Semiconducting Silicon Nanowires for Biomedical Applications

Biomedical applications have benefited greatly from the increasing interest and research into semiconducting silicon nanowires. Semiconducting silicon nanowires for biomedical applications reviews the fabrication, properties and applications of this emerging material.

After an introductory chapter providing an overview of semiconducting silicon nanowires for biomedical applications, part one goes on to review the growth, characterization, biocompatibility, and surface modification of semiconducting silicon nanowires. Part two focuses on silicon nanowires for tissue engineering and delivery applications including cellular binding and internalization, orthopedic tissue scaffolds, mediated differentiation of stem cells, and silicon nanoneedles for drug delivery. Finally, Part three highlights the use of silicon nanowires for detection and sensing. Chapters explore the fabrication and use of semiconducting silicon nanowire arrays for high throughput screening in the biosciences, neural cell pinning on surfaces, and probe-free platforms for biosensing.

Semiconducting silicon nanowires for biomedical applications is a comprehensive resource for biomaterials scientists who are focussed on biosensors, drug delivery and tissue engineering and researchers and developers in industry and academia who are concerned with nanoscale biomaterials, in particular electronically-responsive biomaterials.

Reviews the growth, characterization, biocompatibility, and surface modification of semiconducting silicon nanowiresIncludes chapters focusing on silicon nanowires for tissue engineering and delivery applications including cellular binding and internalization, orthopedic tissue scaffolds, mediated differentiation of stem cells, and silicon nanoneedles for drug deliveryHighlights the use of silicon nanowires for detection and sensing