We report the growth and characterization of single-crystalline Sn-doped In
2O
3 (ITO) and Mo-doped In
2O
3 (IMO) nanowires. Epitaxial growth ofvertically aligned ITO nanowire arrays was achieved on ITO/yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) substrates. Optical transmittance and electricaltransport measurements show that these nanowires are high-performance transparent metallic conductors with transmittance of ~85% in thevisible range, resistivities as low as 6.29 × 10
-5 ·cm and failure-current densities as high as 3.1 × 10
7 A/cm
2. Such nanowires will be suitablein a wide range of applications including organic light-emitting devices, solar cells, and field emitters. In addition, we demonstrate the growthof branched nanowire structures in which semiconducting In
2O
3 nanowire arrays with variable densities were grown epitaxially on metallic ITOnanowire backbones.