| Date | 27th, Apr 2020 |
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image: After being bombarded with ionizing radiation, this sample with copper-platinum nano-ink on its surface still conducts electricity. view more
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2020 — As demand for higher-efficiency and smaller electronics grows, so does demand for a new generation of materials that can be printed at ever smaller dimensions. Such materials are critical to national security applications and space exploration. But materials that work well on Earth don’t always hold up well at high altitudes and in space. Scientists are now creating new metal-based nanomaterials for circuit boards that could be resistant to the high-altitude radiation encountered by electronics in aerospace equipment, fighter jets and weapon systems.
The researchers are presenting
