Computational biomaterials: computational simulations for biomedicine

X Dai, Y Chen - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the flourishing development of material simulation methods (quantum chemistry
methods, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, phase field, etc.), extensive adoption of …

“Turning the dials”: controlling synthesis, structure, composition, and surface chemistry to tailor silicon nanoparticle properties

S Milliken, AN Thiessen, IT Cheong, KM O'Connor, Z Li… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) can be challenging to prepare with defined size, crystallinity,
composition, and surface chemistry. As is the case for any nanomaterial, controlling these …

Recent updates on functionalized silicon quantum-dot-based nanoagents for biomedical applications

D Yang, Z Cui, Z Wen, Z Piao, H He, X Wei… - ACS Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Silicon nanomaterials are one of the most representative inorganic nanomedicines in
therapeutic biomedicine. Silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) have aroused wide attention in the …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of silicon quantum dots as a biomarker for the bioimaging of tear film

S Sarwat, FJ Stapleton, MDP Willcox, PB O'Mara… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study investigated the fluorescence and biocompatibility of hydrophilic silicon quantum
dots (SiQDs) that are doped with scandium (Sc-SiQDs), copper (Cu-SiQDs), and zinc (Zn …

Temperature dependence of the optical properties of silicon nanocrystals

M Zacharias, PC Kelires - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) have been under active investigation in the last decades and
have been considered as a promising candidate for many optoelectronic applications …

Ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles as a promising platform for multimodal imaging

G Singh, JLZ Ddungu, N Licciardello… - Faraday …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Bimodal systems for nuclear and optical imaging are currently being intensively investigated
due to their comparable detection sensitivity and the complementary information they …

The preferred doping site of B atom in the Si nanocrystals saturated by halogen atoms

H Li, LK Wang, HN Du - Vacuum, 2024 - Elsevier
The formation energy E f of B atom doping in silicon nanocrystals (Si 29 X n H 36-n NCs) is
studied. X represents halogen atoms (F, Cl and Br) and n is atom number. E f value is …

Doped Silicon Nanoparticles. A Review

SS Bubenov, SG Dorofeev - Doklady Chemistry, 2024 - Springer
Doped silicon nanoparticles combine material availability and biocompatibility with a wide
variety of functional properties. The review focuses on the methods of fabrication of doped …

Influence of quantum dot shape on the formation energy of boron dopants in silicon

HN Du, J Li, H Li, YY Shen, CX Xu - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A series of the formation energies E f of boron dopants in Si quantum dots with different
shapes, including tetrahedron (TH), tetrahedron-centered (TC), and octahedron (OT), are …

Ultrafast laser spectroscopy of semiconductors

T Popelář - 2022 - dspace.cuni.cz
This Ph. D. thesis is focused on the study of modern semiconductor materials, diamond, and
silicon nanocrystals, by methods of laser spectroscopy. A new experimental setup, the …