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Nanofabrication

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Nature Materials volume 5, pages 853–854 (2006)Cite this article

Fabricating nanostructures on a substrate often requires a choice between pattern complexity and narrow wire widths. By combining lithographic patterning with electrochemical templating, complex patterns over large areas with critical dimensions well below 100 nm become possible.

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Figure 1: Nanowire fabrication approaches.

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