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27 May 2002
Researchers at the University of Louisville claim to have developed wires a thousand times thinner than a human hair.
The wires could be used in sensors, fuel cells and solar devices, as well as in anti-bioterrorism and military apparel.
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Crops of the so-called nanowires are grown on a solid surface covered by a thin film of molten gallium which is exposed to a gas.
The process can also be used to build silicon, carbon, gallium oxide and gallium nitride wires.
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