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Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Barcodes: Toward Smart Optical Biosensors

  1. Abel Santos,
  2. Victor S. Balderrama,
  3. María Alba,
  4. Pilar Formentín,
  5. Josep Ferré-Borrull,
  6. Josep Pallarès,
  7. Lluís F. Marsal*

Article first published online: 20 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104490

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 8, pages 1050–1054, February 21, 2012

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How to Cite

Santos, A., Balderrama, V. S., Alba, M., Formentín, P., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarès, J. and Marsal, L. F. (2012), Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Barcodes: Toward Smart Optical Biosensors. Adv. Mater., 24: 1050–1054. doi: 10.1002/adma.201104490

Author Information

  1. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona (Spain)

*Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona (Spain).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 20 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 19 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 23 NOV 2011

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Keywords:

  • nanoporous anodic alumina;
  • barcodes;
  • photoluminescence oscillations;
  • structural tuning;
  • optical biosensor
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Toward a Smart Optical Biosensor Based on Nanoporous Anodic Alumina (NAA): By modifying the pore geometry in nanoporous anodic alumina we are able to change the effective medium at will and tune the photoluminescence of NAA. The oscillations in the PL spectrum are converted into exclusive barcodes, which are useful for developing optical biomedical sensors in the UV-Visible region.

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