“…One of the most exciting nanostructured materials is the self-organized porous anodic alumina (PAA). Being chemically and thermally robust [4], PAA can be used as a template for synthesis of a variety of nanomaterials including nanowires, nanotubes, and nanoparticles, encompassing metals, semiconductors and polymers [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”