Porous anodic aluminum oxide: anodization and templated synthesis of functional nanostructures

W Lee, SJ Park - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
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 …

Highly ordered nanostructures with tunable size, shape and properties: A new way to surface nano-patterning using ultra-thin alumina masks

Y Lei, W Cai, G Wilde - Progress in Materials Science, 2007 - Elsevier
Large-scale arrays of nanostructures on substrates, such as semiconductor or metal nano-
particle arrays, have attracted considerable interest due to their unique physical properties …

Surface patterning using templates: concept, properties and device applications

Y Lei, S Yang, M Wu, G Wilde - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface nano-patterns on substrates are the fundamental structures of various nano-
devices. Template-based surface nano-patterning techniques are highly efficient methods in …

Nanometric superlattices: non-lithographic fabrication, materials, and prospects

H Chik, JM Xu - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2004 - Elsevier
A non-lithographic technique that utilizes the self-organized, highly ordered anodized
aluminum oxide (AAO) porous membrane as a template is employed as a general …

Effects of high-temperature annealing on structural and optical properties of highly ordered porous alumina membranes

WL Xu, MJ Zheng, S Wu, WZ Shen - Applied physics letters, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the structural and optical properties of highly ordered porous alumina
membranes (PAMs) under different annealing temperatures up to 1100° C. Clear structural …

Multiphonon resonant Raman scattering in crystals and nanostructured layers

VV Ursaki, IM Tiginyanu, VV Zalamai, EV Rusu… - Physical Review B …, 2004 - APS
Multiphonon resonant Raman scattering (RRS) was studied in unintentionally doped bulk
ZnO crystals and layers, including nanostructured and highly conductive films, excited by …

Near‐Infrared Light Emission from a GaN/Si Nanoheterostructure Array

CB Han, C He, XJ Li - Advanced materials, 2011 - infona.pl
A near‐infrared (NIR) light‐emitting diode is fabricated by constructing a GaN/Si
nanoheterostructure array by growing GaN nanograins onto a silicon nanoporous pillar …

Ultrathin Alumina Membranes for Surface Nanopatterning in Fabricating Quantum‐Sized Nanodots

M Wu, L Wen, Y Lei, S Ostendorp, K Chen, G Wilde - Small, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Using ultrathin alumina membranes (UTAMs) as evaporation or etching masks large‐scale
ordered arrays of surface nanostructures can be synthesized on substrates. However, it is a …

Tuning the surface morphology in self-organized ion beam nanopatterning of Si (001) via metal incorporation: from holes to dots

JA Sánchez-García, L Vázquez, R Gago… - …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the selective production of self-organized nanohole and nanodot patterns on
Si (001) surfaces by ion beam sputtering (IBS) under normal-incidence of 1 keV Ar+ ions …

Direct growth of GaAs solar cells on Si substrate via mesoporous Si buffer

ABP Mbeunmi, M El-Gahouchi, R Arvinte… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Due to Silicon (Si) material abundance and lower cost, integration of high efficiency
III-V solar cells on Si substrates is of major importance for future solar energy harvesting …