Ma waho aʻe o nā hiʻohiʻona o nā nanomaterials maʻamau (ka hopena o ka honua, ka hopena dielectric confinement, ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, ka hopena quantum tunneling, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe), ʻo nā nanomaterials gula he kūpaʻa kūʻokoʻa, conductivity, biocompatibility maikaʻi loa a me ka supramolecular a me ka ʻike molecular, fluorescence a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe, e hōʻike ana i nā manaʻo noi ākea i nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, sensing and catalysis, biomolecular labeling, biosensing a me nā māla ʻē aʻe.Ma waena o nā ʻano nanomaterials gula me nā ʻano like ʻole, nā nanowires gula i makemake nui ʻia e nā mea noiʻi.ʻO ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou a me nā ʻano hana no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā nanowires gula, a me ka hoʻonui hou ʻana i kāna mau noi noi, ʻo ia kekahi o nā noiʻi i kēia manawa e kālele ana i ke kahua o nā nanomaterials.
Loaʻa i nā nanowires gula nā mea maikaʻi o ka lakene hiʻohiʻona nui, hiki ke maʻalahi a me ke ʻano hoʻomākaukau maʻalahi, a ua hōʻike lākou i ka mana nui i nā ʻano o nā sensors, microelectronics, optical device, surface enhanced Raman, a me ka ʻike biological.