Cubic lattice nanosheets: thickness-driven light emission

ACS Nano. 2014 Jul 22;8(7):6516-9. doi: 10.1021/nn502999g. Epub 2014 Jul 2.

Abstract

Silicon has a diamond-like cubic crystal lattice for which two-dimensional (2D) nanometer thickness nanosheet crystallization appears not to be trivial. However, in this issue of ACS Nano, the group led by Heon-Jin Choi demonstrates the gas-phase dendritic growth of Si nanosheets, only 1 to 13 nm thick. Moreover, such nanosheets display strong thickness-dependent photoluminescence in a visible range with red, green, and blue emission each documented.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't