Black silicon (BSi) represents a very active research area in renewable energy materials.
The rise of BSi as a focus of study for its fundamental properties and potentially lucrative …

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 …

A variety of silicon-based nanostructures with dimensions in the 1–5 nm range now emit
tunable photoluminescence (PL) spanning the visible range. Achievement of high …

Semiconductor nanoparticles (or quantum dots, QDs) exhibit unique optical and electronic
properties such as size‐controlled fluorescence, high quantum yields, and stability against …

Rapid, reliable recognition and detection of bacteria from an authentic specimen have been
gained increasing interests in the past decades. Various materials have been designed and …

Multifunctional nanoparticles have emerged as an outstanding candidate for a new
generation of biomedical applications, mainly due to their remarkable properties and …

Group IV nanodots (NDs) mainly including carbon (C), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge) have
aroused much attention as one type of important nanomaterials that are widely studied in …

A facile and sensitive method for sensing α-glucosidase (α-glu) and screening its inhibitors
based on fluorescence monitoring of water-solute silicon-containing nanoparticles (Si …

Group IV nanodots (NDs) have gathered considerable attention not only for their easy and
low cost of synthesis, large surface area, nice photostability, excellent biocompatibility but for …

Quantum dots are an excellent choice for biomedical applications due to their special optical
properties and quantum confinement effects. This paper reviews the research and …