Silicon Nanowires (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Silicon Nanowires

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Silicon nanowires produced with aluminium as a catalyst. (a) Schematic representation of a silicon nanowire. (b) Dyed scanning electron microscopic image of silicon nanowires (approximately 40 nanometers in diameter).

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Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics

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