“Turning the dials”: controlling synthesis, structure, composition, and surface chemistry to tailor silicon nanoparticle properties

S Milliken, AN Thiessen, IT Cheong, KM O'Connor, Z Li… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) can be challenging to prepare with defined size, crystallinity,
composition, and surface chemistry. As is the case for any nanomaterial, controlling these …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetron sputtering for ZnO: Ga scintillation film production and its application research status in nuclear detection

X Wen, Q Zhang, Z Shao - Crystals, 2019 - mdpi.com
As a wide band-gap and direct transition semiconductor material, ZnO has good scintillation
performance and strong radiation resistance, but it also has a serious self-absorption …

Regulation and prediction of defect-related properties in ZnO nanosheets: synthesis, morphological and structural parameters, DFT study and QSPR modelling

ND Kochnev, DS Tkachenko, DO Kirsanov… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
The work is aimed to consider photocatalytic efficiency and photoluminescence dependence
on oxygen vacancies and other crystal lattice defects in ZnO nanosheets in order to provide …

Unlocking The Inherent Luminescence of Eu2+/Eu3+ by Light‐Induced Oxidation for Invisible Optical Storage

Q Zhang, P Li, Z Xu, Z Zhang, H Sun… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Color‐tunable luminescent materials are increasingly recognized for their potential
applications in high‐security anticounterfeiting and optical storage technologies. However …

[HTML][HTML] Optical and structural characteristics of rare earth-doped zno nanocrystals prepared in colloidal solution

M Toma, O Selyshchev, Y Havryliuk, A Pop, DRT Zahn - Photochem, 2022 - mdpi.com
ZnO nanocrystals doped with Nd, Gd, and Er were synthesized using a soft chemical
process in ambient atmosphere. Pseudospherical and hexagonal nanocrystals (NC) of the …

[HTML][HTML] Boron-Incorporating Silicon Nanocrystals Embedded in SiO2: Absence of Free Carriers vs. B-Induced Defects

D Hiller, J López-Vidrier, S Gutsch, M Zacharias… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Boron (B) doping of silicon nanocrystals requires the incorporation of a B-atom on a lattice
site of the quantum dot and its ionization at room temperature. In case of successful B …

Doped and codoped silicon nanocrystals: The role of surfaces and interfaces

I Marri, E Degoli, S Ossicini - Progress in Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Si nanocrystals have been extensively studied because of their novel properties and their
potential applications in electronic, optoelectronic, photovoltaic, thermoelectric and …

Experimental observations on metal-like carrier transport and Mott hopping conduction behaviours in boron-doped Si nanocrystal multilayers

J Chen, D Li, T Sun, J Han, Y Zhang, W Li, J Xu… - …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Studies on the carrier transport characteristics of semiconductor nanomaterials are the
important and interesting issues which are helpful for developing the next generation of …

Diagnosis of phosphorus monolayer doping in silicon based on nanowire electrical characterisation

R Duffy, A Ricchio, R Murphy, G Maxwell… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The advent of high surface-to-volume ratio devices has necessitated a revised approach to
parameter extraction and process evaluation in field-effect transistor technologies. In this …

Influence of phosphorus on the growth and the photoluminescence properties of Si-NCs formed in P-doped SiO/SiO 2 multilayers

F Trad, AE Giba, X Devaux, M Stoffel, D Zhigunov… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This work reports on the influence of phosphorous atoms on the phase separation process
and optical properties of silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) embedded in phosphorus doped …