@article { ISI:000232742000009,
	title = {Controlled growth of silicon nanocrystallites in silicon oxide matrix using 150 MeV Ag ion irradiation},
	journal = {Nuclear Instruments \& Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms},
	volume = {239},
	number = {3},
	year = {2005},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = {185-190},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>We report the synthesis of silicon nanocrystals grown in silicon oxide matrix by swift heavy ion irradiation. Thin films of silicon oxide (SiO(x)) are irradiated with 150 MeV silver ions at fluence varying from 5 x 10(11) to 1 x 10(13) ions/cm(2). The variation in the properties of silicon nanocrystals embedded in silicon oxide with varying fluence is studied. The energy of the photoluminescence peak corresponding to the silicon nanocrystals is found to be red shifted with increasing fluence. The trends in the broadening of the X-ray diffraction peak with decreasing fluence supports the controlled growth of silicon nanocrystals in silicon oxide matrix. The crystallite size of nanoclusters of silicon is seen to increase with increasing fluence. The results are discussed in view of the structural transformation, in SiO(x) matrix, caused by swift heavy ion irradiation. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {oxide matrix, silicon nanocrystallites, swift heavy ion irradiation},
	issn = {0168-583X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.nimb.2005.04.069},
	author = {Chaudhari, P. S. and Bhave, T. M. and Pasricha, R. and Singh, F. and Kanjilal, D. and Bhoraskar, S. V.}
}
@article { ISI:000262440400015,
	title = {Composites of plasma treated poly(etherimide) films with gold nanoparticles and lysine through layer by layer assembly: a {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}friendly-rough{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} surface for cell adhesion and proliferation for tissue engineering applications},
	journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry},
	volume = {19},
	number = {4},
	year = {2009},
	month = {DEC},
	pages = {544-550},
	publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY},
	address = {THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>A composite film fabricated by plasma treated poly(etherimide) with subsequent deposition of gold nanoparticles and lysine using layer by layer assembly has been demonstrated to be good for cell attachment and proliferation making it an attractive strategy for tissue engineering applications. As compared to the other methods the decrease in contact angle obtained here does not depend much on the plasma treatment thus affecting the polymer structure minimally. A combination of surface roughness provided by the gold nanoparticles and the presence of amine groups of lysine is hypothesized to be the reason for the features observed.</p>},
	issn = {0959-9428},
	doi = {10.1039/b817231e},
	author = {D{\textquoteright}Britto, Virginia and Tiwari, S. and Purohit, V. and Wadgaonkar, P. P. and Bhoraskar, S. V. and Bhonde, Ramesh R. and Bhagavatula L. V. Prasad}
}
