Point Decoration of Silicon Nanowires: An Approach Toward Single‐Molecule Electrical Detection1. Issue 20 (25th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Jindong; Shen, Fangxia; Wang, Zhenxing; He, Gen; Qin, Jinwen; Cheng, Nongyi; Yao, Maosheng; Li, Lidong; Guo, Xuefeng
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 53:Issue 20(2014)
• Page Start: 5038
• Page End: 5043
• Publication Date: 2014-03-25
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309438
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Probing interactions of biological systems at the molecular level is of great importance to fundamental biology, diagnosis, and drug discovery. A rational bioassay design of lithographically integrating individual point scattering sites into electrical circuits is capable of realizing real‐time, label‐free biodetection of influenza H1N1 viruses with single‐molecule sensitivity and high selectivity by using silicon nanowires as local reporters in combination with microfluidics. This nanocircuit‐based architecture is complementary to more conventional optical techniques, but has the advantages of no bleaching problems and no fluorescent labeling. These advantages offer a promising platform for exploring dynamics of stochastic processes in biological systems and gaining information from genomics to proteomics to improve accurate molecular and even point‐of‐care clinical diagnosis.</p> </abstract>