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Solution Synthesis of Germanium Nanowires Using a Ge2+ Alkoxide Precursor Henry Gerung,*,† Timothy J. Boyle,*,‡ Louis J. Tribby,† Scott D. Bunge,‡,§ C. Jeffrey Brinker,†,‡ and Sang M. Han*,† Contribution from the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, UniVersity of New Mexico, 209 Farris Engineering Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, and AdVanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, 1001 UniVersity BouleVard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 Received December 15, 2005; E-mail:
[email protected] Abstract: A simple solution synthesis of germanium (Ge0) nanowires under mild conditions (