Synthesis of silicon microwire

Silicon microwires have been synthesized by the Taylor microwire process. In this process, silicon is melted inside a glass tube by a local heating source and fine microwire is then drawn out by mechanical pulling. The silicon microwire is encapsulated in a silica glass coating. Flexible 10–25-μm diameter polycrystalline silicon microwires were synthesized by this method in continuous lengths up to 460 mm.