Nano-bioelectronics represents a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field that combines
nanomaterials with biology and electronics and, in so doing, offers the potential to overcome …

Biological systems respond to and communicate through biophysical cues, such as
electrical, thermal, mechanical and topographical signals. However, precise tools for …

Over the past 30 years electronic applications have been dominated by complementary
metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices. These combine p-and n-type field effect …

The ability to make electrical measurements inside cells has led to many important
advances in electrophysiology,,,,,. The patch clamp technique, in which a glass micropipette …

Thermal management is critical in modern electronic systems. Efforts to improve heat
dissipation have led to the exploration of novel semiconductor materials with high thermal …

Unusual performances of metamaterials such as negative index of refraction, memory effect,
and cloaking originate from the resonance features of the metallic composite atom 1− 6 …

Nanopores could potentially be used to perform single-molecule DNA sequencing at low
cost and with high throughput,,,. Although single base resolution and differentiation have …

This paper discusses the electronic transport properties of nanowire field-effect transistors
(NW-FETs). Four different device concepts are studied in detail: Schottky-barrier NW-FETs …

Semiconductor nanowires represent unique materials for exploring phenomena at the
nanoscale. Developments in nanowire growth have led to the demonstration of a wide range …

In this Colloquium the theory of silicon nanowires is reviewed. Nanowires with diameters
below 10 nm are the focus, where quantum effects become important and the properties …