Organics, polymers and nanotechnology for radiation hardening and shielding applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6713, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Taylor, Edward W ^a  

^a International Photonics Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanophotonic hardening; Nanophotonic shielding; Nanotechnology radiation hardening; Nanotechnology radiation shielding; Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS); Radiation hardened polymers

Indexed keywords

NANOPHOTONIC HARDENING; NANOPHOTONIC SHIELDING; NANOTECHNOLOGY RADIATION HARDENING; NANOTECHNOLOGY RADIATION SHIELDING; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE (POSS); RADIATION HARDENED POLYMERS;

COSMIC RAYS; MICROELECTRONICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTONICS; RADIATION HARDENING;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 42149184742     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.729156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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