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Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, Volume. 43, Issue 4, 040201(2025)

Protecting and sensitive monitoring radiation aging of silicone rubber using a profluorescent nitroxide probe

Zhendong HUANG, Ruiyang DOU, Xiangling CHEN, Bowen DAI, Wei HUANG, Qiang LIU, and Hongbing CHEN^*

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Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China

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Zhendong HUANG, Ruiyang DOU, Xiangling CHEN, Bowen DAI, Wei HUANG, Qiang LIU, Hongbing CHEN. Protecting and sensitive monitoring radiation aging of silicone rubber using a profluorescent nitroxide probe[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 2025, 43(4): 040201

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Category: RADIATION CHEMISTRY

Received: Feb. 22, 2025

Accepted: Mar. 25, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 26, 2025

The Author Email: Hongbing CHEN (陈洪兵)

DOI:10.11889/j.1000-3436.2025-0016

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