Silicon quantum dots: surface matters

K Dohnalová, T Gregorkiewicz… - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Interfacial assembly of mesoporous silica‐based optical heterostructures for sensing applications

M Gao, J Zeng, K Liang, D Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Functionalized mesoporous silica materials (MSMs) are extensively investigated in sensing
science due to their diverse structural and optical properties including tunable pore size …

Carbon dots in zeolites: A new class of thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials with ultralong lifetimes

J Liu, N Wang, Y Yu, Y Yan, H Zhang, J Li, J Yu - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials are inspiring intensive research
in optoelectronic applications. To date, most of the TADF materials are limited to metal …

One-pot synthesis of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles for sensitive and selective determination of 2, 4, 6-trinitrophenol in aqueous solution

Y Han, Y Chen, J Feng, J Liu, S Ma, X Chen - Analytical chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Because 2, 4, 6-trinitrophenol (TNP) and its analogues such as 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)
possess similar chemical structures and properties, the reliable and accurate detection of …

Large-scale aqueous synthesis of fluorescent and biocompatible silicon nanoparticles and their use as highly photostable biological probes

Y Zhong, F Peng, F Bao, S Wang, X Ji… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A large-scale synthetic strategy is developed for facile one-pot aqueous synthesis of silicon
nanoparticles (SiNPs) yielding∼ 0.1 g SiNPs of small sizes (∼ 2.2 nm) in 10 min. The as …

Incorporation of well-dispersed sub-5-nm graphitic pencil nanodots into ordered mesoporous frameworks

B Kong, J Tang, Y Zhang, T Jiang, X Gong, C Peng… - Nature Chemistry, 2016 - nature.com
Over the past few decades the direct assembly of optical nanomaterials into ordered
mesoporous frameworks has proved to be a considerable challenge. Here we propose the …

Generic synthesis of small-sized hollow mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles for oxygen-independent X-ray-activated synergistic therapy

W Fan, N Lu, Z Shen, W Tang, B Shen, Z Cui… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The success of radiotherapy relies on tumor-specific delivery of radiosensitizers to attenuate
hypoxia resistance. Here we report an ammonia-assisted hot water etching strategy for the …

Surface-modified silicon nanoparticles with ultrabright photoluminescence and single-exponential decay for nanoscale fluorescence lifetime imaging of temperature

Q Li, Y He, J Chang, L Wang, H Chen… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this Communication, we report fabrication of ultrabright water-dispersible silicon
nanoparticles (SiNPs) with quantum yields (QYs) up to 75% through a novelly designed …

Periodic mesoporous organosilicas for advanced applications

SS Park, M Santha Moorthy, CS Ha - NPG Asia Materials, 2014 - nature.com
In 1999, three groups independently developed a novel class of organic–inorganic
nanocomposites known as periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs). The organic …

One‐step synthesis of superbright water‐soluble silicon nanoparticles with photoluminescence quantum yield exceeding 80%

FG Wu, X Zhang, S Kai, M Zhang… - Advanced Materials …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) have shown potential applications in bioimaging/
biolabelling, sensing, and nanomedicine/cancer therapy due to their superior properties …