this study presents the electric behavior of sandwich devices based on porous silicon (ps) thin films with au/ps/si/cu structure when the material’s surface is exposed to different gases. ps thin films were fabricated by the electrochemical anodization method of si–c (100) substrates with resistivity 1.4-2.6 ωcm. samples were anodized in a solution of hf (48%), c2h5oh (99.98%) and distilled wat...

Using ab initio density functional calculations, we investigate the energetics of hydrogen in amorphous silicon. We compare a hydrogen at a silicon bond center site in a-Si to one in c-Si. In addition, we identify the energetics of the dominant traps for H in a-Si. The present calculations are used to elucidate many experiments and concepts regarding hydrogen in amorphous silicon.

EMA is a method to estimate the dielectric response of a compound material [1]. We study a nanocrystalline film compound manufactured under highly nonequilibrium conditions, composed of crystalline silicon, c-Si, amorphous silicon, a-Si, and voids. The structure of crystalline silicon can be modified by introducing amorphous silicon. So, the optical properties can be changed because another pha...

We investigated the morphological and structural change in silicon nanostructures embedded in the silicon oxynitride matrix. The study has been carried out on thin films thermally annealed at high temperature, after deposition at 400°C by Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (ECR‐ PECVD), under different deposition parameters. Our stud...

Using density functional theory with the generalized gradient approximation (GGA), we show that carbon-silicon Janus anisotropic nanostructures can be synthesized by using C(59)Si heterofullerene as a seed where the doped Si atom preferentially attaches to some well-known silicon and silicon based clusters such as Si(10), WSi(12), TiSi(16), and BaSi(20). The interaction energy of these clusters...

Citation: Yamada K (2015) Editorial: Photonic integration and photonics–electronics convergence on silicon platform. Silicon-based photonics technology, which is based on the same paradigm of silicon (Si) electronics technology, promises to provide us with a compact photonic integration platform with high integration density, mass manufacturing, and excellent cost performance. This technology h...

silicon nanowire (sinw) arrays were produced by electroless method on polycrystalline si substrate, in hf/ agno3 solution. although the monocrystalline silicon wafer is commonly utilized as a perfect substrate, polycrystalline silicon as a low cost substrate was used in this work for photovoltaic applications. in order to study the influence of etching time (which affects the sinws length) on d...

Automatic release and vertical transferring of silicon/silicon oxide nanowire arrays with a high integrity are demonstrated by an Ag-assisted ammonia etching method. By adding a water steaming step between Ag-assisted HF/H2O2 and ammonia etching to form a SiOx protective layer sheathing Si nanowires, we can tune the composition of the nanowires from SiOx (0 ≤ x ≤ 2) to Si nanowires. Ag plays a ...

An experiment was conducted with rats to determine whether silicon deprivation affects the inflammatory response to the injection of type II collagen, and to compare the effectiveness of the organic complex arginine silicate inositol (ASI) with inorganic silicon (NaSiO(3)) in mitigating any observed change in response. Dark Agouti rats were fed a ground corn-casein-safflower-based diet containi...