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Nanoporous Alumina

Fabrication, Structure, Properties and Applications

  • Describes soft and hard modification techniques for surface and structural modification of pore structures to tailor specific sensing, transport and optical properties of nanoporous alumina required for diverse applications
  • Covers the most recent progress on this emerging and fast developing field by the world leading contributors
  • Presents the latest developments in understanding properties, preparation, structural engineering and applications of this unique material
  • Appeals to researchers, industry professionals and high-level students
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 219)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Theoretical Pore Growth Models for Nanoporous Alumina

    • Chuan Cheng, A. H. W. Ngan
    Pages 31-60
  3. Synthesis of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina by Anodic Oxidation of Low Purity Aluminum Substrates

    • Leszek Zaraska, Ewa Wierzbicka, Elżbieta Kurowska-Tabor, Grzegorz D. Sulka
    Pages 61-106
  4. Soft and Hard Surface Manipulation of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO)

    • Abdul Mutalib Md Jani, Hanani Yazid, Anisah Shafiqah Habiballah, Abdul Hadi Mahmud, Dusan Losic
    Pages 155-184
  5. Optical Properties of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina and Derived Applications

    • Josep Ferré-Borrull, Elisabet Xifré-Pérez, Josep Pallarès, Lluis F. Marsal
    Pages 185-217
  6. Nanoporous Anodic Alumina for Optical Biosensing

    • Abel Santos, Tushar Kumeria
    Pages 219-247
  7. Nanoporous Anodic Alumina for Optofluidic Applications

    • Raúl Urteaga, Claudio L. A. Berli
    Pages 249-269
  8. Protein and DNA Electrochemical Sensing Using Anodized Aluminum Oxide Nanochannel Arrays

    • Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz, Marisol Espinoza-Castañeda, Arben Merkoçi
    Pages 271-291
  9. Nanoporous Anodic Alumina for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications

    • Moom Sinn Aw, Manpreet Bariana, Dusan Losic
    Pages 319-354
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 355-362

About this book

This book gives detailed information about the fabrication, properties and applications of nanoporous alumina. Nanoporous anodic alumina prepared by low-cost, simple and scalable electrochemical anodization process due to its unique structure and properties have attracted several thousand publications across many disciplines including nanotechnology, materials science, engineering, optics, electronics and medicine. The book incorporates several themes starting from the understanding fundamental principles of the formation nanopores and theoretical models of the pore growth. The book then focuses on describing soft and hard modification techniques for surface and structural modification of pore structures to tailor specific sensing, transport and optical properties of nano porous alumina required for diverse applications. These broad applications including optical biosensing, electrochemical DNA biosensing, molecular separation, optofluidics and drug delivery are reviewed in separated book chapters. The book appeals to researchers, industry professionals and high-level students.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

    Dusan Losic, Abel Santos

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