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Fabrication and Characterization of Light Emitting Porous Silicon and Polymer Nanocomposites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S. P. Duttagupta ,
P. M. Fauchet ,
X. L. Chen  and
S. A. Jenekhe
S. P. Duttagupta
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627
P. M. Fauchet
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627
X. L. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627
S. A. Jenekhe
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627
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Abstract

We report the fabrication of nanocomposites by the infiltration of polymers into porous silicon. Polymers such as polyamide, polystyrene, PMMA, and PVC were chosen because they are commonly available and have been extensively studied. The pore-filling was accomplished by either diffusion of the polymer molecules into porous silicon or in-situ polymerization of the monomer. The Vickers hardness arid the thermal conductivity of the samples were measured. There was a difference in the nanocomposite characteristics depending on whether the samples were as-anodized or had been annealed in oxygen. By infiltrating polyamide into an as-anodized sample, a 42% increase in hardness and a 24% increase in thermal conductivity were observed at room temperature, without any degradation of luminescence.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 452 , 1996 , 473
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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