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Published online 7 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020204-7
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Striped nanowires shrink electronics
Wires one-millionth of a millimetre wide change composition along their length.
Wiresone-millionth of a millimetre wide that change chemical composition along their length, just as fruit pastilles change flavour along a packet, have been grown in the United States. These multi-flavoured nanowires can act as miniature bar-codes, diodes and light sources.
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