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 …

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 …

The mechanisms for silicon (Si) defect and nanocrystal related white and near-infrared
electroluminescences (ELs) of Si-rich SiO 2 films synthesized by Si-ion implantation and …

The electroluminescence (EL) properties of Er-doped Si nanoclusters (NC) embedded in
metal–oxide–semiconductor devices are investigated. Due to the presence of Si NC …

The realization of an innovative label-and PCR-free silicon nanowires (NWs) optical
biosensor for direct genome detection is demonstrated. The system is based on the …

While silicon's optical properties are improved at the nanoscale, they also become highly
sensitive to the properties of the surfaces and interfaces of silicon nanostructures. For …

The combination of photonics and silicon technology is a great challenge because of the
potentiality of coupling electronics and optical functions on a single chip. Silicon …

Since the first prototype was announced in 2008,[1] memristors [2] have attracted broad
interests over the past several years due to their potentials for non-volatile memory,[3, 4] …

We demonstrate the realization of the first label-free optical biosensor based on the room
temperature luminescence of silicon nanowires (NWs) tested for the selective detection of C …