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SUBMITTER: Zhang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4144428 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Xiaoming X Neiner Doinita D Wang Shizhong S Louie Angelique Y AY Kauzlarich Susan M SM
Nanotechnology 20070101 9
Hydrogen capped silicon nanoparticles with strong blue photoluminescence were synthesized by the metathesis reaction of sodium silicide, NaSi, with NH<sub>4</sub>Br. The hydrogen capped Si nanoparticles were further terminated with octyl groups and then coated with a polymer to render them water soluble. The nanoparticles were characterized by TEM, FT-IR, UV-VIS absorption, and photoluminescence. The Si nanoparticles were shown to have an average diameter of 3.9 ±1.3 nm and exhibited room-temper ...[more]