TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - CERAMICS AND GLASS - Preferred Components: The nano-wire is substantially embedded in a material selected from glass, polymer and wax.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The nano-wire further comprises ohmic layer and second layer comprise a semiconducting material selected from titanium dioxide, calcium titanate, strontium titanate, strontium-titanium-oxide (Sr3Ti2O7), (Sr4Ti3O10), rubidium-lanthanum-titanium-oxide (Rb2La2Ti3O10), cesium-lanthanum-titanum-oxide (Cs2La2Ti3O10), cesium-lanthanum-titanium-niobium-oxide(CsLa2Ti2NbO10), lanthanum-titanium-oxide (La2TiO5), (La2Ti3O9), (La2Ti2O7), lanthanum-titanium-oxide-barium (La2Ti2O7:Ba), lanthanum-titanium-zirconium-titanium-oxide (Ka LaZr(0.3)Ti(0.7)O4), lanthanum-calcium-titanium-oxide (La4CaTi5O17), potassium- titanium-niobium-oxide (KTiNbO5), sodium-titanium-oxide (Na2Ti6O13), barium- titanium-oxide (BaTi4O9), gadolinium- titanium-oxide (Gd2Ti2O7), yttrium-titanium-oxide (Y2Ti2O7), zirconium dioxide, potassium- niobium-oxide (K4Nb6O17), rubidium- niobium-oxide (Rb4Nb6O17), calcium-niobium-oxide (Ca2Nb2O7), strontium-niobium-oxygen (Sr2Nb2O7), barium-niobium-oxygen (Ba5Nb4O15), sodium-calcium- niobium-oxygen O (NaCa2Nb3O10), zinc- niobium-oxygen (ZnNb2O6), cesium- niobium-oxygen (Cs2Nb4O11), lanthanum- niobium-oxygen (La3NbO7), tantalum pentoxide, praseodymium-tantalum-oxide (KsPrTa5O15), potassium-tantalum-silicon-oxide (K3Ta3Si2O13), potassium-tantalum-boron-oxide (K3Ta3B2O12), lithium tantalum-oxide (LiTaO3), potassium tantalum-oxide (KTaO3), silver tantalum-oxide (AgTaO3), potassium tantalum-oxide -zirconium( KTaO3:Zr), sodium tantalum-oxide - lanthalum(NaTaO3:La), sodium tantalum-oxide - strontium (NaTaO3:Sr), sodium- tantalum-oxide (Na2Ta2O6), calcium-tantalum-oxide (CaTa2O6), strontium-tantalum-oxide (SrTa2O6), nickel- tantalum-oxide (NiTa2O6), rubidium-tantalum-oxide (Rb4Ta5O17), calcium- tantalum-oxide (Ca2Ta2O7), strontium-tantalum-oxide-potassium- strontium-tantalum-oxide (Sr2Ta2O7.K2SrTa2O7), rubidium-neodymium-tantalum-oxide (RbNdTa2O7), hydrogen-lanthanum-tantalum-oxide (H2La(2/3)Ta2O7), potassium-strontium-tantalum-oxide (K2Sr(1.5)Ta3O10), lithium- calcium-tantalum-oxide (LiCa2Ta3O10), potassium-barium-tantalum-oxide (K1Ba2Ta3O10), strontium-tantalum-oxide (Sr5Ta4O15), barium-tantalum-oxide (Ba2Ta4O15), hydrogen-strontium-bismuth tantalum-oxide (H(1.8)Sr(0.81)Bi(0.19)Ta2O7), magnesium-tantalum oxide, lanthanum orthotantalate, lanthanum tantalum-oxide (LaTaO7), lead tungstate, rubidium-tungsten-niobium- oxide (RbWNbO6), rubidium-tungsten-tantalum-oxide (RbWTaO6), cerium- oxide-strontium (CeO2:Sr), barium- cerium- oxide (BaCeO3), sodium-indium-oxide (NaInO2), calcium- indium-oxide (CaIn2O4), strontium- indium-oxide (SrIn2O4), lanthanum- indium-oxide (LaInO3), yttrium- indium-oxide (YxIn2-xO3), sodium antimonate, calcium-antimony-oxide (CaSb2O6), (Ca2Sb2O7), strontium-antimony-oxide (Sr2Sb2O7), strontium-tin-oxide (Sr2SnO4), zinc-gallium-oxide (ZnGa2O4), zinc-germanium-oxide (Zn2GeO4), lithium-indium-germanium-oxide (LiInGeO4), gallium-oxide (Ga2O3), gallium-oxide-zinc (Ga2O3:Zn), sodium-titanium-oxide (Na2Ti3O7), potassium-titanium-oxide (K2Ti2O5), (K2Ti4O9), cesium-titanium-oxide (Cs2Ti2O5), hydrogen- cesium-titanium-oxide (H+-Cs2Ti2O5), cesium-titanium-oxide (Cs2Ti5O11), (Cs2Ti5O13), hydrogen-cesium-titanium-niobium-oxide (H+-CsTiNbO5), (H+-CsTi2NbO7), silicon dioxide-pillared potassium-titanium-oxide (SiO2-pillared-K2Ti4O9), silicon dioxixde-pillared potassium-titanium-manganese-oxide (SiO2-pillared-K2Ti(2.7)Mn(0.3)O7), sodium-tnugsten-oxide (Na2W4O13), hydrogen-potassium-lanthanum-niobium-oxide (H+-KLaNb2O7), rhodium-doped calcium titanate (CaTiO3:Rh), chromium-doped lanthanum titanate (La2Ti2O7:Cr), iron-doped lanthanum titanate (La2Ti2O7:Fe), chromium/antimony-doped titanium dioxide (TiO2 :Cr/Sb), nickel/niobium-doped titanium dioxide (TiO2:Ni/Nb), tantalum oxynitride, tantalum nitride (Ta3N5), calcium niobium oxynitride (CaNbO2N), calcium tantalum oxynitride (CaTaO2N), strontium tantalum oxynitride (SrTaO2N), barium-tantalum oxynitride (BaTaO2N), lanthanum tantalum oxynitride (LaTaO2N), yttrium tantalum oxynitride (Y2Ta2O5N2), indium gallium arsenic phosphide (InxGa1-xAsyP1-y), zinc sulfide (Zn3S2) and zinc phosphorus sulfide (ZnPxS1-x), where x, y and z are 0-1 and y+z are 0-1. The nano-wire manufacturing method utilizes catalyst selected from platinum, cobalt, copper, iron, molybdenum sulfide (MoSx), nickel, cobalt molybdenum, cobalt tungsten, iron molybdenum, nickel cobalt, nickel iron, nickel-iron-carbon, nickel-iron-sulfur, nickel-manganese-sulfur, nickel-molybdenum, nickel-molybdenum-phosphorus, nickel-tin, nickel-tungsten, nickel-zinc, nickel-zinc-phosphorus, cobalt-nickel-iron, nickel-cobalt-lead-molybdenum, nickel-molybdenum-cobalt, nickel-molybdenum-copper, nickel-molybdenum-iron, nickel-molybdenum-tungsten, nickel-silicon-molybdenum, nickel-silicon-tungsten, nickel-tungsten-phosphorus-copper, iridium oxide (IrOx), nickel-tin, nickel-zinc and nickel-molybdenum-iron, where x is 2. The first semiconductive material is silicon.