Silicon is the undisputed leader for microelectronics among all the industrial materials and
Si nanostructures flourish as natural candidates for tomorrow's technologies due to the rising …

Biosensors are revolutionizing the health-care systems worldwide, permitting to survey
several diseases, even at their early stage, by using different biomolecules such as proteins …

The synthesis of nanomaterials, with characteristic dimensions of 1 to 100 nm, is a key
component of nanotechnology. Vapor-phase synthesis of nanomaterials has numerous …

The possibility of using colloidal lithography at the industrial level depends on the ability to
form defect-free coatings over large areas. The spin-coating method has not yet shown …

In this paper, we report on the realization of a highly sensitive and low cost 3D surface-
enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) platform. The structural features of the Ag dendrite …

Disordered materials with new optical properties are capturing the interest of the scientific
community due to the observation of innovative phenomena. We present the realization of …

Efficient light‐stimulated hydrogen generation from top–down produced highly doped n‐type
silicon nanowires (SiNWs) with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in water‐containing medium …

The ever-stronger attention paid to enhancing safety in the workplace has led to novel
sensor development and improvement. Despite the technological progress, nanostructured …

Silicon nanowires (Si NWs) are emerging as an innovative building block in several fields,
such as microelectronics, energetics, photonics, and sensing. The interest in Si NWs is …

The continuing accumulation of mutations in the RNA genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
generates an endless succession of highly contagious variants that cause concern around …