Alkyl-functionalization of porous silicon via multimode microwave-assisted hydrosilylation

Porous silicon (PSi), with its large surface area-to-volume ratio and tunable surface morphology, remains an attractive substrate for applications ranging from optoelectronics to medical diagnostics. However, one significant obstacle facing the development of specialized PSi devices is the inherent instability of its native, silicon-hydride surface termination. In order to bypass this difficulty, a number of benchtop hydrosilylation reactions...