Review Article

The Development of Silicon Nanowire as Sensing Material and Its Applications

Table 2

Application of SiNWs in sensor technologies.

TechniqueApplication/detectionReference

Surface-enhanced Raman scatteringAmoxicillin, calcium dipicolinate[71]
Protein, immunoglobulin[72]
Rhodamine, crystal violet, nicotine, calf thymus DNA[50]

Fluorescence sensorMultiplex DNA detection[73]
DNA hybridization[77]
Protein immunosensor[78]
Cu (II) detection[79]
NO detection[80]
Ln (III) detection[81]

Electrochemical sensorH2O2 detection[84]
Organophosphate pesticide detection[47]
Dopamine[85]
Glutathione[86]
BSA[87, 88]
Glucose[89, 91]

Field effect transistorsDNA detection and hybridization[93, 94]
miRNA determination[95]
ER detection[96]
CRP and PSA detection[97]
Lectin EC detection[98]
Interleukin-I genes[99]
Influenza virus[100]
Aleutian disease virus[101]
Cu2+, Pb2+, Cd2+, Hg2+[102, 103]