Nonthermal plasmas have emerged as a viable synthesis technique for nanocrystal
materials. Inherently solvent and ligand-free, nonthermal plasmas offer the ability to …

Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) hold great promise for many future technologies. Silicon is
already at the core of photovoltaics and microelectronics, and SiQDs are capable of efficient …

Doping of nanocrystals is an important and very difficult task.“Self-purification” mechanisms
are often claimed to make this task even more difficult, as the distance a defect or impurity …

As the most fundamental material for microelectronics, silicon (Si) has bourgeoned in the
past more than half a century. However, given the indirect bandgap of Si, the use of Si in …

Gas-phase plasma-synthesized silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) are doped with boron (B) or
phosphorous (P) during synthesis. The doping efficiency of B is smaller than that of P …

We studied the electronic properties of phosphorus-doped silicon nanocrystals using the
real-space first-principles pseudopotential method. We simulated nanocrystals with a …

We present a study of the electronic properties of narrow zigzag and armchair nanoribbons
substitutionally doped with a single boron, nitrogen, or phosphorus atom. Using density …

The utilization of silicon-based materials for thermoelectrics is studied with respect to the
synthesis and processing of doped silicon nanoparticles from gas phase plasma synthesis. It …

Multiple layers of Si quantum dots (QDs) in SiO2 with a narrow size distribution were
synthesized by a co-sputtering technique. Structural, electrical and optical properties of Si …

We have investigated the role of doping and paramagnetic states on the electronic transport
of networks assembled from freestanding Si nanocrystals (Si-NCs). Electrically detected …