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- Chao, Yimin, et al.
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Soft X-ray induced oxidation on acrylic acid grafted luminescent silicon quantum dots in ultrahigh vacuum
- 2011
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Ingår i: Physica Status Solidi. A: Applications and Materials Science. - : Wiley. - 1862-6300. ; 208:10, s. 2424-2429
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Water soluble acrylic acid grafted luminescent silicon quantum dots (Si-QDs) were prepared by a simplified method. The resulting Si-QDs dissolved in water and showed stable strong luminescence with peaks at 436 and 604 nm. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was employed to examine the surface electronic states after the synthesis. The co-existence of the Si2p and C1s core levels infers that the acrylic acid has been successfully grafted on the surface of silicon quantum dots. To fit the Si2p spectrum, four components were needed at 99.45, 100.28, 102.21 and 103.24 eV. The first component at 99.45 eV (I) was assigned to Si-Si within the silicon core of the Si-QDs. The second component at 100.28 eV (II) was from Si-C. The third at 102.21 eV (III) was a sub-oxide state and the fourth at 103.24 eV (IV) was from SiO2 at Si-QDs surface. With an increase in exposure to soft X-ray photons, the intensity ratio of the two peaks within the Si2p region A and B increased from 0.5 to 1.4 while the peak A intensity decreased, and eventually a steady state was reached. This observation is explained in terms of photon-induced oxidation taking place within the surface dangling bonds. As the PL profile for Si-QDs is influenced by the degree of oxidation within the nanocrystal structure, the inducement of oxidation by soft X-rays will play a role in the range of potential applications where such materials could be used - especially within biomedical labelling. (C) 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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- Wang, Qi, et al.
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Synthesis of water-dispersible photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles and their use in biological fluorescent imaging
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of Nanoparticle Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1572-896X .- 1388-0764. ; 13:1, s. 405-413
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Water-dispersible silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) are desirable for applications in biological techniques. A simplified method to synthesize such particles is reported here. The resulting Si-NPs are water-dispersible and luminescent. Under the excitation of UV light, the Si-NPs emit strong red light with a peak maximum at 606 nm and a quantum yield of 6%. They are highly stable, and remain so over several weeks. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy shows a visible Si-CH2 scissoring vibration mode. Furthermore, the surface chemical bondings were confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). In the Si2p and C1s core levels, Si-C components are observed. The diameters of the synthesized Si-NPS as measured by atomic force microscope (AFM) are approximately 5 nm. Furthermore, the nanoparticles can be taken up by cultured cells. Fluorescence images of Si-NPs within MCF-7 human breast cancer cells show they are distributed throughout the cell tissue.
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