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nanowire

A wire made from nanotubes. A nanowire allows a much lower current to flow compared to metal wire. See nanotube.
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Under terms of the agreement, Evolved Machines has secured or has obtained options to secure a variety of exclusive, worldwide rights, among which are the use of DNA-functionalized nanowire or nanotube-based sensor arrays for the detection and/or identification of an analyte or analytes in the gas and/or liquid phase.
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Among their topics are basic notions of one-dimensional superconductivity, quantum phase slips and quantum phase transitions, experimental techniques for fabricating nanowire, coherent quantum phase slips, and one-dimensional superconductivity in a related system.
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When you have a zinc oxide nanowire under strain, you create a piezoelectric charge at both ends which forms a piezoelectric potential," Wang said.
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