%0 Journal Article %T Engineered multifunctional nanowires as novel biosensing tools for highly sensitive detection %A Pooja Arora %A Annu Sindhu %A Neeraj Dilbaghi %A Ashok Chaudhury %J Applied Nanoscience %@ 2190-5517 %D 2013 %I %R 10.1007/s13204-012-0142-4 %X Advances in semiconductive nanowires with novel electronic and optical properties contribute towards new detection methods and revolutionize the way of biosensing. Owing to the large amount of literature pertaining to nanowires (indium oxide, polymer, silicon, and gold), the consequent proposal highlights the research published to feature ultra-sensitive handy biosensors. The focus of this article is the effective evaluation of the outstanding scientific challenges in one-dimensional nanostructures (nanowires) towards innovative and exceptional prospects in designing and fabrication of excellent primary transducers/sensors. %K Biosensors %K Electronics %K Nanostructures %K Nanowires %K Semicoductor %U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13204-012-0142-4