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Vertical nanowire array-based biosensors: device design strategies and biomedical applications
Xiangling Li1, Jingshan Mo, Jiaru Fang
1The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China. xiexi27@mail.sysu.edu.cn huning3@mail.sysu.edu.cn fanmao.liu@foxmail.com.
Vertical nanowire (VNW) array biosensors offer sensitive detection of biological information at multiple levels. These nanoprobes advance life sciences, medicine, and healthcare through improved monitoring and therapeutic development.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Nanotechnology
- Biosensing
Background:
- Biosensors integrate biology, electronics, and chemistry for efficient analysis.
- Nanoprobes with nanoscale properties enable ultrasensitive detection.
- Interdisciplinary biosensor development is revolutionizing life sciences and healthcare.
Purpose of the Study:
- Review the development of vertical nanowire (VNW) array-based biosensors.
- Summarize VNW applications in detecting biochemical, cellular, and bioelectrical information.
- Discuss prospects and challenges for VNW platforms in biomedical applications.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature on VNW array biosensors.
- Analysis of VNW technologies for molecular, extracellular, and intracellular detection.
- Synthesis of data on VNW applications in fundamental biology and therapeutics.
Main Results:
- VNW arrays provide effective collection of biomedical data at various levels.
- VNW-based technologies facilitate understanding of biological processes.
- VNW platforms show potential for developing novel therapeutic techniques.
Conclusions:
- VNW array biosensors are promising for high-performance biosensing.
- Further development is needed to overcome challenges in practical biomedical applications.
- VNW systems offer significant opportunities for future biological research and healthcare innovation.
