A large amount of work world-wide has been directed towards obtaining an understanding
of the fundamental characteristics of porous Si. Much progress has been made following the …

The striking photoluminescence properties of porous silicon have attracted considerable
research interest since their discovery in 1990. Luminescence is due to excitonic …

Porous Si exhibits a number of properties that make it an attractive material for controlled
drug delivery applications: The electrochemical synthesis allows construction of tailored …

There is currently intense interest in the optical and electronic properties of nanometer-size
Si crystallites. In particular, strong visible photoluminescence from Si nanocrystallites …

The present state-of-the-art in understanding the mechanisms of the formation of porous
silicon (PS) and its physical properties is reviewed, with special emphasis on problems …

Porous silicon (p type) has been exposed to several chemical vapors at various partial
pressures. The quenching of the photoluminescence by the adsorbates has been quantified …

Besides its exciting electro-optical properties, porous silicon shows some interesting
features for micromechanical applications. Owing to the doping sensitivity of the porous …

Conductivity of porous silicon layers (p-type) has been investigated for organic vapor
sensing. A many orders of magnitude increase in conductivity in response to a vapor …

We briefly review the performance to date of a variety of porous Si-based discrete
optoelectronic devices. Light emitting diodes, waveguides and photodetectors have now …

We report the realization of a bright and stable electroluminescent Schottky diode based on
aluminum‐porous silicon junction. White light, visible in normal daylight, is emitted when a …