'High Q' NIST Nanowires (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

'High Q' NIST Nanowires

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Electron micrograph of a NIST-grown nanowire with a high "quality factor" vibrating more than 1 million times per second. At lower right, a stationary nanowire shows the typical hexagonal shape of the gallium nitride structures.

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S. Tanner, CU/JILA

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