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Beyond applications in information technology, medicine, energy storage and environmental technologies, nanotechnology could also find uses in large-scale sciences such as the aerospace industry. Here, we showcase the applications of carbon nanotubes as electron field emitters for neutralizers in satellites, discussing both the fabrication processes and technical prospects.

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Acknowledgements

The fabrication of SACNT neutralizer has been financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFA0208400) from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, and NSFC (51727805). The author specially thanks L. Liu, Y. Chen, K. L. Jiang, S. S. Fan, and J. W. He for help during the preparation of the manuscript.

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The author has claimed patents (CN ZL201910642707.5, ZL201910642704.1, US 10720296 and 11215171) for the neutralizer.

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Liu, P. Super-aligned carbon nanotube neutralizers for aerospace. Nat Rev Electr Eng 1, 73–74 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44287-024-00021-0

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