Size-controlled highly luminescent silicon nanocrystals:: A SiO/SiO2 superlattice approach
Size-controlled highly luminescent silicon nanocrystals:: A SiO/SiO2 superlattice approach
复制标题
DOI:
10.1063/1.1433906
复制
发表时间:
2002-01-28
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
Bläsing, J
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Zacharias, M;Heitmann, J;Bläsing, J
Phase separation and thermal crystallization of SiO/SiO2 superlattices results in ordered arranged silicon nanocrystals. The preparation method which is fully compatible with Si technologies enables independent control of particle size as well as of particle density and spatial position by using a constant stoichiometry of the layers. Transmission electron microscopy investigations confirm the size control in samples with an upper limit of the nanocrystal sizes of 3.8, 2.5, and 2.0 nm without decreasing the silicon nanocrystal density for smaller sizes. The nanocrystals show a strong luminescence intensity in the visible and near-infrared region. A size-dependent blueshift of the luminescence and a luminescence intensity comparable to porous Si are observed. Nearly size independent luminescence intensity without bleaching effects gives an indirect proof of the accomplishment of the independent control of crystal size and number. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.