Radiation damage

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Wikipedia: Radiation damage

Heavy ions in dense heavy metals can produce massive damage like can be seen here: (Wikipedia: Collision cascade) This is very different than a typical hit in an AP system though.

UV Radiation

Radiation damage that just manage to break a single bond can often be self healing in diamondoid systems since the surrounding 3D mesh of bonds can keep the partners in place till they reform their bond. For protection of nanomachinery against UV radiation a thin protective shell of aluminum was proposed [todo: find source - Nanosystems?]. Since metallic aluminium might have too much surface diffusion at roomtemperature conductive diamondoid materials might be prefferable. Of interest are essentially those that give metallic reflectiveness - the same materials that give metallic reflectiveness.

Especially crosshatched conductive nanotubes might work exceptionally well (one direction only would let through polarized light) because of their electrical conductivity that even surpasses copper. (related: management of wires and sheets)

External links

• Wikipedia: Cosmic rays A phenomenon of yet mysterious origin with practical relevance.
• Wikipedia: Radiation hardening