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Selected Publications

The following is a list of recent selected publications of the Nano Phosphor and former Nano Silicon groups

2022

1. Chen, H.; Montanari, C.; Shanker, R.; Marcinkevicius, S.; Berglund, L. A.; Sychugov, I., Photon Walk in Transparent Wood: Scattering and Absorption in Hierarchically Structured Materials. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 10, 210273 Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 10, 2102732 (pdf 2.8 MB)

2. Huang, J.; Zhou, J.; Jungstedt, E.; Samanta, A.; Linnros, J.; Berglund, L.; Sychugov, I., Large-area Transparent “Quantum Dots Glass” for Building Integrated Photovoltaics. ACS Photonics 2022, 9, 2499-2509 acsphotonics.2c00633.pdf (pdf 1.8 MB)

3. Zhou, J.; Huang, J.; Sychugov, l., Optical center of a luminescent solar concentrator. Opt. Lett. 2022, 47, 4985-4988 ol-47-19-49851.pdf (pdf 3.9 MB)

2021

1. J. Zhou, J. Huang, H. Chen, A. Samanta, J. Linnros, Z. Yang, I. Sychugov, Low-Cost Synthesis of Silicon Quantum Dots with Near-unity Internal Quantum Efficiency, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 8909−8916 (2021) (pdf 3.0 MB)

2. S. Cavallaro, F. Pevere, F. Stridfeldt, A. Görgens, C. Paba, S.S. Sahu, D.R. Mamand, D. Gupta, S. El Andaloussi, J. Linnros, A. Dev, Multiparametric Profiling of Single Nanoscale Extracellular Vesicles by Combined Atomic Force and Fluorescence Microscopy: Correlation and Heterogeneity in Their Molecular and Biophysical Features, Small 17, 2008155 (2021) (pdf 2.7 MB) .

3. S. Cavallaro, P. Hååg, K. Viktorsson, A. Krozer, K. Fogel, R. Lewensohn, J. Linnros, A. Dev, Comparison and optimization of nanoscale extracellular vesicle imaging by scanning electron microscopy for accurate size-based profiling and morphological analysis, Nanoscale Advances 3, 3053-3063 (2021) (pdf 1.3 MB)

4. Chung, N. X.; Gatty, H. K.; Lu, X.; Zhang, M.; Linnros, J., Optimized electrochemical breakdown etching using temporal voltage variation for formation of nanopores in a silicon membrane Sens. Actuators, B 2021, 331, 129323

2020

1. Gatty, H.; Chung, N. X.; Zhang, M.; Sychugov, I.; Linnros, J., Wafer-level fabrication of individual solid-state nanopores for sensing single DNAs. Nanotechnology 2020, 31, 355505 (pdf 1.4 MB) .

2. Huang, J.; Zhou, J.; Haraldsson, T.; Clemments, A.; Fujii, M.; Sugimoto, H.; Xu, B.; Sychugov, I., Triplex Glass Laminates with Silicon Quantum Dots for Luminescent Solar Concentrators. Solar RRL 2020, 4, 2000195 (pdf 4.9 MB) .

3. Sychugov, I., Geometry effects on luminescence solar concentrator efficiency: analytical treatment. Appl. Opt. 2020, 59, 5715-5722 (pdf 1.1 MB) .

4. J. Zhou, F. Pevere, H. Gatty, J. Linnros, I. Sychugov, Wafer-scale fabrication of isolated luminescent silicon quantum dots using standard CMOS technology, Nanotechnology 31, 505204 (2020) (pdf 1.2 MB) .

2019

1. Cavallaro, S.; Horak, J.; Haag, P.; Gupta, D.; Stiller, C.; Sahu, S. S.; Gorgens, A.; Gatty, H. K.; Viktorsson, K.; El Andaloussi, S.; Lewensohn, R.; Karlstrom, A. E.; Linnros, J.; Dev, A., Label-Free Surface Protein Profiling of Extracellular Vesicles by an Electrokinetic Sensor. Acs Sensors 2019, 4, 1399-1408 .

2. Greben, M.; Khoroshyy, P.; Sychugov, I.; Valenta, J., Non-exponential decay kinetics: Correct assessment and description illustrated by slow luminescence of Si nanostructures. Appl. Spectrosc. Rev. 2019, 54 (9), 758-801 .

3. Liu, L.; Deng, L.; Huang, S.; Zhang, P.; Linnros, J.; Zhong, H.; Sychugov, I., Photodegradation of Organometal Hybrid Perovskite Nanocrystals: Clarifying the Role of Oxygen by Single-dot Photoluminescence. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 864-869 .

4. Sychugov, I., Analytical Description of a Luminescent Solar Concentrator. Optica 2019, 6, 1046-1049 (pdf 2.4 MB) .

5. Sychugov, I.; Zhang, M.; Linnros, J., Non-stationary analysis of molecule capture and translocation in nanopore arrays. J. Chem. Phys. 2019, 150, 084904 .

6. Liu, L.; Zhao, R.; Xiao, C.; Zhang, F.; Pevere, F.; Shi, K.; Huang, H.; Zhong, H.; Sychugov, I., Size-Dependent Phase Transition in Perovskite Nanocrystals. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 5451-5457.

7. Liu, L.; Pevere, F.; Zhang, F.; Zhong, H.; Sychugov, I., Cation effect on excitons in perovskite nanocrystals from single-dot photoluminescence of CH3NH3PbI3. Phys. Rev. B 2019, 100, 195430 .

8. Zhou, J.; Pevere, F.; Gatty, H.; Linnros, J.; Sychugov, I., Photoluminescence intensity enhancement of single silicon quantum dots on a metal membrane with a spacer. Phys. Status Solidi A 2019, 1900575 .

2018

1. M. Parmeggiani, A. Dev, P. Björk, J. Linnros, Electrokinetic-assisted gating in a microfluidic integrated Si nanoribbon ion sensor for enhanced sensitivity. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 262, 974 .

2. M. Zhang, C. Ngampeerapong, D. Redin, A. Ahmadian, I. Sychugov, J. Linnros, Thermophoresis Controlled Size-Dependent DNA Translocation through an Array of Nanopores. ACS Nano 2018, 12, 4574-4582

3. J. Horak, R. Jansson, A. Dev, L. Nilebäck, K. Behnam, J. Linnros, A. E. Karlström, Recombinant Spider Silk as Mediator for One‐Step, Chemical‐Free Surface Biofunctionalization. Advanced Functional Materials (2018) .

4. Pevere, F.; Sangghaleh, F.; Bruhn, B.; Sychugov, I.; Linnros, J., Rapid trapping as the origin of non-radiative recombination in semiconductor nanocrystals. ACS Photonics 2018, 5, 2990-2996 .

5. Pevere, F.; von Treskow, C.; Marino, E.; Anwar, M.; Bruhn, B.; Sychugov, I.; Linnros, J., X-ray radiation hardness and influence on blinking in Si and CdSe quantum dots. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2018, 113, 253103

2017

1. Luo, J. W.; Li, S. S.; Sychugov, I.; Pevere, F.; Linnros, J.; Zunger, A., Absence of Red-shift in the Direct Band Gap of Silicon Nanocrystals with Reduced Size. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2017, 12, 930-932 .

2. Marinins, A.; Shafagh, R.; Van der Wijngaart, W.; Haraldsson, T.; Linnros, J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Popov, S.; Sychugov, I., Light Converting Polymer/Si Nanocrystal Composites with Stable 60-70% Efficiency and their Glass Laminates. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 30267-30272 .

3. Li, Y.; Yu, S.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Linnros, J.; Berglund, L.; Sychugov, I., Luminescent Transparent Wood. Adv. Opt. Mat. 5, 1600834 (2017).

4. Sychugov, I.; Valenta, J.; Linnros, J., Probing silicon quantum dots by single-dot techniques. Nanotechnology 28, 072002 (2017) .

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2016

1. Y. Hormozan, I. Sychugov, and J. Linnros "High resolution X-ray imaging using a structured scintillator" Med. Phys. 43, 696 (2016) .

2. Apurba Dev, Josef Horak, Andreas Kaiser, Xichen Yuan, Anna Perols, Per Björk, Amelie Eriksson Karlström, Pascal Kleimann, Jan Linnros "Electrokinetic effect for molecular recognition: a label-free approach for real-time biosensing" Biosensors and Bioelectronics 82, 55-63 (2016)

3. I. Sychugov, F. Pevere, J.-W. Luo, A. Zunger, and J. Linnros "Single-dot absorption spectroscopy and theory of silicon nanocrystals" Phys. Rev. B 93, 161413(R) (2016)

4. Marinins, A.; Yang, Z.; Chen, H.; Linnros, J.; Veinot, J. G. C.; Popov, S.; Sychugov, I., "Photostable Polymer/Si Nanocrystal Bulk Hybrids with Tunable Photoluminescence". ACS Photonics 2016, 3, 1575-1580 .

5. R. Afrasiabi, L. Soderberg, H. Joensson, P. Bjork, H. Svahn, and J. Linnros "Integration of a Droplet-Based Microfluidic System and Silicon Nanoribbon FET Sensor" Micromachines 7, 134 (2016) .

6. Sychugov, I.; Sangghaleh, F.; Bruhn, B.; Pevere, F.; Luo, J.-W.; Zunger, A.; Linnros, J., Strong Absorption Enhancement in Si Nanorods. Nano Lett. 16, 7937-7941 (2016).

2015

1. R. Afrasiabi, N. Jokilaakso, T. Schmidt, P. Björk, A. Eriksson Karlström, J. Linnros, Effect of microwave-assisted silanization on sensing properties ofsilicon nanoribbon FETs, Sensors and Actuators B 209, 586 (2015).

2. F. Pevere, I. Sychugov, F. Sangghaleh, A. Fucikova, J. Linnros, Biexciton emission as a probe of Auger recombination is individual silicon nanocrystals, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 7499-7505 (2015) .

3. M. Zhang, I. Sychugov, T. Schmidt and J. Linnros “Optical detection of two-color-fluorophore barcode for nanopore DNA sensing” Proceedings of SPIE, 9519, 95190G (2015).

4. T. Schmidt, M. Zhang, I. Sychugov, N. Roxhed and J. Linnros “Nanopore arrays in a silicon membrane for parallel single-molecule detection: Fabrication”, Nanotechnology, 26 314001 (2015) .

5. M. Zhang, T. Schmidt, A. Jemt, P. Sahlen, I. Sychugov, J. Lundeberg and J. Linnros, “Nanopore arrays in a silicon membrane for parallel single-molecule detection: DNA Translocation”, Nanotechnology, 26 314002 (2015) .

6. F. Sanghhaleh, I. Sychugov, Z. Yang, J. Veinot and J. Linnros “Near Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency of Luminescent Silicon Nanocrystals with Ligand Passivation” ACS Nano 9, 7097 (2015)  (open access through ACS Author's Choice)

7. F. Pevere, B. Bruhn, F. Sanghhaleh, Y. Hormozan, I. Sychugov and J. Linnros "Effect of X-ray Irradiation on the blinking of single silicon nanocrystals" Physica Status Solidi A 12, 2692-2695 (2015)

2014

1. B. Bruhn, F. Qejvanaj, I. Sychugov and J. Linnros, Blinking statistics and excitation-dependent luminescence yield in Si and CdSe nanocrystals, J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 2202 (2014) .

2. M. Zhang, T. Schmidt, F. Sangghaleh, N. Roxhed, I. Sychugov and J. Linnros, Oxidation of nanopores in a silicon membrane: self-limiting formation of sub-10nm circular openings, Nanotechnology 25, 355302 (2014)  (chosen for IOPselect) .

3. T. Schmidt, M. Zhang, S. Yu, and J. Linnros, Fabrication of ultra-high aspect ratio silicon nanopores by electrochemical etching, Applied Physics Letters 105, 123111 (2014) .

4. I. Sychugov, A. Fucikova, F. Pevere, Z. Yang, J. Veinot, and J. Linnros, Ultranarrow luminescence linewidth of silicon nanocrystals and influence of matrix, ACS Photonics 1, 998-1005 (2014) (chosen for ACS Editor's Choice).

2013

1. B. Bruhn, J. Valenta, I. Sychugov, K. Mitsuishi and J. Linnros, Transition from silicon nanowires to isolated quantum dots: optical and structural evolution, Phys. Rev. B 87, 045404 (2013) .

2. F. Sangghaleh, B. Bruhn, I. Sychugov and J. Linnros “Optical absorption cross-section and quantum efficiency of single silicon quantum dot”, Proceedings of SPIE, 8766, 876607 (2013).

3. F. Sangghaleh, B. Bruhn, T. Schmidt and J. Linnros "Exciton lifetime measurements on single silicon quantum dots", Nanotechnology 24, 225204 (2013) .

2012

1. I. Sychugov, J. Valenta, K. Mitsuishi and J. Linnros, Exciton localization in doped Si nanocrystals from single dot spectroscopy studies, Phys. Rev. B 86, 075311 (2012) .

2. P. M. Hansson, Y. Hormozan, B. D. Brandner, J. Linnros, P. M. Claesson, A. Swerin, J. Schoelkopf, P. A Gane and E. Thormann, Effects of surface depressions on wetting and interactions between hydrophobic pore array surfaces, Langmuir 28, 11121 (2012) .

3. S. H. Yun, H.-S. Lee, Y. H. Kwon, M. Gothelid, S. M. Koo, L. Wagberg, U. O. Karlsson and J. Linnros, Multifunctional silicon inspired by a wing of male Papillo ulysse, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 033109 (2012) .

4. Y. Hormozan, S. H. Yun, O. Svenonius and J. Linnros, Towards high-resolution x-ray imaging using a structured scintillator, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 59, 19 (2012) .

2011

1. J. Valenta, B. Bruhn and J. Linnros, Coexistence of quasi-1D and 0D photoluminescence from single silicon nanowires, Nano Letters 11, 3003 (2011) .

2. I. Sychugov, J. Valenta, K. Mitsuishi, M. Fujii and J. Linnros, Photoluminescence measurements of zero-phonon optical transitions in silicon nanocrystals, Phys. Rev. B 84, 125326 (2011) .

3. B. Bruhn, J. Valenta, F. Sangghaleh and J. Linnros, Blinking statistics of silicon quantum dots, Nano Letters 11, 5574 (2011) .

4. E. Thormann, S.-H. Yun, P. M. Claesson and J.Linnros, Amontonian Friction Induced by Flexible Surface Features on Microstructured Silicon, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 3, 3432 (2011) .

5. S. Rutishauser, I. Zanette, T. Donath, A. Sahlholm, J. Linnros and C. David, Structured scintillator for hard x-ray grating interferometry, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 171107 (2011) .

2009

1. B. Bruhn, J. Valenta and J. Linnros, Controlled fabrication of individual silicon quantum rods yielding high intensity, polarized light emission, Nanotechnology 20, 505301 (2009) .

2008

1. N. Elfström, A. Eriksson Karlström and J. Linnros, Silicon nanoribbons for electrical detection of biomolecules, Nano Letters 8, 945-949 (2008) .

2. J. Valenta, A. Fucikova, F. Vacha, F. Adamec, J. Humpolickova, M. Hof, I. Pelant, K. Kusova, K. Dohnalova and J. Linnros, “Light emission performance of silicon nanocrystals deduced from single quantum dot spectroscopy”, Advanced Functional Materials 18, 2666 (2008) .

3. N. Elfström and J. Linnros, Biomolecule detection using a silicon nanoribbon accumulation mode versus inversion mode, . Nanotechnology 19, 235201(2008)

4. M. Simon, K.-J. Engel, B. Menser, X. Badel and J. Linnros, X-ray imaging performance of scintillator-filled silicon pore arrays, Medical Physics 35, 968-981 (2008) .

2007

1. N. Elfström, R. Juhasz, I. Sychugov, T. Engfeldt, A. Eriksson Karlström and J. Linnros, Surface charge sensitivity of silicon nanowires: Size dependence, Nano Letters 7, 2608-2612 (2007) .

2. N. Elfström and J. Linnros, Avalanche breakdown in surface modified silicon nanowires, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 103502 (2007) .

3. I. Sychugov, N. Elfström, A. Hallén, J. Linnros and M. Qiu, Effect of photonic bandgap on luminescence from silicon nanocrystals, Optics Lett. 32, 1878-1880 (2007) .

4. P. Grivickas, V. Grivickas, J. Linnros and A. Galeckas, Fundamental band edge absorption in nominally undoped and doped 4H-SiC, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 123521-10 (2007) .

2006

1. Feng Li, X. Badel, J. Linnros, G. Wasserman, S.L. Whittenburg, L. Spinu, and J.B. Wiley, Fabrication and assembly behavior of square microcapsules, Advanced Materials 18, 270-274 (2006) .

2. A. Galeckas, J. Linnros and P. Pirouz, Recombination induced stacking faults: Evidence for a general mechanism in hexagonal SiC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 025502 (2006) .

3. A. Galeckas, A. Hallén, S. Majdi, J. Linnros, and P. Pirouz, Combined photoluminescence-imaging and deep-level transient spectroscopy of recombination processes at stacking faults in 4H-SiC, Phys. Rev. B 74, 233203 (2006) .

4. I. Sychugov, A. Galeckas, N. Elfström, A.R. Wilkinson, R.G. Elliman and J. Linnros, Effect of substrate proximity on luminescence yield from Si nanocrystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 111124 (2006) .

5. X. Badel, B. Norlin, P. Kleimann, L. Williams, S.J. Moody, G.C. Tyrrell, C. Fröjdh, J. Linnros, Performance of scintillating waveguides for CCD-based X-ray detectors, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 53, 3-8 (2006) .

2005

1. J. Juhasz, N. Elfström and J. Linnros, Controlled fabrication of silicon nanowires by electron beam lithography and electrochemical size reduction, Nano Letters 5, 275-280 (2005) .

2. I. Sychugov, R. Juhasz, J. Valenta and J. Linnros, Narrow luminescence linewidth of a silicon quantum dot, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 087405 (2005) .

3. I. Sychugov, R. Juhasz, J. Linnros and J. Valenta, Luminescence blinking of a Si quantum dot in a SiO2 shell, Phys. Rev. B 71, 115331 (2005) .

4 J. Linnros, Nanocrystals brighten transistors, Nature Materials 4, 117-118 (2005) .

5. Feng Li, X. Badel, J. Linnros and J.B. Wiley, Fabrication of colloidal crystals with tubular-like packings, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 3268-3269 (2005) .

6. P. Kleimann, X. Badel and J. Linnros, Towards the formation of 3D nano-structures by electrochemical etching of silicon, Appl. Phys. Lett 86, 183108 (2005) .

7. R.T. Rajendra Kumar, X. Badel, G. Vikor, J. Linnros and R. Schuch, Fabrication of silicon dioxide nanocapillary arrays for guiding highly charged ions, Nanotechnology 16, 1697-1700 (2005) .