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Optical Properties of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina and Derived Applications

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Nanoporous Alumina

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Abstract

Inexpensive formation of periodically ordered structures with periodicities and feature sizes lower than 100 nm has triggered a vast amount or research in recent years. Of particular interest in nanotechnology is the nanoporous alumina, which can be produced with a self-organized arrangement of pores in the adequate anodization conditions. Most of the interest of this material is based in its outstanding physical and chemical and properties, and more specifically in its optical properties. The interaction of light with the nanostructured porous alumina gives rise to a wealth of optical properties that have their interest both in research level and also in application. In this work we aim at giving an extensive review of the published research on the optical properties of nanoporous alumina. The review will account for the different studied optical properties of this material such as the existence of a photonic stop band originated from its quasi-random nanostructure, the interferometric and light guiding properties that can be applied to biosensing, the structure nanoengineering to achieve more complex photonic behaviour such as distributed-Bragg reflectors or rugate filters, and the photoluminescence properties. In a second part, a summary of the different applications proposed on the basis of these properties, such as in biotechnology or energy will be given.

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Ferré-Borrull, J., Xifré-Pérez, E., Pallarès, J., Marsal, L.F. (2015). Optical Properties of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina and Derived Applications. In: Losic, D., Santos, A. (eds) Nanoporous Alumina. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 219. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20334-8_6

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