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Nanoporous anodic alumina-based iontronics: fundamentals and applications

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Summary: In this study, a heterogeneous membrane with asymmetrical charge and wettability was successfully constructed on cylindrical anodic aluminum oxide channels using the in-situ thermal crosslinking of a small organic molecule containing triphenylamine and styrene groups. The membrane exhibited typical ion current rectification characteristics with a high rectification ratio of 36.9 and good stability. This work provides an effective strategy for the construction of submicrochannel heterogeneous membranes and expands the application range of bionic ion channels.

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Recent advances in ionic current rectification based nanopore sensing: a mini-review

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Summary: This review discusses the recent advances in ICR-based nanopore sensing, categorizing them into two main sensing strategies and examining regeneration strategies. Future challenges and opportunities in ICR-based nanopore sensing are also explored, with the aim of expediting research and development of nanopore analytical applications.

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Layer-by-layer assembly in nanochannels: assembly mechanism and applications

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Summary: Layer-by-layer assembly is a versatile technology for constructing multifunctional nanomaterials with fine control over thickness and structure, suitable for various applications in nanochannels with different growth mechanisms. It shows potential for numerous applications in fields such as nanoreactors, drug delivery, and fluidic devices.

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Nanochannel-based sensor for the detection of lead ions in traditional Chinese medicine

Jiyuan Tu et al.

Summary: This study presents a simple, fast, and sensitive peptide-modified nanochannel sensor for detecting Pb2+ in traditional Chinese medicine. The sensor shows high selectivity and accuracy, offering great potential for practical applications in heavy metal quality control of TCM.

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Fabrication of Bio-Inspired 2D MOFs/PAA Hybrid Membrane for Asymmetric Ion Transport

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Engineering Smart Nanofluidic Systems for Artificial Ion Channels and Ion Pumps: From Single-Pore to Multichannel Membranes

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A Light-Responsive Metal-Organic Framework Hybrid Membrane with High On/Off Photoswitchable Proton Conductivity

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Regulating Ion Transport in a Nanochannel with Tandem and Parallel Structures via Concentration Polarization

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Dendrimer-Au Nanoparticle Network Covered Alumina Membrane for Ion Rectification and Enhanced Bioanalysis

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Highly Morphology-Controllable and Highly Sensitive Capacitive Tactile Sensor Based on Epidermis-Dermis-Inspired Interlocked Asymmetric-Nanocone Arrays for Detection of Tiny Pressure

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Fabrication of a Biomimetic Nanochannel Logic Platform and Its Applications in the Intelligent Detection of miRNA Related to Liver Cancer

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Ultrasensitive and Label-Free Detection of Cell Surface Glycan Using Nanochannel-Ionchannel Hybrid Coupled with Electrochemical Detector

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Ionotronics Based on Horizontally Aligned Carbon Nanotubes

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Ionic Current Rectification of Porous Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) with a Barrier Oxide Layer

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A Dual Antibody-modified Nanochannel Biosensor for Capture and Identification of Exosomes

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Photoassisted salt-concentration-biased electricity generation using cation-selective porphyrin-based nanochannels membrane

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Ion Transport of Biohybrid Asymmetric Membranes by pH and Light-Cooperative Modulation

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Control of high-order photonic band gaps in one-dimensional anodic alumina photonic crystals

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In situgrowth of nano-gold on anodized aluminum oxide with tandem nanozyme activities towards sensitive electrochemical nanochannel sensing

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Realization of high-quality optical nanoporous gradient-index filters by optimal combination of anodization conditions

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Optoelectronic modulation of ionic conductance and rectification through a heterogeneous 1D/2D nanofluidic membrane

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Tunable rectifications in nanofluidic diodes by ion selectivity of charged polystyrene opals for osmotic energy conversion

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Engineered Nanochannel Membranes with Diode-like Behavior for Energy Conversion over a Wide pH Range

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Biomimetic Nanochannel-Ionchannel Hybrid for Ultrasensitive and Label-Free Detection of MicroRNA in Cells

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A highly selective and recyclable NO-responsive nanochannel based on a spiroring opening-closing reaction strategy

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Multi-Asymmetric Ion-Diode Membranes with Superior Selectivity and Zero Concentration Polarization Effect

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Self-Assembled Gold Arrays that Allow Rectification by Nanoscale Selectivity

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The Confinement Effect of Angstrom-Sized Pores in Asymmetrical Membrane Constructed by Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks: Partially Dehydrated Ion Transport Performance

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High-performance silk-based hybrid membranes employed for osmotic energy conversion

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Stacked Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Gradient-Index Filters with Tunable Multispectral Photonic Stopbands as Sensing Platforms

Laura K. Acosta et al.

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Nanochannel-Ion Channel Hybrid Device for Ultrasensitive Monitoring of Biomolecular Recognition Events

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Anodized Aluminum Oxide-Assisted Low-Cost Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensors Based on Double-Sided Nanopillars by a Facile Fabrication Method

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Artificial light-driven ion pump for photoelectric energy conversion

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pH-Resistant Nanofluidic Diode Membrane for High-Performance Conversion of Salinity Gradient into Electric Energy

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A nanofluidic osmotic power generator demonstrated in polymer gel electrolytes with substantially enhanced performance

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Structure and dynamics of nanoscale electrical double layer

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CURRENT OPINION IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY (2019)

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Mussel-inspired fabrication of porous anodic alumina nanochannels and a graphene oxide interfacial ionic rectification device

Chengyong Li et al.

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Substrate Purity Effect on the Defect Formation and Properties of Amorphous Anodic Barrier Al2O3

Miriam Gonzalez-Castano et al.

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Fabrication and Optimization of Bilayered Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Structures as Multi-Point Interferometric Sensing Platform

Mahdieh Nemati et al.

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Engineering of Hybrid Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals by Heterogeneous Pulse Anodization

Siew Yee Lim et al.

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Thermo and pH Dual - Actuating Smart Porous Anodic Aluminum for Controllable Drug Release

Xiao-Ping Zhao et al.

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Hysteresis Charges in the Dynamic Enrichment and Depletion of Ions in Single Conical Nanopores

Dengchao Wang et al.

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Ultrafast selective transport of alkali metal ions in metal organic frameworks with subnanometer pores

Huacheng Zhang et al.

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Anodizing with voltage versus optical path length modulation: a new tool for the preparation of photonic structures

Sergey E. Kushnir et al.

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Self-Assembled Porphyrin Nanofiber Membrane-Decorated Alumina Channels for Enhanced Photoelectric Response

Dan Zhang et al.

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An Effective Dark-Vis-UV Ternary Biomimetic Switching Based on N3/Spiropyran-Modified Nanochannels

Dan Zhang et al.

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A non-enzymatic uric acid sensor utilizing ion channels in the barrier layer of a porous anodic alumina membrane

Tiantian Su et al.

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Light-Confining Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Microcavities by Apodized Stepwise Pulse Anodization

Cheryl Suwen Law et al.

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Asymmetric Nanochannel-lonchannel Hybrid for Ultrasensitive and Label-Free Detection of Copper Ions in Blood

Xiao-Ping Zhao et al.

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Redox switch of ionic transport in conductive polypyrrole-engineered unipolar nanofluidic diodes

Qianqian Zhang et al.

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Bioinspired integrated nanosystems based on solid-state nanopores: iontronic transduction of biological, chemical and physical stimuli

Gonzalo Perez-Mitta et al.

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N3/Al2O3 composite nanochannels: photoelectric and photoelectric-and-pH cooperatively controlled ion gating

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Nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals: fundamentals, developments and perspectives

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3D Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Structures for Sustained Drug Release

Maria Porta-i-Batalla et al.

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Functionalization of single solid state nanopores to mimic biological ion channels: A review

Mathilde Lepoitevin et al.

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3D Porous Hydrogel/Conducting Polymer Heterogeneous Membranes with Electro-/pH-Modulated Ionic Rectification

Bin Bao et al.

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Ultrasensitive Capture, Detection, and Release of Circulating Tumor Cells Using a Nanochannel - Ion Channel Hybrid Coupled with Electrochemical Detection Technique

Jing Cao et al.

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Effect of Electric Field Strength on Cell Morphology and Anion Incorporation of Anodic Porous Alumina

Sachiko Ono et al.

OXIDE FILMS: A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF MASAHIRO SEO (2017)

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Endeavor of Iontronics: From Fundamentals to Applications of Ion-Controlled Electronics

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A Bioinspired Multifunctional Heterogeneous Membrane with Ultrahigh Ionic Rectification and Highly Efficient Selective Ionic Gating

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Structural Engineering of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals by Sawtooth-like Pulse Anodization

Cheryl Suwen Law et al.

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Biomimetic Nanofluidic Diode Composed of Dual Amphoteric Channels Maintains Rectification Direction over a Wide pH Range

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A novel device of array nanochannels integrated electrochemical detector for detection of amyloid β aggregation and inhibitor screening

Chen Wang et al.

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The effect of electrolyte change on the morphology and degree of nanopore order of porous alumina formed by two-step anodization

Leszek Zaraska et al.

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Sequential Vapor Infiltration Treatment Enhances the Ionic Current Rectification Performance of Composite Membranes Based on Mesoporous Silica Confined in Anodic Alumina

Yanyan Liang et al.

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Fundamental studies and practical applications of bio-inspired smart solid-state nanopores and nanochannels

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Fine tuning of optical signals in nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals by apodized sinusoidal pulse anodisation

Abel Santos et al.

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Realisation and advanced engineering of true optical rugate filters based on nanoporous anodic alumina by sinusoidal pulse anodisation

Abel Santos et al.

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Nanoporous hard data: optical encoding of information within nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals

Abel Santos et al.

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Facile Fabrication of Ordered Multi-Tiered Hierarchical Porous Alumina Nanostructures with Multiple and Fractional Ratios of Pore Interval toward Multifunctional Nanomaterials

Song-Zhu Kure-Chu et al.

ECS JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2016)

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pH- and light-regulated ion transport in hourglass shaped Al2O3 nanochannels patterned with N719 and APTES

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Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Nanochannels Based on Polypyrrole-Embedded Alumina Nanopore Arrays: pH- and Light-Modulated Ion Transport

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Propagation of Concentration Polarization Affecting Ions Transport in Branching Nanochannel Array

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Iontronics

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ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, VOL 8 (2015)

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Light-Induced Ion Rectification in Zigzag Nanochannels

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Adsorption on Ordered and Disordered Duplex Layers of Porous Anodic Alumina

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Dual-response for Hg2+ and Ag+ ions based on biomimetic funnel-shaped alumina nanochannels

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Light-Gating Titania/Alumina Heterogeneous Nanochannels with Regulatable Ion Rectification Characteristic

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Improving dielectric performance in anodic aluminum oxide via detection and passivation of defect states

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Fabrication of nanofluidic diodes with polymer nanopores modified by atomic layer deposition

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Porous Anodic Aluminum Oxide: Anodization and Templated Synthesis of Functional Nanostructures

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Alumina Membrane with Hour-Glass Shaped Nanochannels: Tunable Ionic Current Rectification Device Modulated by Ions Gradient

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High-Performance Ionic Diode Membrane for Salinity Gradient Power Generation

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In situ monitored engineering of inverted nanoporous anodic alumina funnels: on the precise generation of 3D optical nanostructures

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Limits on fundamental limits to computation

Igor L. Markov

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In Situ Determination of the Pore Opening Point during Wet-Chemical Etching of the Barrier Layer of Porous Anodic Aluminum Oxide: Nonuniform Impurity Distribution in Anodic Oxide

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Nanofluidic Diode Based on Branched Alumina Nanochannels with Tunable Ionic Rectification

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Gold-Coated Ordered Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Bilayers for Future Label-Free Interferometric Biosensors

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Solution-pH-Modulated Rectification of Ionic Current in Highly Ordered Nanochannel Arrays Patterned with Chemical Functional Groups at Designed Positions

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From symmetric to asymmetric design of bio-inspired smart single nanochannels

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Bioinspired Artificial Single Ion Pump

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Facile Method for Modulating the Profiles and Periods of Self-Ordered Three-Dimensional Alumina Taper-Nanopores

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Building Bio-Inspired Artificial Functional Nanochannels: From Symmetric to Asymmetric Modification

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Porous alumina membranes with branched nanopores as templates for fabrication of Y-shaped nanowire arrays

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Electrochemical Impedance Investigation of Anodic Alumina Barrier Layer

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Facile fabrication of nanofluidic diode membranes using anodic aluminium oxide

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Entrapment of Protein in Nanotubes Formed by a Nanochannel and Ion-Channel Hybrid Structure of Anodic Alumina

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Understanding Pore Rearrangement during Mild to Hard Transition in Bilayered Porous Anodic Alumina Membranes

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Point Defects in Oxides: Tailoring Materials Through Defect Engineering

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ANNUAL REVIEW OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, VOL 41 (2011)

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Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic alumina funnels with high aspect ratio

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Biomimetic ionic rectifier systems: Asymmetric modification of single nanochannels by ion sputtering technology

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Origins of ion selectivity in potassium channels from the perspective of channel block

Crina M. Nimigean et al.

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Hierarchical nanoporous anodic alumina templates by asymmetric two-step anodization

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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

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Spontaneous Current Oscillations during Hard Anodization of Aluminum under Potentiostatic Conditions

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Nanofluidics, from bulk to interfaces

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Highly ordered porous alumina with tailor-made pore structures fabricated by pulse anodization

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Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels: Their Structure, Function, and Physiological Roles

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Highly Sensitive, Mechanically Stable Nanopore Sensors for DNA Analysis

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Nanofluidic Diodes Based on Nanotube Heterojunctions

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Nanofluidic bipolar transistors

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Fabrication and structural control of anodic alumina films with inverted cone porous structure using multi-step anodizing

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A continuous process for structurally well-defined Al2O3 nanotubes based on pulse anodization of aluminum

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Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide by pulse anodization of aluminium

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Calcium channel regulation and presynaptic plasticity

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Embedded space charge in porous alumina films formed in phosphoric acid

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Preparation of photonic crystals made of air pores in anodic alumina

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Electronic properties of electrolyte/anodic alumina junction during porous anodizing

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Ion selectivity in potassium channels

Sergei Yu. Noskov et al.

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Fast fabrication of long-range ordered porous alumina membranes by hard anodization

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Dissolution behaviour of the barrier layer of porous oxide films on aluminum formed in phosphoric acid studied by a re-anodizing technique

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On the origin of light emission from porous anodic alumina formed in sulfuric acid

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Characterization and manipulation of the electroosmotic flow in porous anodic alumina membranes

W Chen et al.

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Analysis of chemical dissolution of the barrier layer of porous oxide on aluminum thin films using a re-anodizing technique

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Fabrication of ideally ordered nanoporous alumina films and integrated alumina nanotubule arrays by high-field anodization

SZ Chu et al.

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Study of chemical dissolution of the barrier oxide layer of porous alumina films formed in oxalic acid using a re-anodizing technique

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Towards a structural view of gating in potassium channels

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Threshold voltage mismatch and intra-die leakage current in digital CMOS circuits

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Self-ordering regimes of porous alumina: The 10% porosity rule

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Chemistry of ion coordination and hydration revealed by a K+ channel-Fab complex at 2.0 Å resolution

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