Nano-bioelectronics represents a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field that combines
nanomaterials with biology and electronics and, in so doing, offers the potential to overcome …

Gas sensors fabricated with nanowires as the detecting elements are powerful due to their
many improved characteristics such as high surface-to-volume ratios, ultrasensitivity, higher …

Semiconductor nanowires have been the subject of intensive research investment over the
past few decades. Their physical properties afford them applications in a vast network of …

We demonstrate that vertical silicon nanowires take on a surprising variety of colors covering
the entire visible spectrum, in marked contrast to the gray color of bulk silicon. This effect is …

The accumulation of synthetic plastics used in packaging applications in landfills and the
environment is a serious problem. This challenge is driving research efforts to develop …

A nanowire is a structure with a diameter of the order of a nanometer. When the diameter
puts the radial dimension of the nanowire at or below certain characteristic lengths, such as …

Detection of biological species is of great importance to numerous areas of medical and life
sciences from the diagnosis of diseases to the discovery of new drugs. Essential to the …

Biomimetic designs based on micro/nanoscale manipulation and scalable fabrication are
expected to develop new-style strong, tough structural materials. Although the mimicking of …

This article presents an effective approach for patterned growth of vertically aligned ZnO
nanowire (NW) arrays with high throughput and low cost at wafer scale without using …

The interface between nanotechnology and life sciences is one of the fastest-growing and
most promising areas of material science. This review is following a recent shift toward the …