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 …

Objects in all dimensions are subject to translational dynamism and dynamic mutual
interactions, and the ability to exert control over these events is one of the keys to the …

Anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) has been investigated and utilized in numerous products for
almost a century. But the rapidly increasing interest in nanoscale materials and their …

This feature article provides a comprehensive overview on the development of polymeric
membranes having advanced or novel functions in the various membrane separation …

The layer-by-layer (LbL) adsorption technique offers an easy and inexpensive process for
multilayer formation and allows a variety of materials to be incorporated within the film …

The design and fabrication of three-dimensional multifunctional architectures from the
appropriate nanoscale building blocks, including the strategic use of void space and …

Metal–organic materials are found to be a fascinating novel class of functional
nanomaterials. The limitless combinations between inorganic and organic building blocks …

The layer-by-layer (LbL) templating technique has attracted significant interest as a simple,
highly versatile approach that has been widely used to prepare nanostructured materials …

In the science and engineering communities, the nanoscience revolution is intensifying. As
many types of nanomaterials are becoming more reliably synthesized, they are being used …

The search for a method to fabricate nonspherical colloidal particles from a variety of
materials is of growing interest. As the commercialization of nanotechnology continues to …