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Strong pore-size dependence of the optical properties in porous alumina membranes

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We report on the strong pore-size-dependent optical properties of porous alumina membranes (PAMs) by using the photoluminescence and the optical spectroscopic techniques. The pore diameters of our PAMs varied from 60 to 420 nm. All samples showed a sizable violet/blue emission with a strong temperature dependence. We found that the peak position of the emission shifted to higher energies with increasing pore diameter, which was in accord with the smaller binding energy extracted from the temperature dependence of the emission intensity. From the transmission spectra, we found that the effective bandgap of the PAMs shifted significantly to lower energies with increasing pore diameter, which indicated that the impurity states within the bandgap was affected strongly by the geometry of the PAM.

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  1. Department of Physics, Soongsil University, Seoul, 156-743, Korea

    C. H. Jeon, D. H. Kim & Y. S. Lee

  2. Department of Physics, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561-756, Korea

    J. K. Han, Y. C. Choi & S. D. Bu

  3. Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 120-750, Korea

    H. Y. Shin & S. Yoon

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Jeon, C.H., Kim, D.H., Lee, Y.S. et al. Strong pore-size dependence of the optical properties in porous alumina membranes. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 63, 1789–1793 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.63.1789

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