A nanowire, nanosphere, metallized nanosphere, and methods for their fabrication are outlined. The method of fabricating nanowires includes fabricating the nanowire under thermal and non-catalytic conditions. The nanowires can at least be fabricated from metals, metal oxides, metalloids, and metalloid...http://www.google.de/patents/US20040157414?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040157414 - Silicon based nanospheres and nanowires
