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 …

Silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) are attractive functional materials. They are compatible with
standard electronics and communications platforms and are biocompatible. Numerous …

Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) constitute a perfect material for ink-jet printable
large area displays, photovoltaics, light-emitting diode, bio-imaging luminescent markers …

In this Communication, we report fabrication of ultrabright water-dispersible silicon
nanoparticles (SiNPs) with quantum yields (QYs) up to 75% through a novelly designed …

Silicon nanocrystals represent an important class of non-toxic, heavy-metal free quantum
dots, where the high natural abundance of silicon is an additional advantage. Successful …

A lack of consensus persists regarding the origin of photoluminescence in silicon
nanocrystals. Here we report pressure-dependences of X-ray diffraction and …

Silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) with bright bandgap photoluminescence (PL) are of current
interest for a range of potential applications, from solar windows to biomedical contrast …

Semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) can initiate energy and charge transfer in multiple
applications with their unique optical and electronic properties. In particular, NCs are …

Colloidal silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) hold ever-growing promise for the development of
novel optoelectronic devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Although it has been …

In this work, the fundamental mechanism of ultrabright fluorescence from surface-modified
colloidal silicon quantum dots is investigated in depth using ultrafast spectroscopy. The …