Studies of the individual and combined effects of VUV radiation and hyperthermal O or Ar atoms on FEP Teflon® and PMMA surfaces

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1087, Issue , 2009, Pages 154-169

  Zhang, Jianming ^a   Lindholm, Ned F ^a   Brunsvold, Amy L ^a   Upadhyaya, Hari P ^a   Minton, Timothy K ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FEP Teflon ; Hyperthermal atomic oxygen; Low Earth orbit; PMMA; Synergistic effects; VUV light

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849273049     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3076831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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