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Teaching silicon new tricks

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Atomic-scale engineering turns silicon into a material in which electronics and photonics can be merged, thus leading to microphotonic integrated circuits.

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Figure 1: A glimpse into the future.
Figure 2: Silicon nanocrystals as an antenna for erbium.

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  1. *European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, 18–21 June, 2001.

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