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Untangling nanowire assembly

A nanoscale combing technique can be used to straighten and align nanowires with exceptional precision.

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Figure 1: Nanoscale combing.

NATHAN WEISS

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Weiss, N., Duan, X. Untangling nanowire assembly. Nature Nanotech 8, 312–313 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.83

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