0466586 - FZÚ 2017 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Herynková, Kateřina - Vorkotter, C. - Šimáková, Petra - Benedikt, J. - Cibulka, Ondřej
Structural and luminescence properties of silicon nanocrystals in colloidal solutions for bio applications.
Physica Status Solidi A. Roč. 213, č. 11 (2016), s. 2873-2878. ISSN 1862-6300. E-ISSN 1862-6319.
[Spring Conference of the European-Materials-Research-Society (E-MRS). Lille, 02.05.2016-06.05.2016]
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) DAAD-16-18
Program: Bilaterální spolupráce
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : silicon nanoparticles * porous silicon * colloidal solutions * surface modification * low-pressure microwave plasma synthesis
Subject RIV: BO - Biophysics
Impact factor: 1.775, year: 2016 ; AIS: 0.414, rok: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201600385

Luminescent silicon nanoparticles are promising for biological and me-dical research as luminescent markers, for drug delivery or toxicity studies. For intracellular biological research, it is necessary to prepare water-based or isotonic colloidal solutions of na-noparticles which are stable and non-toxic. In this work, we compare structural and optical properties of silicon nanocrystals in colloidal solutions, obtained by two fundamentally different methods: A microplasma-based synthesis (a “bottom-up” techni-que) and porous silicon prepared by electrochemical etching of a silicon wafer (a “top-down” method). Low-pressure microwave plasma synthesis produces ~5-8 nm large silicon nanocrystals while the porous siliconcontains clusters ~60-70 nm in diameter, composed of nanometer-sized luminescent nanocrystals. We have attempted to stabilize the nanoparticles via modification of the their surface by methyl groups.

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