We developed out-of-plane, high aspect ratio, nanoscale tip silicon microwire arrays for application to penetrating, multisite, nanoscale biological sensors. Silicon microwire arrays selectively grown by gold-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid growth of silicon can be formed to create sharpened nanotips with a tip diameter of less than 100 nm by utilizing batch-processed silicon chemical etching for only 1-3 min. The tip angles achieved ranged from 11 degrees to 38 degrees. The nanotip silicon microwires can perform gelatin penetration without wire breakdown, indicating their potential penetrating capability for measurements inside biological tissues.
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