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Fabricating nanostructures on a substrate often requires a choice between pattern complexity and narrow wire widths. By combining lithographic patterning with electrochemical templating, complex patterns over large areas with critical dimensions well below 100 nm become possible.

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Figure 1: Nanowire fabrication approaches.

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Natelson, D. Best of both worlds. Nature Mater 5, 853–854 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1769

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