Figure 5

Porosity.
(a) Superlinear PL yield, as obtained at 0.85 eV, for the octahedral Si NP’s of three different sizes (~80, 110 and 140 nm) under 2.33 eV continuous wave excitation. (b) Volume representation and (c) central slice of a sample formed by agglomerated octahedral Si NP’s. (d) Volume representation and (e) central slice of a sample made from the agglomeration of irregular Si NP’s. (e) The central slice of the irregular Si NP’s showing the degree of compactness and the noticeable smaller porosity.