Nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide: Advances in surface engineering and emerging applications

AMM Jani, D Losic, NH Voelcker - Progress in materials science, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide for chemical sensing and biosensors

A Santos, T Kumeria, D Losic - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) has become one of the most popular materials
with potential applications in numerous areas, including molecular separation, catalysis …

Nanoporous anodic alumina platforms: engineered surface chemistry and structure for optical sensing applications

T Kumeria, A Santos, D Losic - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Electrochemical anodization of pure aluminum enables the growth of highly ordered
nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA) structures. This has made NAA one of the most popular …

A review on the progress of polymer nanostructures with modulated morphologies and properties, using nanoporous AAO templates

C Mijangos, R Hernández, J Martin - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Polymers with the same chemical composition can provide different properties by reducing
the dimension or simply by altering their nanostructure. The recent literature reports …

Nanoporous anodic alumina: a versatile platform for optical biosensors

A Santos, T Kumeria, D Losic - Materials, 2014 - mdpi.com
Nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA) has become one of the most promising nanomaterials in
optical biosensing as a result of its unique physical and chemical properties. Many studies …

Structural and optical nanoengineering of nanoporous anodic alumina rugate filters for real-time and label-free biosensing applications

T Kumeria, MM Rahman, A Santos… - Analytical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this study, we report about the structural engineering and optical optimization of
nanoporous anodic alumina rugate filters (NAA-RFs) for real-time and label-free biosensing …

Directed self-assembly of dipeptides to form ultrathin hydrogel membranes

EK Johnson, DJ Adams… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The dipeptide amphiphile Fmoc-Leu-Gly-OH has been induced to self-assemble into thin
surface-supported hydrogel gel films and gap-spanning hydrogel membranes. The …

Layer-by-layer assemblies in nanoporous templates: nano-organized design and applications of soft nanotechnology

O Azzaroni, KHA Lau - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The synergistic combination of layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly and nanoporous membrane
templating has greatly facilitated the creation of complex and functional nanotubular …

Polyelectrolyte layer-by-layer deposition in cylindrical nanopores

TD Lazzara, KHA Lau, AI Abou-Kandil, AM Caminade… - Acs Nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
Layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition of polyelectrolytes within nanopores in terms of the pore
size and the ionic strength was experimentally studied. Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) …

Advanced structural engineering of nanoporous photonic structures: Tailoring nanopore architecture to enhance sensing properties

T Kumeria, A Santos, MM Rahman, J Ferré-Borrull… - Acs …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this study, we demonstrate that an optimal design of the pore geometry and shape of
sensing platforms based on nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA) photonic structures is critical …