Abstract

High-throughput assembly of nanoscale structures into functional macroscopic devices appears to be the bottleneck in introducing nanotechnology into our daily lives.1 Nanowires are particularly promising building blocks with extensive composition and fabrication opportunities and extraordinary material characteristics,2 while their use as large-scale devices is equivalently challenging. At this point, neither self-assembly strategies nor top-down techniques are developed enough to pave the way for industrial scale nanowire applications.

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