Porous Silicon From Formation to Application, Three Volume Set

Porous silicon is rapidly attracting increasing interest from various fields, including biology, medicine, biosensing, chemistry, optoelectronics, microelectronics, sensor and energy technologies, photonics, telecommunications, and environmental monitoring. This nanostructured and biodegradable material has a range of properties, making it ideal for indicated applications. This three-volume set covers all aspects of porous silicon formation, characterizations, and applications.

Porous Silicon: From Formation to Application provides an up-to-date single source of information on porous silicon, from its creation to its impressive variety of applications. Its three volumes are thoughtfully constructed, with contributions from global experts. Each book contains extensive and in-depth sections that focus on the unique properties of porous silicon, its construction, and its use in a wide range of fields and devices, from chemical, mechanical, and biomedical sensors to electronics and energy source devices such as lithium batteries, solar cells, supercapacitors, and fuel cells.

The first volume gives an overview of the properties and processing of porous silicon, including detailed analyses of silicon porosification using various methods. The second volume discusses applications of porous silicon in bioengineering and in various sensors. It also reviews the fabrication, parameters, and applications of these devices. The third volume highlights applications of porous silicon in optoelectronics, photoelectronics, microelectronics, and energy technologies.

Porous Silicon: From Formation to Application is an indispensable technical reference and guide for those involved in the research, development, and application of porous silicon in various areas of science and technology. It presents the latest in the research and exploitation of porous silicon as well as perspectives on developments that can be expected in the near future.

FORMATION AND PROPERTIES, VOLUME ONE

INTRODUCTION

Porous Silicon Characterization and Application: General View
Ghenadii Korotcenkov

SILICON POROSIFICATION

Fundamentals of Silicon Porosification via Electrochemical Etching
Enrique Quiroga-González and Helmut Föll

Technology of Si Porous Layer Fabrication Using Anodic Etching: General Scientific and Technical Issues
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Beongki Cho

Silicon Porosification: Approaches to PSi Parameters Control
Ghenadii Korotcenkov

PROPERTIES AND PROCESSING

Methods of Porous Silicon Parameters Control
Mykola Isaiev, Kateryna Voitenko, Dmytrii Andrusenko, and Roman Burbelo

Structural and Electrophysical Properties of Porous Silicon
Giampiero Amato

Luminescent Properties of Porous Silicon
Bernard Jacques Gelloz

Optical Properties of Porous Silicon
Gilles Lérondel

Thermal Properties of Porous Silicon
Pascal J. Newby

Alternative Methods of Silicon Porosification and Properties of These PSi Layers
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Vladimir Brinzari

The Mechanism of Metal-Assisted Etching of Silicon
Kurt W. Kolasinski

Porous Silicon Processing
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Beongki Cho

Surface Chemistry of Porous Silicon
Yannick Coffinier and Rabah Boukherroub

Contacts to Porous Silicon and PSi-Based p–n Homo- and Heterojunctions
Jayita Kanungo and Sukumar Basu

BIOMEDICAL AND SENSOR APPLICATIONS, VOLUME TWO

SENSORS

Solid State Gas and Vapor Sensors Based on Porous Silicon
Ghenadii Korotcenkov

Optimization of PSi-Based Sensors Using IHSAB Principles
James L. Gole and Caitlin Baker

Porous Silicon-Based Optical Chemical Sensors
Luca De Stefano, Ilaria Rea, Alessandro Caliò, Jane Politi, Monica Terracciano, and Ghenadii Korotcenkov

PSi-Based Electrochemical Sensors
Yang Zhou, Shaoyuan Li, Xiuhua Chen, and Wenhui Ma

Porous Silicon-Based Biosensors: Some Features of Design, Functional Activity, and Practical Application
Nicolai F. Starodub

MEMS-Based Pressure Sensors
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Beongki Cho

Micromachined Mechanical Sensors
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Beongki Cho

Porous Silicon as a Material for Thermal Insulation in MEMS
Pascal J. Newby

PSi-Based Microwave Detection
Jonas Gradauskas and Jolanta Stupakova

AUXILIARY DEVICES

PSi-Based Ultrasound Emitters (Acoustic Emission)
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Vladimir Brinzari

Porous Silicon in Micromachining Hotplates Aimed for Sensor Applications
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Beongki Cho

PSi-Based Preconcentrators, Filters, and Gas Sources
Ghenadii Korotcenkov, Vladimir Brinzari, and Beongki Cho

Silicon Nanostructures for Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Sergei Alekseev

PSi Substrates for Raman, Terahertz, and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Songhee Han

PSi-Based Diffusion Membranes
Andras Kovacs and Ulrich Mescheder

Liquid Microfluidic Devices
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Beongki Cho

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Biocompatibility and Bioactivity of Porous Silicon
Adel Dalilottojari, Wing Yin Tong, Steven J.P. McInnes, and Nicolas H. Voelcker

Applications of Porous Silicon Materials in Drug Delivery
Haisheng Peng, Guangtian Wang, Naidan Chang, and Qun Wang

Tissue Engineering
Pierre-Yves Collart Dutilleul, Csilla Gergely, Frédérique Cunin, and Frédéric Cuisinier

Use of Porous Silicon for In Vivo Imaging Techniques
Igor Komarov and Sergei Alekseev

OPTOELECTRONICS, MICROELECTRONICS, AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS, VOLUME THREE

OPTOELECTRONICS AND PHOTOELECTRONICS

Electroluminescence Devices (LED)
Bernard Jacques Gelloz

Photodetectors Based on Porous Silicon
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Nima Naderi

PSi-Based Photonic Crystals
Gonzalo Recio-Sánchez

Passive and Active Optical Components for Optoelectronics Based on Porous Silicon
Raghvendra S. Dubey

ELECTRONICS

Electrical Isolation Applications of PSi in Microelectronics
Gael Gautier, Jérôme Billoué, and Samuel Menard

Surface Micromachining (Sacrificial Layer) and Its Applications in Electronic Devices
Alexey Ivanov and Ulrich Mescheder

Porous Silicon as Substrate for Epitaxial Films Growth
Eugene Chubenko, Sergey Redko, Alexey Dolgiy, Hanna Bandarenka, and Vitaly Bondarenko

Porous Silicon and Cold Cathodes
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Beongki Cho

Porous Silicon as Host and Template Material for Fabricating Composites and Hybrid Materials
Eugene Chubenko, Sergey Redko, Alexey Dolgiy, Hanna Bandarenka, Sergey Prischepa, and Vitaly Bondarenko

ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Porous Si and Si Nanostructures in Photovoltaics
Valeriy A. Skryshevsky and Tetyana Nychyporuk

PSi-Based Betavoltaics
Ghenadii Korotcenkov and Vladimir Brinzari

Porous Silicon in Micro-Fuel Cells
Gael Gautier and Ghenadii Korotcenkov

Hydrogen Generation and Storage in Porous Silicon
Valeriy A. Skryshevsky, Vladimir Lysenko, and Sergii Litvinenko

PSi-Based Microreactors
Caitlin Baker and James L. Gole

Li Batteries with PSi-Based Electrodes
Gael Gautier, François Tran-Van, and Thomas Defforge

PSi-Based Supercapacitors
Diana Golodnitsky, Ela Strauss, and Tania Ripenbein

Porous Silicon as a Material for Thermoelectric Devices
Androula G. Nassiopoulou

Porous Silicon Based Explosive Devices
Monuko du Plessis

Dr. Ghenadii Korotcenkov is a research professor in the School of Material Science and Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. He earned his PhD in physics and technology of semiconductor materials and devices from the Technical University of Moldova, and his Dr. Sci. degree in the physics of semiconductors and dielectrics from the Academy of Science in Moldova. He has more than 40 years of experience as a teacher and scientific researcher, and has been involved with numerous national and international scientific and engineering projects. He is the author or editor of 29 books and special issues, holds 18 patents, has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, has presented more than 200 reports at national and international conferences, and has received several awards and honors.