Ordered porous nanostructures and applications

Cover -- Contents -- I. MATERIALS AND PREPARATIONS -- CHAPTER 1. Electrochemical Pore Array Fabrication on n-Type Silicon Electrodes -- 1.1 Why the first artificial pore arrays were realized in n-type silicon electrodes -- 1.2 The physics of pore initiation on silicon electrodes in HF -- 1.3 The photolithographic pre-structuring process and the anodization set-up -- 1.4 Limiting factors and design rules for macropore arrays on n-type silicon electrodes -- CHAPTER 2. Macropores in p-Type Silicon -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Phenomenology -- 2.3 Theory -- 2.4 Discussion -- 2.5 Ordered macropore arrays -- 2.6 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3. Highly Ordered Nanohole Arrays in Anodic Porous Alumina -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Naturally occurring long-range ordering of the hole configuration of anodic alumina -- 3.3 Two-step anodization for ordered arrays with straight holes in naturally ordering processes -- 3.4 Ideally ordered hole array using pretexturing of aluminum -- 3.5 Self-repair of the hole configuration in anodic porous alumina -- 3.6 Modification of the shape of hole opening in the anodic porous alumina -- 3.7 Nanofabrication based on highly ordered anodic alumina -- 3.8 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4. The Way to Uniformity in Porous III-V Compounds Via Self-Organization and Lithography Patterning -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Aspects of Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Semiconductors -- 4.3 Pore morphologies observed in III-V compounds -- 4.4 Self-organized processes during pore formation in III-V compounds -- 4.5 Possible applications of III-V porous structures -- 4.6 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5. Microporous Honeycomb-Structured Polymer Films -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Experimental formation of polymer honeycomb structures -- 5.3 Self-assembled networks of polymers -- 5.4 Model for the formation of the honeycomb structures in polymer films -- 5.5 Application of polymer networks -- 5.6 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6. From Nanosize Silica Spheres to Three-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Synthesis of colloidal silica nanospheres -- 6.3 Growth of colloidal crystals -- 6.4 Three-dimensional periodic nanoporous materials -- 6.5 Applications -- 6.6 Concluding remarks -- II. APPLICATIONS -- CHAPTER 7. Macroporous Silicon Photonic Crystals -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 2D photonic crystals on the basis of macroporous silicon -- 7.3 Defects in 2D macroporous silicon photonic crystals -- 7.4 2D photonic crystals in the NIR -- 7.5 Tunability of Photonic band gaps -- 7.6 3D photonic crystals on the basis of macroporous silicon -- 7.7 Summary -- CHAPTER 8. High-Density Nickel Nanowire Arrays -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Experimental details -- 8.3 Magnetic properties of nickel nanowire arrays -- 8.4 Nickel nanowire arrays with 2D single crystalline arrangement -- 8.5 Micromagnetic modelling -- 8.6 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 9. Porous Silicon for Micromachining -- 9.1 I.