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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 44-49Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.223
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- Hungarian National Research Fund (OTKA) [101819]
- Bolyai Janos Research Scholarship of HAS
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Fabrication of nanosized silicon carbide (SiC) crystals is a crucial step in many biomedical applications. Here we report an effective fabrication method of SiC nanocrystals based on simple electroless wet chemical etching of crystalline cubic SiC. Comparing an open reaction system with a closed reaction chamber, we found that the latter produces smaller nanoparticles (less than 8 nm diameter) with higher yield. Our samples show strong violet-blue emission in the 410-450 nm region depending on the solvents used and the size. Infrared measurements unraveled that the surface of the fabricated nanoparticles is rich in oxidized carbon. This may open an opportunity to use standard chemistry methods for further biological functionalization of such nanoparticles.
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