@article {magyar_photoluminescent_2013,
	title = {Photoluminescent {SiC} Tetrapods},
	journal = {Nano Letters},
	volume = {13},
	year = {2013},
	pages = {1210{\textendash}1215},
	abstract = {Recently, significant research efforts have been made to develop complex nanostructures to provide more sophisticated control over the optical and electronic properties of nanomaterials. However, there are only a handful of semiconductors that allow control over their geometry via simple chemical processes. Herein, we present a molecularly seeded synthesis of a complex nanostructure, {SiC} tetrapods, and report on their structural and optical properties. The {SiC} tetrapods exhibit narrow line width photoluminescence at wavelengths spanning the visible to near-infrared spectral range. Synthesized from low-toxicity, earth abundant elements, these tetrapods are a compelling replacement for technologically important quantum optical materials that frequently require toxic metals such as Cd and Se. This previously unknown geometry of {SiC} nanostructures is a compelling platform for biolabeling, sensing, spintronics, and optoelectronics.},
	issn = {1530-6984},
	doi = {10.1021/nl304665y},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl304665y},
	author = {Magyar, Andrew P. and Aharonovich, Igor and Baram, Mor and Hu, Evelyn L.}
}
