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Nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) has vast implications as a tool for nanoscience research and as a nanostructure in which nanoscale devices can be fabricated because of its regular and ordered nanopores. Self-assembly plays a critical role in pore ordering, causing nanopor…

James Clerk Maxwell's theories of electromagnetism are uniquely Victorian products. Maxwell and his physics have traditionally been viewed as aloof and disinterested, dating to the mid-to-late-19th century, but not party to the cultural, industrial, political, economic, and envi…

Great strides have been made in the area of thin film synthesis of complex materials. Among these, perovskite oxides have been identified as an immensely important multi-functional class due to exhibiting a large variety of materials properties, including ferroelectricity. Much …