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WiseGeek Nanowires. A nanowire sensor is an extremely thin wire with a diameter on the order of a few nanometers. Germanium and silicon nanowires can be made and are used for lithographic printing and silicon chips. In 2007, orderly arrays of nanowires were grown on crystals with a technique that