Silicon nanoparticles：Preparation, properties, and applications

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/8/088102

Abstract Silicon nanoparticles have attracted great attention in the past decades because of their intriguing physical properties, active surface state, distinctive photoluminescence and biocompatibility. In this review, we present some of the recent progress in preparation methodologies and surface functionalization approaches of silicon nanoparticles. Further, their promising applications in the fields of energy and electronic engineering are introduced.

Keywords: silicon nanoparticle quantum confinement effect optical performance

Received: 04 September 2013
Revised: 14 March 2014
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PACS:	81.07.Bc	(Nanocrystalline materials)
	62.25.-g	(Mechanical properties of nanoscale systems)
	03.65.Ta	(Foundations of quantum mechanics; measurement theory)
	78.20.-e.

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 212731126), the Fundamental Research Program of Shenzhen City, China (Grant Nos. JC201105201112A and JCYJ20120619151629728), and the Open Research Fund Program of the State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, China (Grant No. KF201311).

Corresponding Authors: Sun Shu-Qing
E-mail: sun.shuqing@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn

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Chang Huan (常欢), Sun Shu-Qing (孙树清) Silicon nanoparticles：Preparation, properties, and applications 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 088102

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