Nanosi Advanced Technologies, Inc.

Abdullah Saleh Aldwayyan

Munir H Nayfeh

Mohamad Saleh Alsalhi

Ghassan Al-Chaar

Mansour Alhoshan

Abdurahman Mohammed Aldukhail

Muhammad Naziruddin Khan

Embodiments of the invention provide silicon-based nanoparticle composites, where the silicon nanoparticles are highly luminescent. Preferred embodiments of the invention are Si&#x2014;O solid composite networks, e.g., glass, having a homogenous distribution of luminescent hydrogen terminated silicon nanoparticles in a homogenous distribution throughout the solid. Embodiments of the invention also provide fabrication processes for silicon-based silicon nanoparticle composites. A preferred method for forming a silicon-based nanoparticle composite disperses hydrogen terminated silicon nanoparticles and an inorganic precursor of an organosilicon gel in an aprotic solvent to form a sol. A catalyst is mixed into the sol. The sol is then permitted to dry into a gel of the silicon-based nanoparticle composite.

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Saleh Aldwayyan