Surface-engineered silicon nanocrystals

Multiple Exciton Generation and Recombination Dynamics in Small Si and CdSe Quantum Dots: An Ab Initio Time-Domain Study

(2012) Kim Hyeon-Deuk et al.   ACS Nano

Low-Cost Post-Growth Treatments of Crystalline Silicon Nanoparticles Improving Surface and Electronic Properties

(2012) Sabrina Niesar et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Small Silicon, Big Opportunities: The Development and Future of Colloidally-Stable Monodisperse Silicon Nanocrystals

(2012) Melanie L. Mastronardi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Rate Capability Silicon Decorated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Li-Ion Batteries

(2012) Aurélien Gohier et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Biofunctional and Fluorescent Silicon Nanoparticles Using Proteins as Hydrophilic Ligands

(2012) Yiling Zhong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Luminescence of free-standing versus matrix-embedded oxide-passivated silicon nanocrystals: The role of matrix-induced strain

(2012) Kateřina Kůsová et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhancement of hybrid solar cell performance by polythieno [3,4-b]thiophenebenzodithiophene and microplasma-induced surface engineering of silicon nanocrystals

(2012) V. Švrček et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhancement in light emission efficiency of Si nanocrystal light-emitting diodes by a surface plasmon coupling

(2012) Chul Huh et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

The influence of silicon nanoclusters on the optical properties of a-SiNx samples: A theoretical study

(2012) Roberto Guerra et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

High performance silicon nanoparticle anode in fluoroethylene carbonate-based electrolyte for Li-ion batteries

(2012) Yong-Mao Lin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Effect of Nitridation of Si Nanoparticles on the Performance of Quantum-Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

(2012) Giichiro Uchida et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Charge photo-carrier transport from silicon nanocrystals embedded in SiO2-based multilayer structures

(2012) B. Dridi Rezgui et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Xylene-Capped Luminescent Silicon Nanocrystals: Evidence of Supramolecular Bonding

(2012) Arun Kumar Mandal et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Theoretical Study of the Electronic Properties of Silicon Nanocrystals Partially Passivated with Cl and F

(2012) Estrella Ramos et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Understanding the Parameters Affecting the Photoluminescence of Silicon Nanoparticles

(2012) Manuel J. Llansola Portolés et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Post-Treatment of Silicon Nanocrystals Produced by Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid: Toward Blue Luminescent Nanocrystal Generation

(2012) Sabri Alkis et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Silanization of Low-Temperature-Plasma Synthesized Silicon Quantum Dots for Production of a Tunable, Stable, Colloidal Solution

(2012) I. E. Anderson et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

All-Inorganic Near-Infrared Luminescent Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals: High Dispersibility in Polar Liquid by Phosphorus and Boron Codoping

(2012) Hiroshi Sugimoto et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Study of dc micro-discharge arrays made in silicon using CMOS compatible technology

(2012) M K Kulsreshath et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Evidence for the electrolysis of water by atmospheric-pressure plasmas formed at the surface of aqueous solutions

(2012) Megan Witzke et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

An All-Gas-Phase Approach for the Fabrication of Silicon Nanocrystal Light-Emitting Devices

(2012) Rebecca J. Anthony et al.   NANO LETTERS

Hybrid solar cells from MDMO-PPV and silicon nanocrystals

(2012) Chin-Yi Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Energy transfer from a dye donor to enhance the luminescence of silicon quantum dots

(2012) Folarin Erogbogbo et al.   Nanoscale

Silicon nanocrystal production through non-thermal plasma synthesis: a comparative study between silicon tetrachloride and silane precursors

(2012) Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

An efficient microwave-assisted synthesis method for the production of water soluble amine-terminated Si nanoparticles

(2012) Tonya M Atkins et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

P-doping of Si nanoparticles: The effect of oxidation

(2012) Alexandra Carvalho et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Exciton localization in doped Si nanocrystals from single dot spectroscopy studies

(2012) I. Sychugov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Phosphorus and boron codoping of silicon nanocrystals by ion implantation: Photoluminescence properties

(2012) Toshihiro Nakamura et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Intense and Energetic Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Arrays

(2012) Jae Young Kim et al.   Plasma Processes and Polymers

Plasma-Liquid Interactions at Atmospheric Pressure for Nanomaterials Synthesis and Surface Engineering

(2012) Davide Mariotti et al.   Plasma Processes and Polymers

Electronic interactions of silicon nanocrystals and nanocarbon materials: Hybrid solar cells

(2012) Vladimir Švrček et al.   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

A General Route to Efficient Functionalization of Silicon Quantum Dots for High-Performance Fluorescent Probes

(2012) Jing Wang et al.   Small

Routes to Achieving High Quantum Yield Luminescence from Gas-Phase-Produced Silicon Nanocrystals

(2011) Rebecca J. Anthony et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Direct Writing of Metal Nanoparticles by Localized Plasma Electrochemical Reduction of Metal Cations in Polymer Films

(2011) Seung Whan Lee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Silicon Nanocrystals in Liquid Media: Optical Properties and Surface Stabilization by Microplasma-Induced Non-Equilibrium Liquid Chemistry

(2011) Davide Mariotti et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Synthesis and surface engineering of nanomaterials by atmospheric-pressure microplasmas

(2011) J. McKenna et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-APPLIED PHYSICS

Acceptor-related low-energy photoluminescence from boron-doped Si nanocrystals

(2011) Hiroshi Sugimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Dopant Effects on Single and Multiple Excitons in Small Si Clusters: High-Level Ab Initio Calculations

(2011) Sean A. Fischer et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Photovoltaic Applications of Silicon Nanocrystal Based Nanostructures Induced by Nanosecond Laser Fragmentation in Liquid Media

(2011) V. Švrček et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

First-Principles Study of 2.2 nm Silicon Nanocrystals Doped with Boron

(2011) Xiaodong Pi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Selective conversion of methane to synthetic fuels using dielectric barrier discharge contacting liquid film

(2011) Tomohiro Nozaki et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Plasma nanoscience: setting directions, tackling grand challenges

(2011) Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Perspectives on atmospheric-pressure plasmas for nanofabrication

(2011) Davide Mariotti et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Electron-Transfer Reactions at the Plasma–Liquid Interface

(2011) Carolyn Richmonds et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Optical absorption and emission of nitrogen-doped silicon nanocrystals

(2011) Xiaodong Pi et al.   Nanoscale

Photoluminescence of hydrophilic silicon nanocrystals in aqueous solutions

(2011) Nikola Prtljaga et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Synthesis and oxidation of luminescent silicon nanocrystals from silicon tetrachloride by very high frequency nonthermal plasma

(2011) Ryan Gresback et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Peak External Photocurrent Quantum Efficiency Exceeding 100% via MEG in a Quantum Dot Solar Cell

(2011) O. E. Semonin et al.   SCIENCE

Optimization of Si NC/P3HT Hybrid Solar Cells

(2010) Chin-Yi Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Microplasma-induced surface engineering of silicon nanocrystals in colloidal dispersion

(2010) V. Švrček et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Effect of Surface Chemistry on Quantum Confinement and Photoluminescence of Ammonia-Passivated Silicon Nanocrystals

(2010) Navneethakrishnan Salivati et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

A hybrid heterojunction based on fullerenes and surfactant-free, self-assembled, closely packed silicon nanocrystals

(2010) V Švrček et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Nonlinear optical properties of phosphorus-doped silicon nanocrystals/nanoclusters

(2010) M Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Microplasmas for nanomaterials synthesis

(2010) Davide Mariotti et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

UV-Induced Grafting of Alkenes to Silicon Surfaces: Photoemission versus Excitons

(2010) Xiaoyu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

From nucleation to nanowires: a single-step process in reactive plasmas

(2010) Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov et al.   Nanoscale

Si quantum dots embedded in an amorphous SiC matrix: nanophase control by non-equilibrium plasma hydrogenation

(2010) Qijin Cheng et al.   Nanoscale

Red spectral shift and enhanced quantum efficiency in phonon-free photoluminescence from silicon nanocrystals

(2010) W. D. A. M. de Boer et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Excitation energy transfer in conjugated polymer/silicon nanocrystal-based bulk heterojunctions

(2010) Vladimir Švrček   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Luminescent Colloidal Dispersion of Silicon Quantum Dots from Microwave Plasma Synthesis: Exploring the Photoluminescence Behavior Across the Visible Spectrum

(2009) Anoop Gupta et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-organized carbon connections between catalyst particles on a silicon surface exposed to atmospheric-pressure Ar+CH4 microplasmas

(2009) I. Levchenko et al.   CARBON

Photosensitive self-assembled nanoarchitectures containing surfactant-free Si nanocrystals produced by laser fragmentation in water

(2009) Vladimir Švrček et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Nonthermal plasma synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals

(2009) Uwe Kortshagen   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

High-Energy Excitations in Silicon Nanoparticles

(2009) Adam Gali et al.   NANO LETTERS

Linking catalyst composition to chirality distributions of as-grown single-walled carbon nanotubes by tuning Ni x Fe1−x nanoparticles

(2009) Wei-Hung Chiang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Ambient-stable blue luminescent silicon nanocrystals prepared by nanosecond-pulsed laser ablation in water

(2009) Vladimir Svrcek et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Size, oxidation, and strain in smallSi/SiO2nanocrystals

(2009) Roberto Guerra et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Curvature effects on optical response of Si nanocrystals inSiO2having interface silicon suboxides

(2009) Pierre Carrier   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Impact of bridge- and double-bonded oxygen on OH-terminated Si quantum dots: A density-functional–Hartree–Fock study

(2008) D. König et al.   Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials

Hybrid Solar Cells from P3HT and Silicon Nanocrystals

(2008) Chin-Yi Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Monovalent, reduced-size quantum dots for imaging receptors on living cells

(2008) Mark Howarth et al.   NATURE METHODS

Space-separated quantum cutting with silicon nanocrystals for photovoltaic applications

(2008) D. Timmerman et al.   Nature Photonics

Effects of simultaneous doping with boron and phosphorous on the structural, electronic and optical properties of silicon nanostructures

(2008) F. Iori et al.   PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES

Silicon quantum dot nanostructures for tandem photovoltaic cells

(2007) Gavin Conibeer et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS