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The Promise and Perils of Wide‐Bandgap Semiconductor Nanowires for Sensing, Electronic, and Photonic Applications
Author(s) -
Pearton Stephen J.,
Norton David P.,
Ren Fan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200700042
Subject(s) - nanowire , nanotechnology , materials science , semiconductor , photonics , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , wide bandgap semiconductor , band gap , optoelectronics , engineering physics , telecommunications , computer science , physics
What's next for wires? As reported in this journal and others, enormous research interest currently exists in the preparation and application of semiconductor nanowires, but is there justification for all of this work, particularly in terms of the actual utility of the devices that result? The Essay discusses what might (and might not) be achieved in the near future. The image shows small ZnO nanowires growing from the edge of a larger ZnO nanowire.