Silicon nanocrystals and silicon‐polymer hybrids: synthesis, surface engineering, and applications

M Dasog, J Kehrle, B Rieger… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Silicon nanocrystals (Si‐NCs) are emerging as an attractive class of quantum dots
owing to the natural abundance of silicon in the Earth's crust, their low toxicity compared to …

Silicon quantum dots: surface matter, what next?

D Beri - Materials Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are of great interest because they are believed to be harmless
to living organisms, mainly due to their low toxicity. They have great potential for various …

Synthesis of Black TiOx Nanoparticles by Mg Reduction of TiO2 Nanocrystals and their Application for Solar Water Evaporation

M Ye, J Jia, Z Wu, C Qian, R Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
TiOx (x< 2) nanoparticles with tunable colors from white to gray to blue–gray to black are
synthesized by magnesium (Mg) reduction of white P25 TiO2 nanocrystals followed by …

Neuromorphic device based on silicon nanosheets

C Wang, X Xu, X Pi, MD Butala, W Huang, L Yin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Silicon is vital for its high abundance, vast production, and perfect compatibility with the well-
established CMOS processing industry. Recently, artificially stacked layered 2D structures …

Biomimetic preparation and dual-color bioimaging of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles

S Wu, Y Zhong, Y Zhou, B Song, B Chu… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs), as the most important zero-dimensional silicon
nanostructures, hold high promise for long-awaited silicon-based optic applications. There …

Fluorescent silicon nanomaterials: from synthesis to functionalization and application

B Song, Y He - Nano Today, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last decade, we have witnessed the giant achievement in the field of silicon materials.
Among of them, fluorescent silicon nanomaterials have attracted considerable attentions …

One-pot microwave synthesis of water-dispersible, high fluorescence silicon nanoparticles and their imaging applications in vitro and in vivo

HL Ye, SJ Cai, S Li, XW He, WY Li, YH Li… - Analytical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) have been reported to be synthesized by microwave-assisted
methods under high pressure. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about the …

Fluorescent and photostable silicon nanoparticles sensors for real-time and long-term intracellular pH measurement in live cells

B Chu, H Wang, B Song, F Peng, Y Su… - Analytical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent sensors suitable for dynamic measurement of intracellular pH (pHi) fluctuations
should feature the following properties: feeble cytotoxicity, wide-pH range response, and …

Long-lived luminescence of silicon nanocrystals: from principles to applications

R Mazzaro, F Romano, P Ceroni - Physical chemistry chemical physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) synthesized by plasma-induced or high temperature processes
(eg, thermal disproportionation of hydrogen silsesquioxane at T> 1100° C) display bright …

One-dimensional fluorescent silicon nanorods featuring ultrahigh photostability, favorable biocompatibility, and excitation wavelength-dependent emission spectra

B Song, Y Zhong, S Wu, B Chu, Y Su… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We herein report a kind of one-dimensional biocompatible fluorescent silicon nanorods
(SiNRs) with tunable lengths ranging∼ 100–250 nm, which can be facilely prepared …