Emerging two-dimensional silicene nanosheets for biomedical applications

Y You, C Yang, X Zhang, H Lin, J Shi - Materials Today Nano, 2021 - Elsevier
Advanced and tremendous research in two-dimensional (2D) materials have unlocked
valuable capabilities that lead to a new materials era. Silicene, as a rising-star 2D material …

“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 …

Surface-engineered sponges for recovery of crude oil microdroplets from wastewater

P Cherukupally, W Sun, APY Wong, DR Williams… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract In the United States, the oil industry produces over 15 billion barrels of wastewater
contaminated with crude oil microdroplets annually. Current methods are ineffective for the …

Heterogeneous reduction of carbon dioxide by hydride-terminated silicon nanocrystals

W Sun, C Qian, L He, KK Ghuman, APY Wong… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Silicon constitutes 28% of the earth's mass. Its high abundance, lack of toxicity and low cost
coupled with its electrical and optical properties, make silicon unique among the …

Low-Cost Synthesis of Silicon Quantum Dots with Near-Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency

J Zhou, J Huang, H Chen, A Samanta… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As a cost-effective batch synthesis method, Si quantum dots (QDs) with near-infrared
photoluminescence, high quantum yield (> 50% in polymer nanocomposite), and near-unity …

Water-borne, durable and multicolor silicon nanoparticles/sodium alginate inks for anticounterfeiting applications

J Xie, X Sun, X Guo, X Feng, K Chen, X Shu… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, water-borne fluorescent inks have attracted extensive attention in anti-
counterfeiting applications due to their convenient implementation and eco-friendliness …

Silicon quantum dots: surface matter, what next?

D Beri - Materials Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are of great interest because they are believed to be harmless
to living organisms, mainly due to their low toxicity. They have great potential for various …

Size‐tunable photothermal germanium nanocrystals

W Sun, G Zhong, C Kübel, FM Ali… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Germanium nanocrystals (ncGe) have not received as much attention as silicon
nanocrystals (ncSi). However, Ge has demonstrated superiority over Si nanomaterials in …

Under what conditions does (SiO) N nucleation occur? A bottom-up kinetic modelling evaluation

ST Bromley, JCG Martin, JMC Plane - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon monoxide (SiO) is a structurally complex compound exhibiting differentiated oxide-
rich and silicon-rich nano-phases at length scales covering nanoclusters to the bulk …

Porous NIR Photoluminescent Silicon Nanocrystals‐POSS Composites

D Chen, W Sun, C Qian, LM Reyes… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Near infrared photoluminescent porous silicon nanocrystals (ncSi)‐polyhedral oligomeric
silsesquioxanes (POSS) polymer composites are synthesized using a combination of …