Researchers say Earth’s crust is filled with a self-healing material that can power, protect the guts of spacecraft
The space environment is harsh and full of extreme radiation. Scientists designing spacecraft and satellites need materials that can withstand these conditions. In a paper published in January 2024, my team of materials researchers demonstrated that a next-generation semiconductor material called metal-halide perovskite can actually recover and heal itself from radiation damage. Metal-halide perovskites are a class of materials discovered in 1839 that are found abundantly inContinue reading “Researchers say Earth’s crust is filled with a self-healing material that can power, protect the guts of spacecraft”
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