Semiconductor nanowire: what's next?

Nano Lett

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

Published: May 2010

AI Article Synopsis

  • The text evaluates the advancements in nanowire research over the last ten years, highlighting the balance between discovering new phenomena and improving application performance.
  • It notes the significance of both bottom-up and top-down methods in enhancing the understanding of nanowires as a distinct category of nanostructures.
  • The authors also provide insights on future trends in nanowire research, sharing personal opinions on potential directions the field may take.

Article Abstract

In this perspective, we take a critical look at the research progress within the nanowire community for the past decade. We discuss issues on the discovery of fundamentally new phenomena versus performance benchmarking for many of the nanowire applications. We also notice that both the bottom-up and top-down approaches have played important roles in advancing our fundamental understanding of this new class of nanostructures. Finally we attempt to look into the future and offer our personal opinions on what the future trends will be in nanowire research.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl100665rDOI Listing

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