Materials — Radiation-resistant sensors (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Materials — Radiation-resistant sensors

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ORNL’s Eva Zarkadoula seeks piezoelectric materials for sensors that can withstand irradiation, which causes cascading collisions that displace atoms and produces defects.

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Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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