title: Recent Advances in Silicon Nanowire Biosensors: Synthesis Methods, Properties, and Applications.
abstract: The application of silicon nanowire (SiNW) biosensor as a subtle, label-free, and electrical tool has been extensively demonstrated by several researchers over the past few decades. Human ability to delicately fabricate and control its chemical configuration, morphology, and arrangement either separately or in combination with other materials as lead to the development of a nanomaterial with specific and efficient electronic and catalytic properties useful in the fields of biological sciences and renewable energy. This review illuminates on the various synthetic methods of SiNW, with its optical and electrical properties that make them one of the most applicable nanomaterials in the field of biomolecule sensing, photoelectrochemical conversion, and diseases diagnostics.
authors.affiliation: Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Pooria
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Namdari
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advance Science in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 69971-18544, Iran.
authors.forename: Hadis
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daraee
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advance Science in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 69971-18544, Iran. a-eatemadi@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9723-2654
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eatemadi
keywords: Biomolecule sensing; Biosensor; Morphology; Silicon nanowires; Synthesis