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Microscopy of Porous Silicon

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Traditionally, the structure of porous silicon has been thoroughly characterized by a wide variety of microscopy techniques aiming at carrying out fundamental studies. However, as a consequence of the explosive growth of specific uses of porous silicon in such diverse fields as photonics, chemistry, energy, and biomedicine, the number of microscopies used for its characterization has continued to grow over time. In this updated review, some recent specific applications in which these characterization tools have demonstrated their enormous capabilities are highlighted. Such application areas, underpinned by 15 microscopy techniques, include tissue engineering, cell culture, biosensing, drug delivery, and lithium-ion batteries.

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  1. Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

    Raúl J. Martín-Palma & Vicente Torres Costa

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Martín-Palma, R.J., Costa, V.T. (2018). Microscopy of Porous Silicon. In: Canham, L. (eds) Handbook of Porous Silicon. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71381-6_41

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