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Radiation methods in nanotechnology

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This paper considers the state of the art in the application of radiation technology for obtaining and investigating new functional materials, devices, and systems of nanometer sizes where the key role is played by the quantum properties of the substance. This concerns in the first place the production of ion-track membranes, polymeric nanocomposites and nanogels, three-dimensional nanostructures, finely dispersed powders, semiconductor nanometric structures, carbon nanostructures, microchips of the new generation based on graphene transistors, etc.

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