Ion implantation has become a versatile and powerful technique for synthesizing nanometer‐
scale clusters and crystals embedded in the near‐surface region of a variety of hosts in …

Silicon photonics is no longer an emerging field of research and technology but a present
reality with commercial products available on the market, where low‐dimensional silicon …

The transmission and processing of signals carried by optical beams rather than by
electrical currents or radio waves has been a topic of great interest ever since the early …

Silicon nanocrystals were in situ grown in a silicon nitride film by plasma-enhanced
chemical vapor deposition. The size and structure of silicon nanocrystals were confirmed by …

Si nanoclusters embedded in SiO 2 have been produced by thermal annealing of SiO x films
prepared by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The structural properties of the …

We report local-field-enhanced light emission from silicon nanocrystals close to a film of
nanoporous gold. We resolve photoluminescence as the gold− Si nanocrystal separation …

We have studied the structural, electrical and optical properties of MOS devices, where the
dielectric layer consists of a substoichiometric SiO x (x< 2) thin film deposited by plasma …

The microstructural, optical and electrical properties of Si-, Ge-and Sn-implanted silicon
dioxide layers were investigated. It was found, that these layers exhibit strong …

Si quantum dots (QDs) as small as∼ 2 nm in diameter have been synthesized by a variety of
techniques. Because of quantum confinement and the elimination of bulk or surface defects …

Silicon nanocrystals exhibit size-dependent optical and electronic properties that may be
exploited for applications ranging from sensors to photovoltaics. In addition, they can be …