Tailoring porous silicon for biomedical applications: from drug delivery to cancer immunotherapy

W Li, Z Liu, F Fontana, Y Ding, D Liu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the past two decades, porous silicon (PSi) has attracted increasing attention for its
potential biomedical applications. With its controllable geometry, tunable nanoporous …

Porous silicon optical devices: recent advances in biosensing applications

R Moretta, L De Stefano, M Terracciano, I Rea - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes the leading advancements in porous silicon (PSi) optical-
biosensors, achieved over the past five years. The cost-effective fabrication process, the …

Porous microneedles for therapy and diagnosis: fabrication and challenges

G Gao, L Zhang, Z Li, S Ma, F Ma - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The use of microneedles (MNs), an innovative transdermal technology, enables efficient,
convenient, painless, and controlled-release drug delivery. Porous microneedles (pMNs) …

Silicon porosification: state of the art

G Korotcenkov, BK Cho - Critical Reviews in Solid State and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This review is devoted to the analysis of the problems related to fabrication of the Si porous
layers. The review was motivated by a great interest to Si-based porous materials from nano …

Charge transport and diffusion of ionic liquids in nanoporous silica membranes

C Iacob, JR Sangoro, P Papadopoulos… - Physical Chemistry …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge transport in 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ionic liquid in
oxidized nanoporous silicon membranes is investigated in a wide frequency and …

Surface chemistry of porous silicon and implications for drug encapsulation and delivery applications

KL Jarvis, TJ Barnes, CA Prestidge - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2012 - Elsevier
Porous silicon (pSi) has a number of unique properties that appoint it as a potential drug
delivery vehicle; high loading capacity, controllable surface chemistry and structure, and …

Gas sensors based on anodic tungsten oxide

J Kukkola, J Mäklin, N Halonen, T Kyllönen… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2011 - Elsevier
Nanostructured porous tungsten oxide materials were synthesized by the means of
electrochemical etching (anodization) of tungsten foils in aqueous NaF electrolyte …

A review on porous silicon based electrochemical biosensors: Beyond surface area enhancement factor

C RoyChaudhuri - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2015 - Elsevier
The use of porous silicon (PS) as an electrochemical biosensor has been reviewed. For
electrochemical biosensing, the enhanced surface area is not the only advantage of using …

Oxidized porous silicon nanostructures enabling electrokinetic transport for enhanced DNA detection

R Vilensky, M Bercovici, E Segal - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nanostructured porous silicon (PSi) is a promising material for the label‐free detection of
biomolecules, but it currently suffers from limited applicability due to poor sensitivity, typically …

Preferred orientations and stability of medium length -alkanes solidified in mesoporous silicon

A Henschel, T Hofmann, P Huber, K Knorr - Physical Review E—Statistical …, 2007 - APS
The n-alkanes C 16 H 34, C 17 H 36, C 19 H 40, and C 25 H 52 have been imbibed and
solidified in mesoporous, crystalline silicon with a mean pore diameter of 10 nm. The …