Optimal Silicon Nanostructures for biological uses

DELL'ARCIPRETE, MARIA LAURA; CAREGNATO, PAULA; RODRIGUEZ, HERNAN; GONIK, EDUARDO; RODRIGUEZ SARTORI, DAMIAN; GONZALEZ, MONICA C.

Concepts and Design of Materials Nanoarchitectonics

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Lugar: Cambridge; Año: 2022;

The key aspects of porous silicon and freestanding crystalline silicon nanoparticles for biological applications are discussed, with the following subjects being addressed: most simple and scalable synthesis procedures; importance of surface derivatization enhancing colloidal; chemical, photophysical stability, and capacity for reactive oxygen species photosensitization of the silicon nanomaterials in aqueous media; discussion of the origin of photoluminescence in the different SiNMs and the effect of surface derivatization; effects on the photophysical behaviour of SiNMs upon combination with transition-metals or oxides of metals.