Silicon nanowires to detect electric signals from living cells
The ability to merge electronic devices with biological systems at the cellular scale is an interesting perspective. Potential applications span from investigating the bio-electric signals in excitable (and non-excitable) cells with an insofar-unreached resolution to plan next-generation therapeutic devices. Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) are well suited for achieving this goal because of their intrinsic size and wide range of possible configurations.