Polymer Surface Modification for Space Applications
Polymer Surface Modification for Space Applications
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Abstract Many polymers, paints and organic-based materials exposed to space environment undergo dramatic changes and irreversible degradation of physical and functional characteristics. A number of protective schemes are used to reduce the effects of space environment among which protective coatings, mechanical metal foil wrapping or cladding, specially synthesized bulk materials can be mentioned. However, protection of such materials in space still remains a major challenge, especially for future long duration exploration missions or permanent space stations. In addition to the traditional approaches, surface modification processes are used increasingly to protect or to impair new properties to polymers, paints and other organic-based materials. A brief overview of surface modification processes developed at ITL for space materials is presented in this paper. The developed processes helped to change the surface properties of treated materials thus protecting them from the hazards of low Earth orbit (LEO) and Geostationary orbit (GEO) environments or impairing new functional properties to space materials used in LEO/GEO.
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Polymer Surface Modification for Space Applications
2017-01-01
14 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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