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Silicon Nano-biotechnology

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Functional nanomaterials play fundamental roles in the development of nanotechnology, serving as novel and powerful tools for both basic studies and practical applications. Silicon nanomaterials are an important type of nanomaterials, exhibiting unique optical, electronic, or/and mechanical properties. The fast development of silicon nanomaterials with well-defined structures and required functionalities has vastly promoted the advancement of silicon nanotechnology. Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) and silicon nanowires (SiNWs) are well known as the most important zero- and one-dimensional silicon nanostructures. In the past three decades, scientists have made great strides in developing a great deal of fabrication techniques to prepare SiNPs and SiNWs. In particular, solution-phase reduction, electrochemical etching and microwave-assisted synthesis, etc., have been well developed for the production of SiNPs. On the other hand, several well-studied strategies (e.g., chemical vapor deposition (CVD), oxide-assisted growth (OAG), electroless etching, etc.) are highly efficacious for the synthesis of SiNWs. In this chapter, we give an introduction to these classic synthetic methods in a detailed way, and discuss the prospect of the design and fabrication of functional silicon nanostructures.

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He, Y., Su, Y. (2014). Silicon Nanostructures. In: Silicon Nano-biotechnology. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54668-6_2

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