ABSTRACT
The unique inherent characteristics of certain biomaterials such as proteins and nucleic acids have attracted attention in the electronics field because they can implement the electronic functions on the biochip. Thus, bioelectronics, a convergent field of biology and electronics, has focused on realizing electronic functions by delicately using biomaterials to develop functional bioelectronic devices including biomemory, biologic gates, and biotransistors. Recently, to address the intrinsic limitations of biomaterials, such as instability and low signal-to-noise ratio, nanomaterials are being introduced in bioelectronic devices, and through this, the functions of bioelectronic devices are being strengthened and expanded to be applied in the development of biocomputers. This chapter provides the interdisciplinary knowledge of bioelectronics and nanomaterials and their application in the fabrication of nanomaterial-assisted functional bioelectronic devices, and perspectives of bioelectronic devices for the development of biocomputers.
