"Quantum Nano wires" exploit quantum mechanics to produce wires with a wide range of unique electrical properties

Abstract

Note: Nanowires are just like normal electrical wires except for the fact that they are very small. Like conventional wires, nanowires can be made from a variety of conductive and semi-conductive materials such as copper, silver, gold, iron, silicon, zinc oxide, and germanium. Nanowires can also be made from carbon nanotubes.Nanowires are less than 100 nm in diameter and can be as small as 3 nm. Typically, nanowires are more than 1000 times larger than their diameter. This huge difference in length-to-diameter ratio compared to nanowires is often referred to as 1D materials. This leads to unique properties not seen in bulk materials, the minute size of nanowires means that quantum mechanical effects become important.

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