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Electrodeposition of Fluorescent Si Nanomaterial From Acidic Sodium Silicate Solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Laila H. Abuhassan
Affiliation:
Research Division, NanoSi Technologies, Inc., EnterprizeWorks, Champaign, IL 61820
Munir H. Nayfeh
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 Department of Physics, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Abstract

We developed a procedure for the electrodeposition of fluorescent silicon nanomaterial from silicates on conducting substrates. The electrodeposion solution used is a solution of sodium metasilicon salts (Na2SiO3) in HF/H2O2. When a positively biased platinum substrate is immersed in the bath, a current is drawn and a thin fluorescent coating is formed on the substrate. We discuss the results in terms of current-induced nucleation of silicon nanostructures.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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