A large amount of work world-wide has been directed towards obtaining an understanding
of the fundamental characteristics of porous Si. Much progress has been made following the …

The striking photoluminescence properties of porous silicon have attracted considerable
research interest since their discovery in 1990. Luminescence is due to excitonic …

Currently, pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is a widely used technique to grow thin films for
academic research and for industrial applications. The PLD has superior advantages …

It may be argued that silicon, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and iron are among the most
important elements on our planet, because of their involvement in geological, biol-ical, and …

A novel strategy for preparing large‐area, oriented silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays on silicon
substrates at near room temperature by localized chemical etching is presented. The …

Due to their unique structural, electrical, optical, and thermal properties, silicon nanowires
(SiNWs) are attracting immense interest as a promising material for advanced energy …

The autonomous motion behavior of metal particles in Si, and the consequential anisotropic
etching of silicon and production of Si nanostructures, in particular, Si nanowire arrays in …

Room-temperature thermoelectric properties of n-type crystalline Si with periodically
arranged nanometer-sized pores are computed using a combination of classical molecular …

There is currently intense interest in the optical and electronic properties of nanometer-size
Si crystallites. In particular, strong visible photoluminescence from Si nanocrystallites …

The photoluminescence of porous silicon can be quenched by adsorbates, and the degree
of quenching can be tuned by chemical derivatization of the porous silicon surface. Thus, as …