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 …

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 …

Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals as a form of nanotechnology

JC Love, LA Estroff, JK Kriebel, RG Nuzzo… - Chemical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Nanoscience includes the study of objects and systems in which at least one dimension is 1-
100 nm. The objects studied in this range of sizes are larger than atoms and small …

Biomimetic smart nanopores and nanochannels

X Hou, W Guo, L Jiang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature provides a huge range of biological materials, just as ion channels, with various
smart functions over millions of years of evolution, and which serve as a big source of bio …

Transport phenomena in nanofluidics

RB Schoch, J Han, P Renaud - Reviews of modern physics, 2008 - APS
The transport of fluid in and around nanometer-sized objects with at least one characteristic
dimension below 100 nm enables the occurrence of phenomena that are impossible at …

Nanopore analytics: sensing of single molecules

S Howorka, Z Siwy - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
In nanopore analytics, individual molecules pass through a single nanopore giving rise to
detectable temporary blockades in ionic pore current. Reflecting its simplicity, nanopore …

Ion‐current rectification in nanopores and nanotubes with broken symmetry

ZS Siwy - Advanced Functional Materials, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This article focuses on ion transport through nanoporous systems with special emphasis on
rectification phenomena. The effect of ion‐current rectification is observed as asymmetric …

One dimensional nanostructured materials

SVNT Kuchibhatla, AS Karakoti, D Bera… - Progress in materials …, 2007 - Elsevier
The quest for materials with molecular scale properties that can satisfy the demands of the
21st century has led to the development of one dimensional nanostructures, ODNS. Nearly …

Mass transport through carbon nanotube membranes in three different regimes: ionic diffusion and gas and liquid flow

M Majumder, N Chopra, BJ Hinds - ACS nano, 2011 - ACS Publications
Transport phenomena through the hollow conduits of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are subjects
of intense theoretical and experimental research. We have studied molecular transport over …

Ionic transport phenomena in nanofluidics: experimental and theoretical study of the exclusion-enrichment effect on a chip

A Plecis, RB Schoch, P Renaud - Nano letters, 2005 - ACS Publications
In nanometer-sized apertures with charged surfaces, the extension of the electrical double
layer results in the electrostatic exclusion of co-ions and enrichment in counterions, which …