Heterostructures in nanoparticles challenge our common understanding of interfaces due to
quantum confinement and size effects, giving rise to synergistic properties. An alternating …

Light emission from nanostructured silicon has triggered tremendous research interest for
three decades. Yet, the exact mechanism of photoluminescence from silicon-based nano …

Negative differential resistance (NDR) has been observed in IV characteristics measured
between two aluminum (Al) pads deposited on a layer containing Silicon nanostructures …

Colloidal suspension of free standing silicon/silicon oxide core/shell nanoparticles has been
synthesized using a mechanochemical top-down approach. Quasi-mono-dispersed core …

A pin heterostructure containing electrochemically synthesized silicon (Si) nanorods
embedded in a nonstoichiometric silicon oxide matrix sandwiched as i-layer between p-Si …

An all Si, pin device, consisting of a nanostructured porous Si layer sandwiched between a p-
type crystalline Si and an n-type amorphous Si, exhibits current controlled switching …

There are long-standing conflicting reports concerning the origin of strong visible
photoluminescence (PL) observed in surface-oxidized nanostructured silicon. Though …

Large quantities of free standing quasi mono-disperse silicon nanocrystal/silicon oxide core-
shell structured particles have been segregated by a cyclic process of sonication and …

The photo-electrochemical etching (PECE) method has been utilized to create pSi samples
on n-type silicon wafers (Si). Using the etching time 12 and 22 min while maintaining the …

To exploit the optoelectronic properties of silicon nanostructures (SiNS) in real devices, it is
fundamental to study the ultrafast processes involving the photogenerated charges …