Silicon nanocrystals dispersed in water: Photosensitizers for molecular oxygen

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Goller, B ^a   Polisski, S ^a   Wiggers, H ^b   Kovalev, D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; LUMINESCENT SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; OXYGEN MOLECULE; PASSIVATED SURFACE; SI NANOCRYSTAL; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PASSIVATION; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 77956281346     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3432349     Document Type: Article

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