Silicon has long been established as the material of choice for the microelectronics industry.
This is not yet true in photonics, where the limited degrees of freedom in material design …

Carbenes are perhaps the most versatile reactive intermediates in chemistry. Since the
original visions of “methylene” by Dumas 1 in 1835 and a generalization of this vision by Nef …

The syntheses of colloidal silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) with dimensions in the 3–4 nm size
regime as well as effective methodologies for their functionalization with alkyl, amine …

Silica glass is a high-performance material used in many applications such as lenses,
glassware, and fibers. However, modern additive manufacturing of micro-scale silica glass …

Fluorescence bioimaging is a powerful, versatile, method for investigating, both in vivo and
in vitro, the complex structures and functions of living organisms in real time and space, also …

Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) hold great promise for many future technologies. Silicon is
already at the core of photovoltaics and microelectronics, and SiQDs are capable of efficient …

In this Communication, we report fabrication of ultrabright water-dispersible silicon
nanoparticles (SiNPs) with quantum yields (QYs) up to 75% through a novelly designed …

Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are semiconductor Si nanoparticles ranging from 1 to 10 nm
that hold great applicative potential as optoelectronic devices and fluorescent bio-marking …

A comprehensive review of ion beam application in modern materials research is provided,
including the basics of ion beam physics and technology. The physics of ion-solid …

Nanoparticles are the building blocks of many approaches for realizing nanostructured
materials and devices. The technique of CO 2 laser pyrolysis of gas-or vapour-phase …