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Spring 2024
Luminescent silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are attractive nanoparticles due to the utilization of non-toxic and earth-abundant silicon. Despite these advantages, challenges in optimizing their optical properties, particularly broad luminescence bandwidths and photostability, persist. This thesis...
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Fall 2019
The work presented in this thesis describes the isolation of novel low-valent Group 12 and p-block element-containing molecules. Some of these molecules are shown to exhibit reactivity which mimics that of the transition metals; specifically, with respect to strong bond activation and catalysis....
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Spring 2020
Silicon is the foundation of the electronics industry and is now the basis for a myriad of new hybrid electronics applications, such as sensing, silicon nanoparticle-based imaging and light emission, photonics, and applications in solar fuels. From interfacing of biological materials to molecular...
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Fall 2022
Silicon nanoparticles have sparked researchers’ interest as a biologically compatible and abundant quantum dot alternative. Doped silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) offer unique optical and electronic properties that are not observed for intrinsic Si. These advantageous properties can be applied...