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Graphene in the sky and beyond

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Emilie J. Siochi explains how most of the properties of graphene could be of use in aerospace applications.

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Figure 1: Notional applications of graphene in spacecraft.

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I thank my colleague K. E. Wise for his contributions to this article.

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Siochi, E. Graphene in the sky and beyond. Nature Nanotech 9, 745–747 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.231

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