Stable colloidal dispersion of luminescing silicon nanoparticles for inkjet printing

	Nanotech 2010 Vol. 2 Nanotechnology 2010: Electronics, Devices, Fabrication, MEMS, Fluidics and Computational Chapter 9: Inkjet Design, Materials & Fabrication
	Stable colloidal dispersion of luminescing silicon nanoparticles for inkjet printing
Authors:	A. Gupta, A.S.G. Khalil, M. Winterer, H. Wiggers
Affilation:	Universität Duisburg-Essen, DE
Pages:	538 - 541
Keywords:	silicon nanoparticles, Inkjet printing, colloidal dispersion
Abstract:	In this study, we synthesized Si-NPs with mean diameter about 4.2 nm in a microwave plasma reactor. In order to disperse these Si-NPs in organic solvent, the surface of freshly etched Si-NPs was modified with alkyl groups using thermally induced alkylation. The Si-NPs show PL emission in the visible with high PL intensity due to quantum confinement effects. Freshly etched and functionalized Si-NPs show bright red luminescence under UV illumination. The functionalized Si-NPs form stable and optically transparent dispersion in a variety of organic solvents due to presence of alkyl groups on their surface. The stable dispersions of functionalized Si-NPs in organic solvents were used to form functional Si-NPs films by inkjet-printing. The optical properties of printed layer were studied by photoluminescence spectroscopy indicating quenching effects and multi-phonon absorption.
ISBN:	978-1-4398-3402-2
Pages:	862
Hardcopy:	$189.95

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