Silicon Nanocrystals and Silicon-Polymer Hybrids: Synthesis, Surface Engineering, and Applications

Room-Temperature Reactivity Of Silicon Nanocrystals With Solvents: The Case Of Ketone And Hydrogen Production From Secondary Alcohols: Catalysis?

(2015) Jehad K. El-Demellawi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Nanoscale Plasmonic Stamp Lithography on Silicon

(2015) Fenglin Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Near-Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency of Luminescent Silicon Nanocrystals with Ligand Passivation

(2015) Fatemeh Sangghaleh et al.   ACS Nano

Synthesis and Photochemical Applications of Processable Polymers Enclosing Photoluminescent Carbon Quantum Dots

(2015) Dario Mosconi et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Dopamine Using One-Pot Synthesized Highly Photoluminescent Silicon Nanoparticles

(2015) Xiaodong Zhang et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

A highly sensitive fluorescence assay for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene using amine-capped silicon quantum dots as a probe

(2015) Rui Ban et al.   Analytical Methods

Multilayered silicon embedded porous carbon/graphene hybrid film as a high performance anode

(2015) Junxiong Wu et al.   CARBON

Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

(2015) Graham H. Carey et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Luminescent sensors based on quantum dot–molecule conjugates

(2015) Serena Silvi et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Influence of Halides on the Optical Properties of Silicon Quantum Dots

(2015) Mita Dasog et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Simple Preparation of Fluorescent Silicon Nanoparticles from Used Si Wafers

(2015) Jangsun Hwang et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Radiative Lifetimes of Zincblende CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots

(2015) Ke Gong et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Synthesis and Ligand Exchange of Thiol-Capped Silicon Nanocrystals

(2015) Yixuan Yu et al.   LANGMUIR

High-Performance Silicon Battery Anodes Enabled by Engineering Graphene Assemblies

(2015) Min Zhou et al.   NANO LETTERS

Photoluminescent silicon nanocrystals with chlorosilane surfaces – synthesis and reactivity

(2015) Ignaz M. D. Höhlein et al.   Nanoscale

Photoluminescent silicon nanocrystal-polymer hybrid materials via surface initiated reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization

(2015) Ignaz M. D. Höhlein et al.   Nanoscale

Self-assembled silicon nanocrystal arrays for photovoltaics

(2015) M. Schnabel et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Silicon carbide-free graphene growth on silicon for lithium-ion battery with high volumetric energy density

(2015) In Hyuk Son et al.   Nature Communications

Ultrafast optical spectroscopy of surface-modified silicon quantum dots: unraveling the underlying mechanism of the ultrabright and color-tunable photoluminescence

(2015) Lei Wang et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Evolution of the Ultrafast Photoluminescence of Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals with Changing Surface Chemistry

(2015) Zhenyu Yang et al.   ACS Photonics

Solution Synthesis, Optical Properties, and Bioimaging Applications of Silicon Nanocrystals

(2014) Benjamin F. P. McVey et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Silicon Nanomaterials Platform for Bioimaging, Biosensing, and Cancer Therapy

(2014) Fei Peng et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Elastic a-Silicon Nanoparticle Backboned Graphene Hybrid as a Self-Compacting Anode for High-Rate Lithium Ion Batteries

(2014) Minseong Ko et al.   ACS Nano

Size vs Surface: Tuning the Photoluminescence of Freestanding Silicon Nanocrystals Across the Visible Spectrum via Surface Groups

(2014) Mita Dasog et al.   ACS Nano

A Solution-Processed UV-Sensitive Photodiode Produced Using a New Silicon Nanocrystal Ink

(2014) Tao Lin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Efficient Spray-Coated Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

(2014) Illan J. Kramer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Colloidal silicon quantum dots: from preparation to the modification of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) for bio-applications

(2014) Xiaoyu Cheng et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Functionalization of Hydride-Terminated Photoluminescent Silicon Nanocrystals with Organolithium Reagents

(2014) Ignaz M. D. Höhlein et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Diazonium Salts as Grafting Agents and Efficient Radical-Hydrosilylation Initiators for Freestanding Photoluminescent Silicon Nanocrystals

(2014) Ignaz M. D. Höhlein et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Silicon Nanoparticles by the Oxidation of [Si4]4–- and [Si9]4–-Containing Zintl Phases and Their Corresponding Yield

(2014) Bradley M. Nolan et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Silicon-based materials as high capacity anodes for next generation lithium ion batteries

(2014) Bo Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Graphene/silicon nanocomposite anode with enhanced electrochemical stability for lithium-ion battery applications

(2014) F. Maroni et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Chloride Surface Terminated Silicon Nanocrystal Mediated Synthesis of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2014) Muhammad Amirul Islam et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Non-wettable, Oxidation-Stable, Brightly Luminescent, Perfluorodecyl-Capped Silicon Nanocrystal Film

(2014) Chenxi Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Borane-Catalyzed Room-Temperature Hydrosilylation of Alkenes/Alkynes on Silicon Nanocrystal Surfaces

(2014) Tapas K. Purkait et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Novel synthesis of covalently linked silicon quantum dot–polystyrene hybrid materials: Silicon quantum dot–polystyrene polymers of tunable refractive index

(2014) Jin-Kyu Choi et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Recent advances in the Si-based nanocomposite materials as high capacity anode materials for lithium ion batteries

(2014) Hansu Kim et al.   Materials Today

3D Printed Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes

(2014) Yong Lin Kong et al.   NANO LETTERS

Detection of high-energy compounds using photoluminescent silicon nanocrystal paper based sensors

(2014) Christina M. Gonzalez et al.   Nanoscale

Self-regulated route to ternary hybrid nanocrystals of Ag–Ag2S–CdS with near-infrared photoluminescence and enhanced photothermal conversion

(2014) Guoxing Zhu et al.   Nanoscale

Improved performance and stability in quantum dot solar cells through band alignment engineering

(2014) Chia-Hao M. Chuang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Tuning silicon quantum dot luminescence via surface groups

(2014) Mita Dasog et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Size-Dependent Oxidation of Monodisperse Silicon Nanocrystals with Allylphenylsulfide Surfaces

(2014) Julia Rinck et al.   Small

An insight into the mechanism of charge-transfer of hybrid polymer:ternary/quaternary chalcopyrite colloidal nanocrystals

(2014) Parul Chawla et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

N-Bromosuccinimide-based bromination and subsequent functionalization of hydrogen-terminated silicon quantum dots

(2014) Jacob P. Bell et al.   RSC Advances

Mechanochemical synthesis of amorphous silicon nanoparticles

(2014) Anna-Lisa Chaudhary et al.   RSC Advances

Si-Based Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries: A Mini Review

(2014) Delong Ma et al.   Nano-Micro Letters

Mesoporous carbon/silicon composite anodes with enhanced performance for lithium-ion batteries

(2014) Yunhua Xu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Water-soluble photoluminescent d-mannose and l-alanine functionalized silicon nanocrystals and their application to cancer cell imaging

(2014) Yi Zhai et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Ultra-small fluorescent inorganic nanoparticles for bioimaging

(2014) Zhen Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Newly Synthesized Silicon Quantum Dot–Polystyrene Nanocomposite Having Thermally Robust Positive Charge Trapping

(2013) Mai Xuan Dung et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Copper-Diffused AgInS2 Ternary Nanocrystals in Hybrid Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells: Near-Infrared Active Nanophotovoltaics

(2013) Asim Guchhait et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Functionalized Quantum Dots for Biosensing and Bioimaging and Concerns on Toxicity

(2013) Yucheng Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Quantum-Dot-Based Photoelectrochemical Sensors for Chemical and Biological Detection

(2013) Zhao Yue et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Chemical Insight into the Origin of Red and Blue Photoluminescence Arising from Freestanding Silicon Nanocrystals

(2013) Mita Dasog et al.   ACS Nano

Synthesis of Long T1 Silicon Nanoparticles for Hyperpolarized 29Si Magnetic Resonance Imaging

(2013) Tonya M. Atkins et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Luminescent Covalently Linked Silicon Nanocrystal/Polystyrene Hybrid Functional Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Processability

(2013) Zhenyu Yang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Quantum dots for fluorescent biosensing and bio-imaging applications

(2013) Jingjing Li et al.   ANALYST

Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Bioimaging and Biodiagnostic Applications

(2013) Brad A. Kairdolf et al.   Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Magnetic quantum dots in biotechnology - synthesis and applications

(2013) Kalpesh D. Mahajan et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Doped quantum dots for chemo/biosensing and bioimaging

(2013) Peng Wu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Octoxy capped Si nanoparticles synthesized by homogeneous reduction of SiCl4with crown ether alkalide

(2013) M. Sletnes et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Improved Optoelectronic Properties of Silicon Nanocrystals/Polymer Nanocomposites by Microplasma-Induced Liquid Chemistry

(2013) Somak Mitra et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Red States versus Blue States in Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals: Exciton Sequestration into Low-Density Traps

(2013) Jack Fuzell et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Surface-Induced Alkene Oligomerization: Does Thermal Hydrosilylation Really Lead to Monolayer Protected Silicon Nanocrystals?

(2013) Zhenyu Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Surface-Modified Silicon Nanoparticles with Ultrabright Photoluminescence and Single-Exponential Decay for Nanoscale Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of Temperature

(2013) Qi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

On-Demand Hydrogen Generation using Nanosilicon: Splitting Water without Light, Heat, or Electricity

(2013) Folarin Erogbogbo et al.   NANO LETTERS

Doping and Quantum Confinement Effects in Single Si Nanocrystals Observed by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

(2013) O. Wolf et al.   NANO LETTERS

Shape-Dependent Plasmonic Response and Directed Self-Assembly in a New Semiconductor Building Block, Indium-Doped Cadmium Oxide (ICO)

(2013) Thomas R. Gordon et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multicolor Silicon Light-Emitting Diodes (SiLEDs)

(2013) Florian Maier-Flaig et al.   NANO LETTERS

A primer on the synthesis, water-solubilization, and functionalization of quantum dots, their use as biological sensing agents, and present status

(2013) Christina Marie Tyrakowski et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Hypervalent surface interactions for colloidal stability and doping of silicon nanocrystals

(2013) Lance M. Wheeler et al.   Nature Communications

Silicon-Based Nanomaterials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Review

(2013) Xin Su et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Recent Progress in Advanced Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries

(2013) Jiajun Chen   Materials

Silicon nanowires for Li-based battery anodes: a review

(2013) Mihai Robert Zamfir et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Functionalized CdSe/ZnS QDs for the Detection of Nitroaromatic or RDX Explosives

(2012) Ronit Freeman et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Graphene quantum dots: emergent nanolights for bioimaging, sensors, catalysis and photovoltaic devices

(2012) Jianhua Shen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Optical molecular sensing with semiconductor quantum dots (QDs)

(2012) Ronit Freeman et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Size-controlled solid state synthesis of luminescent silicon nanocrystals using Stöber silica particles

(2012) Mita Dasog et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Photochemical Assembly of Gold Nanoparticle Arrays Covalently Attached to Silicon Surface Assisted by Localized Plasmon in the Nanoparticles

(2012) Hiroyuki Sugimura et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Graphene-Supported High-Resolution TEM and STEM Imaging of Silicon Nanocrystals and their Capping Ligands

(2012) Matthew G. Panthani et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Gas-Phase Hydrosilylation of Plasma-Synthesized Silicon Nanocrystals with Short- and Long-Chain Alkynes

(2012) Stephen L. Weeks et al.   LANGMUIR

Silicon Surface Functionalization Targeting Si–N Linkages

(2012) Fangyuan Tian et al.   LANGMUIR

UV-Initiated Hydrosilylation on Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon (111): Rate Coefficient Increase of Two Orders of Magnitude in the Presence of Aromatic Electron Acceptors

(2012) Lawrence A. Huck et al.   LANGMUIR

Photochemical reduction of CO2 catalyzed by silicon nanocrystals produced by high energy ball milling

(2012) Fei Peng et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

A Yolk-Shell Design for Stabilized and Scalable Li-Ion Battery Alloy Anodes

(2012) Nian Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Size independent blue luminescence in nitrogen passivated silicon nanocrystals

(2012) Mita Dasog et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Wurtzite Cu2ZnSnSe4 nanocrystals for high-performance organic–inorganic hybrid photodetectors

(2012) Jian-Jun Wang et al.   NPG Asia Materials

In Situ Gas-Phase Hydrosilylation of Plasma-Synthesized Silicon Nanocrystals

(2011) Bhavin N. Jariwala et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultrasmall Color-Tunable Copper-Doped Ternary Semiconductor Nanocrystal Emitters

(2011) Suresh Sarkar et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Ligand-Stabilized Silicon Nanocrystals with Size-Dependent Photoluminescence Spanning Visible to Near-Infrared Wavelengths

(2011) Colin M. Hessel et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

From Si and C encapsulated SiO2 to SiC: exploring the influence of sol–gel polymer substitution on thermally induced nanocrystal formation

(2011) Mita Dasog et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Instant Visual Detection of Trinitrotoluene Particulates on Various Surfaces by Ratiometric Fluorescence of Dual-Emission Quantum Dots Hybrid

(2011) Kui Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Preparation of Monodisperse Silicon Nanocrystals Using Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation

(2011) Melanie L. Mastronardi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Size-Dependent Reactivity in Hydrosilylation of Silicon Nanocrystals

(2011) Joel A. Kelly et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Femtosecond Ligand/Core Dynamics of Microwave-Assisted Synthesized Silicon Quantum Dots in Aqueous Solution

(2011) Tonya M. Atkins et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Efficiency Silicon Nanocrystal Light-Emitting Devices

(2011) Kai-Yuan Cheng et al.   NANO LETTERS

Sized controlled synthesis, purification, and cell studies with silicon quantum dots

(2011) Amane Shiohara et al.   Nanoscale

Stable and efficient quantum-dot light-emitting diodes based on solution-processed multilayer structures

(2011) Lei Qian et al.   Nature Photonics

Quantum Dot Sensitized Photoelectrodes

(2011) Thomas J. Macdonald et al.   Nanomaterials

Composition-Tunable Alloyed Semiconductor Nanocrystals

(2010) Michelle D. Regulacio et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Nanostructured Hybrid Silicon/Carbon Nanotube Heterostructures: Reversible High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Anodes

(2010) Wei Wang et al.   ACS Nano

An Investigation into Near-UV Hydrosilylation of Freestanding Silicon Nanocrystals

(2010) Joel A. Kelly et al.   ACS Nano

White-Light-Emitting Diodes with Quantum Dot Color Converters for Display Backlights

(2010) Eunjoo Jang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Critical Size of Silicon Nano-Anodes for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries

(2010) Hyejung Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A quantum dot-based ratiometric pH sensor

(2010) Takashi Jin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Silicon nanoparticles–graphene paper composites for Li ion battery anodes

(2010) Jeong K. Lee et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Wet chemical routes to the assembly of organic monolayers on silicon surfaces via the formation of Si–C bonds: surface preparation, passivation and functionalization

(2010) Simone Ciampi et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Designing multifunctional quantum dots for bioimaging, detection, and drug delivery

(2010) Pavel Zrazhevskiy et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Flexible and Transparent Silicon Nanoparticle/Polymer Composites with Stable Luminescence

(2010) Keisuke Sato et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Nanostructured silicon for high capacity lithium battery anodes

(2010) Jeannine R. Szczech et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Doping Transition Metal (Mn or Cu) Ions in Semiconductor Nanocrystals

(2010) Niladri S. Karan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Controlling Charge Separation and Recombination Rates in CdSe/ZnS Type I Core−Shell Quantum Dots by Shell Thicknesses

(2010) Haiming Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hybrid Silicon Nanocrystal−Organic Light-Emitting Devices for Infrared Electroluminescence

(2010) Kai-Yuan Cheng et al.   NANO LETTERS

Conjugated polymers/semiconductor nanocrystals hybrid materials—preparation, electrical transport properties and applications

(2010) Peter Reiss et al.   Nanoscale

Quantum dot laser

(2010) N N Ledentsov   SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Alkyl Passivation and Amphiphilic Polymer Coating of Silicon Nanocrystals for Diagnostic Imaging

(2010) Colin M. Hessel et al.   Small

Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Structure, Properties, and Band Gap Engineering

(2009) Andrew M. Smith et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots

(2009) Iwan Moreels et al.   ACS Nano

Alloyed semiconductor nanocrystals with broad tunable band gaps

(2009) Daocheng Pan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Influence of HSiO1.5Sol−Gel Polymer Structure and Composition on the Size and Luminescent Properties of Silicon Nanocrystals

(2009) Eric J. Henderson et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Chemical Reactions on Surface Molecules Attached to Silicon Quantum Dots

(2009) Amane Shiohara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Biodegradable luminescent porous silicon nanoparticles for in vivo applications

(2009) Ji-Ho Park et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Light Harvesters

(2008) Prashant V. Kamat   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Hybrid Solar Cells from P3HT and Silicon Nanocrystals

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

Air-stable full-visible-spectrum emission from silicon nanocrystals synthesized by an all-gas-phase plasma approach

(2008) X D Pi et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Colloidal quantum-dot light-emitting diodes with metal-oxide charge transport layers

(2008) J. M. Caruge et al.   Nature Photonics

Alkyl-Capped Silicon Nanocrystals Lack Cytotoxicity and have Enhanced Intracellular Accumulation in Malignant Cells via Cholesterol-Dependent Endocytosis

(2008) Naif H. Alsharif et al.   Small