Novel fabrication method of conductive polymer nanowires for sensor applications

In this work we demonstrate a new, quiek and low cost fabrication of PEDOT:TsO nanowires using self-assembled peptide nanotubes as a masking material. The peptide nanotubes show a remarkably stability during reactive ion etching and can be dissolved in water afterwards. We have shown that the impedance of the nanowire is changing with backgating the wire, this gives promising possibility for application as a sensor.