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  • noun physics A wire whose width is of the order of nanometers.

Etymologies

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nano- +‎ wire

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Examples

  • When the nanowire was removed, the orange fluorescence was immediately reduced 80-fold, confirming that the nanowire was the predominant source of fluorescent excitation.

    Future for Nano-sized Light Source | Impact Lab 2007

  • Their approach was to detect and control spin-flip torque -- a phenomenon that occurs in a metallic nanowire, that is half ferromagnetic and the other is nonmagnetic.

    innovations-report 2008

  • MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small "nanowire" structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries.

    "I'm the government, and I'm here to help you." 2006

  • Beyond-CMOS emerging technologies such as nanowire transistors, quantum devices, carbon nanotubes, graphene, or molecular electronics are expected to scale below 5 nm.

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2010

  • Under the transmission electron microscope (TEM), several cobalt phthalocyanine nanowires grow out of an iron phthalocyanine nanowire which is decorated with silver particles.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Under the transmission electron microscope (TEM), several cobalt phthalocyanine nanowires grow out of an iron phthalocyanine nanowire which is decorated with silver particles.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • "Our key finding was that devices made with nanowires, such as nanowire field-effect transistors, require imaginative design of the materials, the surrounding dielectric, and the operating voltage bias to take into account dielectric confinement effects," says Narayanamurti.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

  • "Our key finding was that devices made with nanowires, such as nanowire field-effect transistors, require imaginative design of the materials, the surrounding dielectric, and the operating voltage bias to take into account dielectric confinement effects," says Narayanamurti.

    innovations-report 2009

  • Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small "nanowire" structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries.

    X-bit labs 2009

  • "Our key finding was that devices made with nanowires, such as nanowire field-effect transistors, require imaginative design of the materials, the surrounding dielectric, and the operating voltage bias to take into account dielectric confinement effects," says Narayanamurti.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

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