The modification of surfaces by the deposition of a robust overlayer provides an excellent
handle with which to tune the properties of a bulk substrate to those of interest. Such control …

2.1 Background There is already a wealth of information on the wet chemical cleaning of Si
for semiconductor processing,(14, 15) but there is less on subsequent modification methods …

Electrostatic interactions at the nanoscale can lead to novel properties and functionalities
that bulk materials and devices do not have. Here we used Kelvin probe force microscopy …

Immobilization of gold nanoparticles on planar surfaces is of great interest to many scientific
communities; chemists, physicists, biologists, and the various communities working at the …

The bulk refractive index (RI) sensitivity of dispersed and immobilized silver nanoparticles of
three different shapes (spheres, cubes, and plates) is investigated. We demonstrate, both …

Efficient functionalization of silicon substrates is important for the development of silicon-
based sensors. Organic monolayers directly bonded to hydrogen-terminated silicon …

Silicon is by far the most important semiconductor material in the microelectronic industry
mostly due to the high quality of the Si/SiO2 interface. Consequently, applications requiring …

In this study, a capillary device based on the surface plasmon-enhanced Raman scattering
effect was prepared by a simple and easy method. First, the capillary was treated with …

Monolayer protected gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) modified with a 3-aryl-3-(trifluoromethyl)
diazirine functionality at its terminus (Diaz-AuNPs, 3.9 nm) were prepared and irradiated in …

We demonstrate efficient excitonic sensitization of crystalline Si nanomembranes via
combined effects of radiative (RET) and nonradiative (NRET) energy transfer from a …