%A HU Haining %T A Review of Studies of Optical Properties of Color Tunable Anodic Alumina Membrane %0 Journal Article %D 2014 %J Science & Technology Review %R 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2014.09.011 %P 71-78 %V 32 %N 9 %U {http://www.kjdb.org/CN/abstract/article_11469.shtml} %8 2014-03-28 %X The studies of the structural colors of the anodic alumina membrane (AAM) fabricated by electrochemical oxidation of Al are reviewed in this paper. The color tuning of the AAM is predominantly due to the interference enhancement of the nanostructure and the colors obtained cover the whole light range and can be precisely tuned. These properties are of technological importance for applications in the fields of painting, color display, decoration, anti-counterfeiting and textiles. Recently, a considerable attention is paid to the construction of man-made systems with interference colors, such as multilayer structures, metal-coated or carbon-coated thin anodic alumina templates, anodic alumina membranes embedded with metal. The relationship between the brilliant colors and the microstructures is obtained for each man-made system.