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Top Micrograph of a complete nanowire LED with the end contact. The long nanowire (A) is about 110 micrometers long a shorter nanowire (B) crosses it. The bright circular section is the metal post from which the nanowires are aligned. Credit: NIST
[Top] Micrograph of a complete nanowire LED with the end contact. The long nanowire (A) is about 110 micrometers long, a shorter nanowire (B) crosses it. The bright circular section is the metal post from which the nanowires are aligned. Credit: NIST

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland and Howard University, have developed a technique to create tiny, highly efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from nanowires.


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