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quantum wire

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quantum wire [′kwän·təm ′wīr]
(electronics)
A strip of conducting material about 10 nanometers or less in width and thickness that displays quantum-mechanical effects such as the Aharanov-Bohm effect and universal conductance fluctuations.
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