Nanowire synthetic strategies

This synthetic strategy for nanowires makes use of anisotropic growth dictated by the crystallographic structure of a solid material or confined and directed by templates or kinetically controlled by supersaturation or by the use of appropriate capping agents. 

The nanowires are one of the most important classes of compounds among all the nanostructured materials due to their potential as building blocks for functional nanoscale electronics. Higher electrical conductivity of boron-based nanomaterials in the form of tubes, layers, or fullerene-like solids has been predicted, which essentially directs the quest of synthetic strategies toward the feasible routes to prepare boron nanowires in bulk quantities. 

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