Nanowire (IMAGE)

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Nanowire

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Argonne and Brookhaven researchers observed two kinds of defects forming in individual nanowires, depicted here. These nanowires are smaller in diameter than a human hair.

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Megan Hill/Northwestern University

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