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Functional silicon nanostructures derived from drying-mediated self-assembly of gold nanoparticles

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Self-assembly of nanoparticles is an efficient technique where nanobuilding blocks spontaneously organize into ordered structures by thermodynamic and other constraints. We demonstrate that multifunctional Silicon (Si) nanostructures with unique morphologies like sheets, plates and flakes can be etched chemically by taking an advantage of natural self-assembly of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) characterized with drying kinetics under external stimuli. We further demonstrated antireflection properties of the as-synthesized Si nanostructures.

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Authors thank Mr. Pradip Pachfule and Dr. Rahul Banerjee for BET surface area analysis experiments.

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  1. Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, MH, India

    Ashvini B. Deshmukh, Rami Reddy Devarapalli & Manjusha V. Shelke

  2. CSIR-Network Institute for Solar Energy, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, MH, India

    Manjusha V. Shelke

  3. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), AnusandhanBhawan, 2 Rafi Marg, New Delhi, 110001, India

    Rami Reddy Devarapalli & Manjusha V. Shelke

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Deshmukh, A.B., Devarapalli, R.R. & Shelke, M.V. Functional silicon nanostructures derived from drying-mediated self-assembly of gold nanoparticles. J Nanopart Res 16, 2372 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2372-8

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