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Silicon Nanocrystals: Small Silicon, Big Opportunities: The Development and Future of Colloidally‐Stable Monodisperse Silicon Nanocrystals (Adv. Mater. 43/2012)
Author(s) -
Mastronardi Melanie L.,
Henderson Eric J.,
Puzzo Daniel P.,
Ozin Geoffrey A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201290268
Subject(s) - materials science , nanomaterials , silicon , nanotechnology , nanocrystal , dispersity , characterization (materials science) , photoexcitation , photoluminescence , optoelectronics , polymer chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , excited state
Small silicon, big opportunities: A colloidally‐stable silicon nanocrystal (ncSi) polydispersion size‐separated into monodisperse fractions exhibits photoluminescence blue‐shifting with decreasing particle size under photoexcitation. The ability to prepare ncSi monodispersions opens the door to access and study tunable size‐dependent properties that promise to have a huge impact on the development of silicon nanomaterials and technology. Recent contributions in size‐separation methods, characterization of size‐dependent property trends, and ncSi applications are discussed by Geoffrey A. Ozin and co‐workers on page 5890 .