussed in detail throughout this book.
Nanoporous anodic alumina was discovered during the first decades of the twentieth century and widely used in industry for corrosion protection, car industry, and metal decoration purposes for almost a century. The advent of high resolution scanning electron microscopy and other surface characterization techniques revealed the unique structural properties of this nanomaterial, which after a short time became one of the most explored nanostructures across a broad range of disciplines and fields. As an example, more than 3000 journal papers on nanoporous anodic alumina were published in last 20 years. This intensive research work can be explained by its simplicity of fabrication, unique self-ordered nanoporous structure, and a plethora of outstanding properties, which have spread the use of nanoporous anodic alumina in a broad range of applications and disciplines, including optics and photonics, electronics, membrane science, fundamental research, materials science, engineering, medicine, and industry.Mechanisms of Nanoporous Alumina Formation and Self-organized Growth
Theoretical Pore Growth Models for Nanoporous Alumina
Synthesis of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina by Anodic Oxidation of Low Purity Aluminum Substrates
Structural Engineering of Porous Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) and Applications
Soft and Hard Surface Manipulation of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO)
Optical Properties of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina and Derived Applications
Nanoporous Anodic Alumina for Optical Biosensing
Nanoporous Anodic Alumina for Optofluidic Applications
Protein and DNA Electrochemical Sensing Using Anodized Aluminum Oxide Nanochannel Arrays
Nanoporous Alumina Membranes for Chromatography and Molecular Transporting
Nanoporous Anodic Alumina for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications