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SwRI DEVELOPS MORE EFFECTIVE PARTICLE CONVERSION SURFACES FOR SPACE INSTRUMENTS
March 26, 2024
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 26 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release:

Southwest Research Institute is investing internal funding to develop more effective conversion surfaces to allow future spacecraft instruments to collect and analyze low-energy particles. Conversion surfaces are ultra-smooth, ultra-thin surfaces covering a silicon wafer that convert neutral atoms into ions to more effectively detect particles from outer space.

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