Faster way to fabricate silicon wires

A group of DTU-researchers have found a way to fabricate silicon wires using biological peptide nanotubes as an etching mask.

According to Jaime Castillo, assistant professor at DTU Nanotech, the work by the NaBIS group presents a novel, less expensive, "green" and rapid way to fabricate silicon wires which are highly used in nanotechnology due to its potential in the fabrication of biosensing and electronic devices.

The work was published in the new journal NanoBioScience and Engineering.