Controlled chemical etching for silicon nanocrystals with wavelength-tunable photoluminescence.
The size of silicon nanocrystals is finely tuned by applying a chemical etching process, leading to differently coloured visible luminescence.
Sato
Keisuke
K
World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. Sato.Keisuke@nims.go.jp
Tsuji
Hiroaki
H
Hirakuri
Kenji
K
Fukata
Naoki
N
Yamauchi
Yusuke
Y
D006858:Hydrofluoric Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D049449:Luminescence; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D017942:Nitric Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions
D012996:Solutions; D017942:Nitric Acid; D006858:Hydrofluoric Acid; D012825:Silicon