Recovering a rare metal from LCDs to avoid depleting key resource

http://phys.org/news/2015-06-recovering-rare-...g.html#jCp
.....impact on future nanotech




Highly conductive germanium nanowires made by a simple, one-step process

researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology have shown for the first time that germanium nanowires can be deposited by a simple, one-step process called electrodeposition that could provide a low cost route to fabricate these anodes. The nanowires were grown on an indium tin oxide substrate.

An electrochemical reduction produces tiny indium nanoparticles on the indium tin oxide surface, which act as sites for the nucleation and crystallization of germanium nanowires. The nanowire diameter can be controlled by the solution temperature: wires grown at room temperature have an average diameter of 35 nanometers, whereas those grown at 95°C have an average diameter of 100 nanometers

http://phys.org/news/2015-04-highly-germanium...p.html#jCp
.......better efficiency/usage