The template-assisted synthesis of nanowires is a conceptually
simple and intuitive way to fabricate nanostructures. These templates contain very small cylindrical pores or voids within the host material, and the empty spaces are filled with the chosen
material, which adopts the pore
morphology, to form nanowires.
In this section, we describe the
Templates first, and then describe
strategies for filling the templates
to make nanowires