Silicon has long been established as the material of choice for the microelectronics industry.
This is not yet true in photonics, where the limited degrees of freedom in material design …

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 …

A detailed analysis of the photoluminescence (PL) from Si nanocrystals (NCs) embedded in
a silicon-rich SiO 2 matrix is reported. The PL spectra consist of three Gaussian bands …

Considering that silicon is the second most abundant element in the earth's crust, and that
86 PW of solar radiation reach the earth's surface [1]—5,700 times more than the worldwide …

Currently, electrical interconnections based on metal lines represent the most important
limitation on the performances of silicon-based microelectronic devices. The parasitic …

After the first visible photoluminescence (PL) from porous silicon (pSi), continuous efforts are
made to fabricate Si‐based compound nanomaterials embedded in matrices such as oxide …

The effects of the stoichiometry of the Si-rich oxide (SRO) layer, O/Si ratio, on the structural
and optical properties of SRO/SiO 2 multilayer films were investigated in this work. SRO/SiO …

Silicon nanoparticles embedded in silica show promising optoelectronic properties, due to
quantum confinement and/or radiative interface states that should correlate with the …

Silicon suboxides (SiO x, x< 2) have been recognized as a promising anode material for
high-performance Li-ion batteries (LIBs), especially when the O content is relatively low. To …

The formation and subsequent growth of crystalline silicon nanoclusters (Si-ncs) in
annealed silicon-rich silicon oxides (SRSOs) were studied by glancing angle x-ray …