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Front Cover -- Silicon-based Hybrid Nanoparticles: Fundamentals, Properties, and Applications -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 Silicon-based hybrid nanoparticles: An introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Synthesis and characterization of silicon-based hybrid nanoparticles -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Synthesis -- 2.2.1 Fabrication process -- 2.2.2 Sol-gel process -- 2.2.3 Polymer grafting -- 2.2.4 Encapsulation process -- 2.2.5 Drug loading -- 2.2.6 Colloidal system -- 2.2.7 Solution blending -- 2.2.8 Gas-phase synthesis

2.2.9 Coating with magnetic nanoparticles -- 2.2.10 Catalyst -- 2.3 Characterization -- 2.3.1 Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) -- 2.3.2 X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) -- 2.3.3 Dynamic light scattering (DLS) -- 2.3.4 Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Properties of silicon-carbon (CNTs/graphene) hybrid nanoparticles -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Design of Si/C nanoparticles -- 3.2.1 Mixed Si/C nanoparticles -- 3.2.2 Finely configured Si/C hybrid nanoparticles -- 3.2.3 Cross-dimensional Si/C hybrids

3.3 Electrical properties of Si/C nanoparticles -- 3.3.1 Influence of morphology and structure -- 3.3.2 Influence of chemical components -- 3.3.3 In situ characterization on of Si/C hybrids' properties -- 3.4 Optical properties of ultrasmall Si/C nanoparticles -- 3.4.1 Fluorescence of Si/C quantum dots -- 3.4.2 Light absorption and photocarrier behavior of silicon quantum dots/graphene -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Properties of silicon-ZnO hybrid nanoparticles -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Zinc oxide nanoparticles: synthesis and properties

4.3 Preparation of silicon-zinc oxide hybrid structures -- 4.3.1 Anodization of silicon wafers -- 4.3.2 Metal assisted chemically etching of silicon wafers -- 4.3.3 Synthesis of silicon-zinc oxide hybrid structures -- 4.4 Structural and morphological properties of silicon-zinc oxide hybrid nanoparticles -- 4.4.1 X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of the silicon-zinc oxide hybrid structures -- 4.4.2 Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy or Raman graph of the silicon-zinc oxide hybrid structures -- 4.4.3 Morphological characterization of the silicon-zinc oxide hybrid structures

4.5 Electrical properties of silicon-zinc oxide hybrid nanoparticles -- 4.6 Optical properties of silicon-zinc oxide hybrid nanoparticles -- 4.6.1 UV-Vis spectroscopy results of silicon-zinc oxide hybrid structures -- 4.6.2 Photoluminescence spectroscopy results of silicon-zinc oxide hybrid structures -- 4.7 Applications of the silicon-zinc oxide hybrid nanoparticles -- References -- 5 Assembly and electroluminescence of sheet-like zinc oxide/silicon light-emitting diode by a radio frequency magnetron spu ... -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Experimental details -- 5.2.1 Fabrication of the samples

5.2.2 Analysis of the samples.