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 …

Silicon nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely accepted as an alternative material for typical
quantum dots and commercial organic dyes in light-emitting and bioimaging applications …

An important challenge in the field of renewable energy is the development of novel
nanostructured solar cell devices which implement low-dimensional materials to overcome …

We study ultrafast photoluminescence (PL) dynamics of Si nanocrystals (NCs). The early-
time PL spectra (<? format?><<? format?> 1 ns), which show strong dependence on NC …

The origin of photoluminescence (PL) in silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) remains a subject of
considerable debate. Size-dependent PL that supports the quantum confinement model has …

Trap states are central to silicon nanoparticle (Si NP) photoluminescence and charge
transport properties, significantly influencing their potential for real-life applications. Laser …

Much effort has been devoted to the development of techniques to probe carrier dynamics,
which govern many semiconductor device characteristics. We report direct imaging of …

The successful integration of a laser into the silicon photonic chip has long been the holy
grail of silicon photonics. Among the various methods addressing this challenge, silicon …

Small oxidized silicon nanocrystals of average sizes below 3.5 nm are prepared using
modified electrochemical etching of a silicon wafer. Modifications introduced in the etching …

Quantum confined silicon nanocrystals (Si-ncs) exhibit intriguing properties due to silicon's
indirect bandgap and their highly reactive surfaces. In particular the interplay of quantum …