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Nanowire arrays build themselves

A combination of self-assembly techniques has been used to pattern ordered metallic nanowire arrays on silicon substrates in a versatile process that could prove useful for semiconductor electronics and sensing applications.

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Figure 1: The formation of metallic nanowires on a silicon substrate.

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