Porous silicon: a quantum sponge structure for silicon based optoelectronics

O Bisi, S Ossicini, L Pavesi - Surface science reports, 2000 - Elsevier
The striking photoluminescence properties of porous silicon have attracted considerable
research interest since their discovery in 1990. Luminescence is due to excitonic …

Surface chemistry of luminescent silicon nanocrystallites

MJ Sailor, EJ Lee - Advanced Materials, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The rational modification of porous and single‐crystalline silico surfaces is of particular
interest for technologies based on silicon. Porous silicon, such as the layer shown in the …

Photoluminescence from films containing Si nanocrystals and Er: Effects of nanocrystalline size on the photoluminescence efficiency of

M Fujii, M Yoshida, S Hayashi… - Journal of Applied Physics, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
SiO 2 films containing Si nanocrystals (nc-Si) and Er were prepared and their
photoluminescence (PL) properties were studied. The samples exhibited PL peaks at 0.8 …

Porous silicon

B Hamilton - Semiconductor science and technology, 1995 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper attempts to review the field of research into light emission from porous silicon.
The driving force behind such research is the tantalizing goal of adding optoelectronic …

Surface chemistry of porous silicon and implications for drug encapsulation and delivery applications

KL Jarvis, TJ Barnes, CA Prestidge - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2012 - Elsevier
Porous silicon (pSi) has a number of unique properties that appoint it as a potential drug
delivery vehicle; high loading capacity, controllable surface chemistry and structure, and …

Size-dependent crystallization of Si nanoparticles

M Hirasawa, T Orii, T Seto - Applied physics letters, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
Crystallization temperature dependency on Si nanoparticles size was studied by using
Raman scattering spectroscopy. Si nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation were …

Improvement in photoluminescence efficiency of films containing Si nanocrystals by P doping: An electron spin resonance study

M Fujii, A Mimura, S Hayashi, K Yamamoto… - Journal of Applied …, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
SiO 2 and phosphosilicate glass (PSG) films containing Si nanocrystals (nc-Si) as small as a
few nanometers were studied by electron spin resonance (ESR) and photoluminescence …

Luminescence bands and their proposed origins in highly porous silicon

LT Canham - Physica status solidi (b), 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The striking photoluminescent properties of porous silicon nanostructures have received
intense study since 1990. This literature review focuses on the large number of models …

Photoluminescence studies of ZnO/porous silicon nanocomposites

RG Singh, F Singh, V Agarwal… - Journal of Physics D …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reports on the intense broadband photoluminescence (PL) emission from the
ZnO/porous silicon nanocomposite films. The porous silicon (PS) samples were formed by …

Crystalline silicon nanoparticles as carriers for the Extended Red Emission

G Ledoux, O Guillois, F Huisken, B Kohn… - Astronomy & …, 2001 - aanda.org
In an attempt to determine the carrier of the Extended Red Emission (ERE), we have
investigated a series of amorphous and crystalline materials: natural coal, amorphous …