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Silicon-in-silica spheres via axial thermal gradient in-fibre capillary instabilities

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  • Alexander Gumennik

    (Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Lei Wei

    (Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Guillaume Lestoquoy

    (Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Alexander M. Stolyarov

    (Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Xiaoting Jia

    (Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Paul H. Rekemeyer

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Matthew J. Smith

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Xiangdong Liang

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Benjamin J.-B. Grena

    (Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Steven G. Johnson

    (Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Silvija Gradečak

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Ayman F. Abouraddy

    (CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics, University of Central Florida)

  • John D. Joannopoulos

    (Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Yoel Fink

    (Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

The ability to produce small scale, crystalline silicon spheres is of significant technological and scientific importance, yet scalable methods for doing so have remained elusive. Here we demonstrate a silicon nanosphere fabrication process based on an optical fibre drawing technique. A silica-cladded silicon-core fibre with diameters down to 340 nm is continuously fed into a flame defining an axial thermal gradient and the continuous formation of spheres whose size is controlled by the feed speed is demonstrated. In particular, spheres of diameter

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  • Alexander Gumennik & Lei Wei & Guillaume Lestoquoy & Alexander M. Stolyarov & Xiaoting Jia & Paul H. Rekemeyer & Matthew J. Smith & Xiangdong Liang & Benjamin J.-B. Grena & Steven G. Johnson & Silvija, 2013. "Silicon-in-silica spheres via axial thermal gradient in-fibre capillary instabilities," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-8, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3216
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3216
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    1. Camila Faccini de Lima & Fan Wang & Troy A. Leffel & Tyson Miller & Steven G. Johnson & Alexander Gumennik, 2023. "Multimaterial fiber as a physical simulator of a capillary instability," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-17, December.

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