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 …

Nanocrystals (NCs), representing a zero-dimensional system, are an ideal platform for
exploring quantum phenomena on the nanoscale, and are expected to play a major role in …

The role of quantum confinement (QC) in Si and Ge nanostructures (NSs) including quantum
dots, quantum wires, and quantum wells is assessed under a wide variety of fabrication …

Crystalline silicon is the most important semiconductor material in the electronics industry.
However, silicon has poor optical properties because of its indirect bandgap, which prevents …

Photoluminescence (PL) spectra were measured for dodecene-capped Si nanocrystals with
a wide range of average diameters, from 1.8 to 9.1 nm. Nanocrystals larger than 3 nm …

Silicon nanocrystals are an extensively studied light-emitting material due to their inherent
biocompatibility and compatibility with silicon-based technology. Although they might seem …

Recent developments in the field of silicon nanostructures, particularly those properties and
phenomena that are related to the photoluminescence (PL) from silicon nanostructures …

Silicon nanocrystals (NCs) represent one of the most promising material systems for light
emission applications in microphotonics. In recent years, several groups have reported on …

Many bottom-up and top-down techniques for nanomaterial and nanostructure generation
have enabled the development of applications in nanoelectronics and nanophotonics …

We propose a theoretical concept of switching between direct and indirect band gap
character in silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) by the use of surface potential induced by the …