Ma ke ʻano he ʻelele maʻamau o nā nanomaterial hoʻokahi-dimensional, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā nanowires silicon nā waiwai kūikawā o nā semiconductor, akā hōʻike pū kekahi i nā ʻano kino like ʻole e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ke kahua, thermal conductivity, a me ka photoluminescence ʻike ʻia i ʻokoʻa mai nā mea silika nui. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou i nā mea nanoelectronic a me optoelectronics. Loaʻa i nā polokalamu a me nā kumu ikehu hou ka waiwai hoʻohana nui. ʻOi aku ka mea nui, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā nanowires silicon me nā ʻenehana silicon i loaʻa a no laila loaʻa i ka mākeke noi noi nui. No laila, ʻo nā nanowires silicon he mea hou me ka hiki ke hoʻohana nui i ke kahua o nā nanomaterials hoʻokahi.

He nui nā pōmaikaʻi o Silicon nanowires e like me ke aloha kaiapuni, biocompatibility, hoʻololi maʻalahi o ka ʻili, a me ka launa pū me ka ʻoihana semiconductor.

ʻO nā nanowires silikon nā mea nui no nā biosensors semiconductor. Ma keʻano he papa koʻikoʻi o nā nanomaterial semiconductor hoʻokahi-dimensional, ʻo nā nanowires silicon i kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa e like me ka fluorescence a me ka ultraviolet, nā waiwai uila e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kahua, ka lawe ʻana i ka electron, ka hoʻokele wela, ka hana kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻili, a me nā hopena quantum confinement. ʻO nā hāmeʻa Nano e like me nā transistors hopena pānaʻi kiʻekiʻe, nā mea ʻike uila hoʻokahi a me nā mea hōʻike hoʻoheheʻe kahua i loaʻa nā manaʻo noi maikaʻi.
Ua aʻo nui ʻia nā nanowires silikoni no nā noi i nā pākahi lithium-ion, thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, nanowire batteries, a me ka hoʻomanaʻo non-volatile.