Apparently mundane, amorphous nanostructures of carbon have optical properties which
are as exotic as their crystalline counterparts. In this work we demonstrate a simple and …

In this study, we have reported an economical, easy, greener and non-toxic synthesis route
of water soluble carbon quantum dots (CQDs) through hydrothermal treatment using gelatin …

In this work, a facile one step approach has been applied for the synthesis of nitrogen and
sulphur co-doped water soluble carbon quantum dots (NS-CQDs) through hydrothermal …

Due to excellent fluorescence intensity, low toxicity, good biocompatibility and stability,
silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) and Si NCs-based composites have attracted extensive …

Silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) smaller than 5 nm are a material with strong visible
photoluminescence (PL). However, the physical origin of the PL, which, in the case of oxide …

Herein, we demonstrate the customized, environmentally friendly tailoring of nanoparticles
and their surface chemistry by short pulsed laser irradiation in liquids. This process allows …

Alongside the quest for new materials for development of next-generation solar cells,
increasing the efficiency of the existing crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic module is of …

We report the synthesis of luminescent, free standing silicon quantum dots by dry and wet
etching of silicon and silicon oxide core/shell nanostructures, which are synthesized by …

Wide spectral region higher-order optical nonlinearities are hereby reported for ultrashort
pulsed laser ablated germanium nanoparticle (Ge NPs) colloidal solutions. The Ge NPs …

Synthesis of hybrid core–shell nanostructures requires moderate lattice mismatch (< 5%)
between the materials of the core and the shell and usually results in the formation of …