Penetrating living cells using semiconductor nanowires. Academic Article

abstract

• A recent publication by Kim et al. on penetrating both human embryonic kidney cells and mouse embryonic stem cells with Si nanowires highlights the increasing interest in using proven semiconductor materials not only to detect specific biomolecules in solutions but also to deliver genetic material or potentially screen for the presence of particular molecules at the cell level. Many semiconductors are biocompatible and this recent work has shown that penetrating cells with large diameters compared with those of the semiconductor nanowire is not fatal to the cell and that the cells remain functional for a few days.

authors

• Lele, Tanmay

published proceedings

• Trends Biotechnol

author list (cited authors)

• Pearton, S. J., Lele, T., Tseng, Y., & Ren, F.

citation count

• 22

complete list of authors

• Pearton, Stephen J||Lele, Tanmay||Tseng, Yiider||Ren, F

publication date

• November 2007

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Trends in Biotechnology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Biocompatible Materials
• Cell Physiological Phenomena
• Humans
• Mice
• Nanowires
• Semiconductors
• Silicon

PubMed Central ID

• 17935806

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.tibtech.2007.07.011

start page

• 481

end page

• 482

volume

• 25

issue

• 11

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2007.07.011