Nonthermal plasma synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals

U Kortshagen - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Semiconductor nanocrystals have attracted considerable interest for a wide range of
applications including light-emitting devices and displays, photovoltaic cells, nanoelectronic …

Do** of silicon nanocrystals

E Arduca, M Perego - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last decades silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) were the subject of an intense research
activity, due to their optical and electronic properties. Different experimental approaches …

Plasma synthesis of single-crystal silicon nanoparticles for novel electronic device applications

A Bapat, C Anderson, CR Perrey… - Plasma physics and …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Single-crystal nanoparticles of silicon, several tens of nanometres in diameter, may be
suitable as building blocks for single-nanoparticle electronic devices. Previous studies of …

Computational study of quenching effects on growth processes and size distributions of silicon nanoparticles at a thermal plasma tail

M Shigeta, Y Hirayama, E Ghedini - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, quenching effects on silicon nanoparticle growth processes and size
distributions at a typical range of cooling rates in a thermal plasma tail are investigated …

[BOOK][B] Single-electron devices and circuits in silicon

ZAK Durrani - 2009 - books.google.com
This book reviews research on single-electron devices and circuits in silicon. These devices
provide a means to control electronic charge at the one-electron level and are promising …

Nanocrystalline silicon electron emitter with a high efficiency enhanced by a planarization technique

K Nishiguchi, X Zhao, S Oda - Journal of applied physics, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
A cold electron emitter has been fabricated based on nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) quantum
dots formed in the gas phase by very-high-frequency plasma decomposition of SiH4. A small …

Electrical transport mechanisms in three dimensional ensembles of silicon quantum dots

I Balberg - Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
In this review, we try to derive a comprehensive understanding of the transport mechanisms
in three dimensional ensembles of Si quantum dots (QDs) that are embedded in an …

Synthesis of highly oriented, single-crystal silicon nanoparticles in a low-pressure, inductively coupled plasma

A Bapat, CR Perrey, SA Campbell… - Journal of Applied …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
Single-crystal nanoparticles of silicon, several tens of nm in diameter, may be suitable as
building blocks for single-nanoparticle electronic devices. Previous studies of nanoparticles …

Progress on solution processed Si-nanoparticle solar cells towards new generation photovoltaics

MA Makhdoom, C Kryschi - Optik, 2024 - Elsevier
Cost-effective, clean and safe solar energy production is envisaged to solve or at least
mitigate climate change problems originated from the current carbon-based power sources …

A plasma process for the synthesis of cubic-shaped silicon nanocrystals for nanoelectronic devices

A Bapat, M Gatti, YP Ding, SA Campbell… - Journal of Physics D …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Low pressure silane plasmas are known for their ability to synthesize silicon nanoparticles
via gas phase nucleation. While in the past this particle formation has often been considered …