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Carbon nanotubes help space-bound electronics resist radiation damage

09 Dec 2021 Isabelle Dumé
radiation-resistant CNTs
A memory chip was made of transistors with carbon nanotubes that maintained their electrical properties and memory after being bombarded by high amounts of radiation. (Courtesy: Adapted from ACS Nano 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04194)
As space missions venture ever further afield, spacecraft will inevitably be exposed to greater amou

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